Animal Technician Trainee - Great growth opportunity!

Vienna Job posted on: 9/8/2008 At Covance, you can make a difference by helping to deliver life-saving and life-enhancing medicines to people around the world. Our commitment to this mission has resulted in Covance’s impressive history of company stability and growth. We’ve achieved these results by fostering a work environment that encourages, develops and leverages our team’s capabilities. Covance’s ongoing success offers team members unsurpassed growth and career development opportunities. There is no better time to join us! We offer EXCELLENT benefits that start day 1!Covance Technicians perform an important role in bringing the miracles of medicine to market sooner. Covance offers a great environment in which to build your career - while making a difference in the lives of millions.WE BUILD CAREERS!As an animal Technician you will learn to provide general facility maintenance and cleanliness and to dispense diets in compliance with appropriate regulatory agency guidelines. To monitor animal health and welfare in compliance with the Animal Welfare Act and help maintain facilities for AAALAC compliance.GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES Learns to clean feeders, water bottles, animal caging, and other items. Clean and sanitize animal rooms or pens, hallways, stairways, and other non-animal areas. Learns to collect and record applicable hand recorded and computer generated data. Learns to operate and perform quality control checks on appropriate equipment. Provide clean waste removal system and change air filters. Learns to receive new animals, set up housing, provide feed and water, and fill out animal arrival information. Learns to monitor animal room and feed storage environmental conditions (e.g., temperature, humidity, watering system, condition of animals). Maintain safe work environment. Suggests changes in routine test procedures and makes minor adjustments to basic equipment or apparatus. Learns to maintain well documented laboratory records according to GLPs. Overtime and weekend work as required. Mandatory immunizations and screening as required. Requires ability to lift up to 50 pounds. Work may require PPE (personal protective equipment). EXPERIENCE Experience in pet stores, animal labs, farms, kennels, breeders, veterinary clinics, or other environments where exposure to animals was a part of the daily responsibilities is a PLUS. Please indicate any animal experience on your resume. EDUCATION High school diploma or equivalent. Ability to accurately read, record, and communicate information. Ability to lift 50 lbs. Must demonstrate a commitment to quality care of laboratory animals. Covance believes that their best-in-class employees deserve first-class benefits.  The Company offers an outstanding benefits package including medical & dental insurance, tuition reimbursement, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match, short- and long-term disability, and life insurance, all of which are effective on the first day of employment!  At Covance, we help make the miracles of medicine a reality. We offer opportunities to work on diverse, challenging projects with bright, interesting colleagues while building a flexible and rewarding career. Covance is committed to diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. (M/F/D/V). Your confidentiality and privacy are important to us. Save to job file |