Charles River Laboratories · 14 hours ago
Facility Manager II (50)
Bethesda, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$45/hr - $47/hr
6+ years expCharles River Laboratories is a contract research organization focused on the development of drug therapies. The Facility Manager II will oversee daily activities within varied animal care environments, ensuring quality assurance and managing staff.
BiotechnologyHealth CarePharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Oversee the animal surveillance program and all aspects of husbandry, including technical and cage wash support
Provide quality assurance to include animal health surveillance; monitoring of the effectiveness of facility sanitation, cage washing and autoclaving procedures; monitoring of incoming animal shipments for container integrity and animal health; monitor the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC); internal facility reports for monitoring deviations from pre-established parameters; and other quality assurance services as deemed necessary (e.g., water cultures)
Participate in interviewing applicants for open positions, developing performance improvement plans, and writing employee performance evaluations
Assist in assessing, developing, and presenting training for staff and investigators
Participate in QC/QA, and ensure CAPA development, implementation, and adherence
Occasionally provide technical support (e.g., restraining animals, collecting blood, collecting tissues, performing injections, treatments, surgical preparation, assisting with research procedures)
Occasionally provide animal husbandry and environmental enrichment
Provide data entry/data base report generation for computerized systems which monitor facility internal environmental parameters, security, or other animal facility monitoring and management requirements
Prepare and submit written records, charts, logs, and inventories
Actively interact with Project Officers, facility veterinarian(s) and investigators to solve customer requests, inquiries, and complaints
Qualification
Required
High school diploma or GED required
Minimum of 6 years experience in a research vivarium facility, with at least 3 years of supervisory experience
AALAS certification at the Laboratory Animal Technologist level (LATG) required
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in animal science or related
Benefits
Bonus/incentives based on performance
401K
Paid time off
Stock purchase program
Health and wellness coverage
Employee and family wellbeing support programs
Work life balance flexibility
Company
Charles River Laboratories
At Charles River, we are guided by our strong purpose—to create healthier lives—which centers around the patients who rely on the therapeutics we help to develop, the animals in our care, to our planet, and to the passionate and skilled people who are at the heart of our organization and make it all possible.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.54BKey Investors
The Foundation for Chemistry Research and Initiatives
2024-06-11Grant· $1.3M
2021-03-23Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2019-10-21Post Ipo Debt· $500M
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