Job Title: Surgical Technician

Job Description

This position will specifically support the surgical team, playing a vital role in ensuring the efficient operation of animal research and development studies.

Responsibilities

• Care for animals used in research and development studies.
• Perform duties related to the maintenance of experimental animals, including feeding and caring for animals, cleaning cages, and holding animals for treatment.
• Maintain inventory and animal identification records.
• Perform cleaning and sanitation of animal facility and equipment.
• Ensure biosafety and biosecurity of the animals.
• Partner with preclinical investigators to assist and support veterinarians with surgery, dosing, post-operative care, and monitoring of animal studies.
• Provide technical support in areas such as production operations, maintenance, safety testing, process improvement, or product development.
• Use schematics, diagrams, written and verbal descriptions, or defined plans to perform testing and troubleshooting on electronic or mechanical components, equipment, or systems.
• Gather, maintain, format, compile, and manipulate technical data using established formulae and procedures, and perform detailed mathematical calculations.
• Suggest and/or make improvements to optimize work processes at higher levels.
• Act as a seasoned individual contributor working under limited supervision, providing assistance and training to lower-level employees.
• Run minor projects including performing tests, interpreting data, and developing reports.
• Perform technical activities requiring considerable judgment and may have ownership of minor projects.
• Work consists of technical tasks that are typically not routine.
• Independently propose solutions to problems for supervisor review.
• Communicate typically with internal contacts.
• Obtain and provide technical information on matters of moderate importance to the job area.
• Provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within the job area.

Essential Skills

• Animal research
• Preclinical experience
• Animal handling
• Veterinary science
• Surgery
• Veterinary technician skills
• Animal husbandry
• Anesthesia experience
• Basic math skills for calculating dosages

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of surgical experience
• Certified Veterinary Technician OR research experience in a surgical tech capacity
• Comfortable being client-facing
• Positive attitude verified by references

Work Environment

This role requires comfort working within the pre-clinical industry, supporting both animal surgeries (75%) and cadaver studies (25%). The typical start times are 6am, 7am, or 8am for an 8-hour shift, with some weekend work and overtime available at time and a half.