Animal Facility Supervisor
Cambridge, MA, US, 02142
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Animal Facility Supervisor to join our Insourcing Solutions team, located in Cambridge, MA.
As the Facility Supervisor, you will provide direct supervision of daily activities of Charles River Accelerator & Development Labs (CRADL) animal facilities. Provides supervision and training for employees in the Animal Care Technician team. Maintains performance levels consistent with and according to company standards, the CRADL organization and client requirements. Prioritizes and completes on-going tasks independently following established policies and guidelines. Liaises with clients to ensure satisfaction with technician performance.
Additional responsibilities include:
- Supervises directly and through others the daily activities of staff conducting husbandry services in the facility.
- Plan, create, assign, and monitor work schedules for staff daily husbandry assignments; assign weekend, holiday, and on-call coverage.
- Monitor and document task completion and deviations from defined Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and submit monthly to CRADL management in a timely fashion to support contract deliverables.
- Investigate animal welfare concerns as directed by the Animal Welfare Team or Attending Veterinarian.
- Propose and deliver appropriate mitigations to active concerns while preventing future recurrences, solicit relevant information from staff and client researchers to accurately assess and effectively promote animal welfare.
- Ability to perform or obtain proficiency to provide husbandry as needed.
- Monitor acquisition, receipt, storage and issue of supplies and animals.
- Inspect animal housing systems to ensure proper setup and function.
- Supervise the use of all space throughout the facility (animal housing, procedural, service, and storage areas) and works with the PM in assigning the space to clients.
- Place & receive orders to maintain appropriate levels of inventory of supplies including bedding,feed, cleaning materials and husbandry supplies.
- Conduct routine quality assurance inspections of all animals holding and support facilities to determine the degree to which established levels of animal health, facilities condition, sanitation levels are being met/exceeded.
Job Qualifications
The following are minimum requirements related to the Animal Facility Supervisor position.
- High school diploma, General Education Degree (G.E.D.) or equivalent required.
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) in animal or life sciences field preferred.
- Minimum four 4 years in a laboratory animal facility of which 2 years is supervisory or lead technician experience.
- Laboratory Animal Technologist (LATG) certification from AALAS or Certified Supervisor (CS) certification from ICPM preferred.
The pay range for this position is $87K-95K USD annually. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us and BE THE DIFFERENCE!
About Insourcing Solutions
Charles River Insourcing Solutions℠ can streamline research by delivering operational and cost efficiencies through the strategic insourcing of GMP, GLP and non-GLP research services from discovery through safety assessment. Insourcing Solutions℠ provides you with the ability to maintain control of your facility and expertise while leveraging available space.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, veteran or disability status.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to [email protected]. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
Nearest Major Market: Cambridge
Nearest Secondary Market: Boston
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