Animal Care Technician - Indianapolis, IN

Company Overview:

 

ATL, A Bureau Veritas Company is a professional services organization with an ever-broadening service portfolio to support FDA-regulated products and companies worldwide. Providing scientific, engineering, and regulatory laboratory services, we seamlessly leverage our expertise within the consumer product goods, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, we are a highly profitable and nimble entrepreneurial organization comprised of nearly 500 experts who work throughout the United States. Anchored by the mission to add value to our clients throughout all stages of the product life cycle, we are the most desired business partner for our Fortune 500 clients.
 
Perks & Benefits at ATL:

 

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability paid by Employer
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Contribution
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Employee Discount Program
• Wellness Program
• Career Mobility & Ongoing Development

 

Hours Worked: Monday - Friday 6:00AM - 3:00PM.  Flexibility required for potential changes in work shift hours to meet department needs. Occasional weekday overtime 3:00PM – 6:00PM may be available and required on occasion. 

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

 

• Provide animal husbandry support including, but not limited to: preparing cages for change out and changing cages on a scheduled basis.
• Provide sanitation services associated with animal rooms, procedure laboratories, necropsy rooms, surgery suites, and other support facilities.
• Provide general housekeeping services for corridors and support areas (feed rooms, procedure rooms, surgery rooms, necropsy rooms, etc.)
• Observe laboratory animals for variations in the dietary habits, feces and urine character, health status, unusual behavior and death.
• Report trauma or signs of disease to appropriate personnel.

• Perform daily health observations, feed and water observations.
• Perform various methods of animal identification, maintaining records (census, room log, etc.) daily.
• Perform animal receipt, animal census, technical support, project support, and administrative support.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Management in compliance with the needs of Veterinary Resources.

  

Skills & Proficiencies:

 

• Transferrable skills and ability to learn new tasks.
• Verbal, written, and electronic communication skills.
• Problem solving and process improvement abili