Animal Caretaker for Phta Grenoble

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**Job Summary**:
We are looking for Animal Care Taker on a permanent contract, to work at a client facility in Grenoble (38).

You will join a team of 4 people, and work in interface with the research teams. Your main missions will be as follows:
**Zootechnics (rodents)**
- Observation, control of the condition of animals
- Watering and feeding of animals
- Change of places of accommodation of animals
- Preparation of animal shipments as part of user

requests - In the context of health controls, collection and identification of samples (faeces, live animal), preparation of shipments - Animal tracking operations
- using the tools available on site- Verification of animals on arrival and departure: sanitary condition, integrity of transport boxes, adequacy of purchase order-delivery note, registration

**Activity monitoring and animal welfare**
- Updating of data and recording of working documents: labelling, entry, and transmission to the various users by electronic

means - Monitoring of regulatory registers of entry/exit of animals (software or paper)- Reporting to the SBEA of the site of any situation impacting or likely to impact the welfare of animals
- Monitoring of the database for the accounting monitoring of cages
- Traceability on quality documents relating to the tasks performed

**Maintenance and equipment**
- Reading and verification of environmental parameters (hygrometry, temperature, pressure, etc.)
- Identification, registration and information of the person in charge on anomalies/malfunctions in the building with information to the Operational Manager of the pet store
- Waste management, storage in the appropriate containers, evacuation to the building's deposit areas.
- Coordination with the laundry area to manage daily flows of clean equipment, dirty equipment and waste to be autoclaved.
- Emptying of autoclaves on the zone side and storage of clean equipment.
- Cleaning of the premises
- Level 1 maintenance of the pet store's equipment (e.g. change of the pre-filters of the racks, dust removal, maintenance of the hoods)
- Management and monitoring of stocks, transmission of order needs to the person in charge of the pet store

**Contractual information**
- Remuneration over 14 months (23K €) + Transport allowances + Profit-sharing + Participation + Coverage of the mutual insurance at 60% + Seniority + Restaurant Ticket + CE
- Work on a basis of 35 hours per week. Work on weekdays, Monday to Friday. Participation in weekends and public holidays
- Location: Grenoble

**Job Qualifications**:

- Animal keeper (by training or experience), you are comfortable with animals and have animal welfare at heart.
- You are rigorous, assiduous, autonomous
- You master the rules of hygiene and cleaning
- You are comfortable with computer tools (Excel, Office, pet store software...).

**About Safety Assessment**
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 120 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.