Veterinary Technician Behavior & Enrichment

For 75 years Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences finance IT sales or another area your skills will play an important role in the work we return well help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Job Overview

As an Animal Behaviour & Enrichment Technician for our Veterinary Services team at the Senneville location you will ensure good welfare and humane care for all animals worked with through gentle positive human-animal interactions.

In this role primary responsibilities include:

• Perform animal well-being and behavioral assessments and develop behavioral management plans and follow up with clinical veterinarians;
• Maintains inventory and storage space;
• Participate in activities such as exercise sessions installing exercise cages;
• Contribute to implementation of new processes and/or projects designed to improve the companys behavioral management program;
• Collect document review and verify data on forms or in electronic data capture systems;
• Support the other departments and study specific activities when necessary;
• Use and maintain instrumentation and equipment as applicable.

We are looking for the following minimum qualifications for this role:

• College Diploma in Animal Health - New graduates are welcome no experience needed;
• College Diploma in Bioecology Biology Biotechnology or any other related disciplines with a minimum of 2 years of recent work experience with animals as an Animal Health Technician;
• Able to work physically (lift up to 20 kg walk stand stoop etc.);
• Good observation skills;
• Problem solving skills;
• Very good understanding and able to speak in French;

Please note that upon being hired you will have to undergo an annual tuberculosis test covered by the company.

Role Specific Information:

• Location : 22022 route Transcanadienne Senneville QC H9X 1C1;
• Transportation : We offer a free shuttle service from the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue train station John Abbott College and from the REM station of lAnse à lOrme to the Senneville site. Free parking. Electric vehicle charging station;
• Salary : $23.50/hr;
• Annual bonus based on performance;
• Schedule : Monday to Friday daytime. Depending on the needs you may have to do overtime;
• Permanent position as of the hiring full-time 37.5hrs per week.

Why Charles River

• We offer competitive benefits and advantages from day one to support your well-being;
• Free gym on site;
• Employee and family assistance program;
• Excellent welcome program for new employees as well as in-house advancement and career development opportunities;
• Access to a doctor and various health professionals (telemedicine);
• 3 weeks Vacation & 5 Personal day policy;
• Many social activities!

If you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities not only across the country but around the world please join us. This is Your Moment.

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 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model which reduces their costs enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our clients unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies biotechnology companies government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.

At Charles River we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of peoples lives. Our mission our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.

Were committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance 401K paid time off stock purchase program Health and wellness coverage employee and family wellbeing support programs and work life balance flexibility.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race color sex religion national origin ancestry age mental or physical disability family status pregnancy military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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