Animal Caretaker
Pubblicato il 14-09-2026 - Charles River Laboratories in Milano
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 perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Riepilogo del lavoro
For an Insourcing Solution client based in Heidelberg , we're looking for an Animal Caretaker. You'll be integrated into our Insourcing Solution department and work directly with one of our clients.
- Feeding, giving water, transferring to clean cages.
- Performing breeding measures according to theinstructions provided by the users.
- Entries into the breeding and cage management program.
- Ear punch marking / genotyping.
- Identification of animal cages by cage cards and bar code reader.
- Observation of the experimental and breeding animals as well as recording ofconspicuous observations (behaviour, disease; collection of data relevant toanimal welfare);
- Killing of animals according to legal regulations.
- Carrying out hygiene measures in animal rooms and connected areas.
- Collecting samples for microbiological examinations.
Available for relocation to Heidelberg
Good command of the German language.
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 servic