Technician I - General Toxicology
Job Summary
SIGN-ON BONUS: $1,000 for new employees
STARTING RATE: $20.00/hour
SCHEDULE: 7:00am - 3:30pm, Tuesday - Saturday or Sunday - Thursday
We are seeking a Technician for our General Toxicology Team located in Mattawan, MI.
No previous experience required!!
A Technician is responsible for: administering substances to animals, performing husbandry duties, including cleaning/transporting caging and providing food and water; performing clinical observations of animals to determine morbidity/mortality; collecting and handling data and specimens; euthanizing animals and assisting veterinarians, management, and other company personnel with animal care, study-related tasks, and process improvement initiatives.
Job Qualifications
The following are minimum requirements related to the Technician position:
- Minimum: High School Diploma or GED
- Experience: Zero - 6 months
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at all levels inside and outside the organization.
- Basic familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Computer skills, commensurate with Essential Functions, including the ability to learn a validated system.
- Ability to work extended hours beyond normal work schedule to include, but not limited to evenings, weekends, extended shifts, and/or extra shifts; sometimes on short notice.
- Ability to work under specific time constraints
In addition:
- Can walk up to 10 miles a day on cement floors in the regular course of their day
- Be required to constantly push animal caging that weights around 800 lbs
- Be on their knees for many hours dosing animals
- Regularly lifting animals in and out of caging that is either on the floor or above their head
- Work in PPE that is hot and when they do physical work wearing a respirator it is hard.
- Work in rooms with rodents and rabbits that often result in sensitization to allergens especially if they come to us with preexisting allergies.