Animal Caretaker

**Req ID #**:219339**Location**:HEIDELBERG, DE, 69120- For 70 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 looking for
**Animal Care Taker** for our
**IS **customer site located in Heidelberg
Responsible for performing husbandry to provide comprehensive care for rodents, feeding/watering, sanitizing cages and cleaning cages.
**Activities**:
- Perform routine animal husbandry and welfare duties as directed
Supply appropriate food and water for animals housed in the vivarium.
Clean and provide animal housing and associated materials/equipment within assigned animal rooms
Maintain and perform housekeeping of facility support areas.
Support cagewash equipment operations and maintenance
Establish and maintain appropriate and quality communication, teamwork, collaboration, and cooperation.
- **Job Qualifications**Good knowledge of English.
Availability to live in Heidelberg area
Availability to start work in September
- **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.- **Job Segment**:Pharmaceutical, Biology, Biotech, Facilities, Science, Operations, Research