Cage Wash Technician I, Vivarium Ops

Role Summary

Cage Wash Technician I, Vivarium Operations — Support in vivo oncology research studies in mice as a member of the Vivarium Operations Cagewash Team. Located in Rockville, MD. Reports to Manager Laboratory Operations.

Responsibilities

• Process dirty and clean caging components.
• Perform general sanitation on equipment, rooms, and facilities.
• Transport materials, supplies, and waste.
• Record data within room logs and the laboratory information management system.
• Read, understand, and adhere to study protocols.
• Perform general preparation and organizational activities, including supply organization and stocking, and laboratory organization.
• Work weekends and holidays on rotating basis.
• Other duties may be assigned verbally at any time.

Qualifications

• Required: GED.
• Preferred: AALAS ALAT certification.

Skills

• Actively and eagerly support leadership and colleagues.
• Actively solicits feedback. Eager to improve.
• Trustworthy. Demonstrates integrity.
• Flexible and open to change. Eager early adopter.
• Driven. Proactive and takes the initiative.
• Compassionate. Empathetic and understanding. Balanced.
• Challenges the status quo. Eager problem solver.
• Transparent and communicative. Candid.
• Kind and respectful. Sincere.
• Organized. Detail oriented.
• Process oriented. Eager to follow procedures.
• Strong computer skills.

Education

• Required: GED.
• Preferred: AALAS ALAT certification.

Additional Requirements

• Requires manual dexterity, fine motor skills, and repetitive motion.
• Requires sitting, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, and lifting throughout the work shift consistent with a typical research laboratory environment and vivarium.
• Must be able to lift and move packages weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Routine exposure to odors and chemicals.
• Routine exposure to sharps.
• Routine exposure to blood, body fluids, and tissue.