Sr. Technician, Comparative Medicine

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Purpose:

The Comparative Medicine Bay Area (CMBA) department provides health surveillance, preventative disease programs and daily husbandry and care for all laboratory animals at ABA. The department has primary responsibility for assuring that the Animal Care Program meets the standards for continued accreditation by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) and that the animal Program at ABA meets all pertinent governmental regulations.  

The Sr. Technician is responsible for the assistance and oversight of the husbandry and care for the animals.  They also have direct contact with animals providing minimal husbandry and cage changing. The person will perform technical procedures and assisting the Veterinarian and Manager with various  duties.  They will also train personnel on technical and/or husbandry policies and procedures.

Major Responsibilities: 

• Manage the procurement of all regular consumables and services needed to operate the vivarium 
• Perform all husbandry duties when needed 
• Perform PO, IV, ID, IP, and SC injections and training 
• Perform blood collection methods and trainings 
• Perform euthanasia methods such as CO2, isoflurane, exsanguination and associated trianing 
• Perform animal ID such as ear punching, ear tagging, and ink marking 
• Perform anesthesia of rodents and associated record keeping and training 
• Perform tissue harvest collection/necropsy 
• Provide assistance with animal health and environmental monitoring & equipment validation 
• Train other CMBA technicians, pharmacology, contractors, and interns 
• Perform facility w