Job Description
Job Description
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure that animals are cared for and maintained in accordance with the Animal Welfare Regulations, U.S. Public Health Service Policy on the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals.
- Supervises and directs daily activities of project staff to ensure that all required functions are carried out appropriately, including receiving, feeding and watering, sanitation and cleaning, handling and restraint, health surveillance, equipment maintenance, supply inventories, animal manipulations, laboratory procedures, and other contract-related duties.
- Follow-up on staff schedules to meet routine and emergency needs of the animals.
- Ensure that all SOP's, quality assurance guidelines, and protocols are adhered to.
- Develop and revise all animal facility Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) with review and approval of the client designee (s).
- Ensure that all SOP's, quality assurance guidelines, and protocols are adhered to.
- Report to the client designee(s) any abnormal conditions of the animal facility.
- Provide oral or written reports, records, charts, logs, schedules and inventories to the client designee(s) as requested or required by the contract.
- Order and maintain supply and equipment inventories.
- Communicate needs for facility equipment, logistical support and management to the client designee.
- Assist in contract activities, as necessary, to complete the work required.
- Provide service and advice to investigators on executing their protocols.
- Provide program management support to multiple animal facility and holding sites.
- Report any abnormal conditions of the animal facility or immediate vicinity to appropriate personnel.
- Coordinates training activities with Project Manager, Contract Manager, and client personnel
- Communicates facility operations with the Project Manager and Contract Manager
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Knowledge of operational principles behind the techniques and procedures used.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Accurate lab recordkeeping skills
- Ability to train staff on techniques and procedures
- Must be able to communicate project information with principal investigators
Education and Experience:
- Associate degree in life sciences field preferred
- Minimum 4 years of experience in laboratory animal science
- Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience
- LATG required CMAR preferred