Animal technician job description

The Animal Technician is responsible for performing various animal husbandry duties in conventional, immunodeficient and transgenic/knockout rodent colonies. In addition, the Animal Technician will maintain animal rooms, monitor rodent colonies, and perform technical duties which may include medical treatments of rodents with minor injuries, emergency separations, and euthanasia.

Changing rodent cages while strictly adhering to established SOPs. Administer special dietary formulations and medicated water to rodents as defined by research protocols.

Maintaining animal rooms and other facility areas in accordance with accepted standards of sanitation. Procedures involved include sweep, vacuum, wash walls, floors, equipment, and shelving according to schedules for these activities.

Monitoring rodent colonies for sick or injured animals up to twice daily. Recording and reporting such findings in accordance with SOP via Manage Tasks and HMR system apps.

Operating and maintaining laboratory animal husbandry equipment including, but not limited to laminar flow work benches, biosafety cabinets/ hoods, ventilated air racks, autoclaves, sterilizers, and cage wash equipment. Reporting malfunctioning equipment immediately to supervisor.

Technical duties may include medical treatments of rodents with minor injuries, emergency separations, and euthanasia.

Proper record keeping including room logs and health monitoring reports (HMR) as required. This will include use of computerized data collections systems and apps for cage census and health monitoring.

Required to document all tasks completed via ManageTasks, HMRs, Alerts, and Compliance reports as required.
High School diploma or GED preferred. 0 years' experience required; 1 year working in an accredited/ non-accredited laboratory animal facility and/or veterinarian technician program preferred. AALAS technician certification at the ALAT level is preferred but not required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
Knowledge of animal care and husbandry, cleaning, independent work, phone/PDA usage. Ability to work in an independent and organized manner as well as within a team. Ability to pay attention to detail, communicate effectively to management, taking direction, and learn new tasks. Ability to perform all duties while strictly adhering to established SOPs. Basic computer skills for computerized record keeping in accordance with established procedures, (i.e., Manage Tasks, animal holding room census data collection, and other computerized logs and apps.

We are Turtle Rock Studios. An award-winning game developer of AAA first person shooters and other games, including the latest co-op shooter franchise, Back 4 Blood . We are located in the heart of Orange County, CA and have team members working remotely thorough North America. We thrive in an open and collaborative environment which is led to this day by co-founders Chris Ashton and Phil Robb.

Turtle Rock Studios is looking for a Senior Technical Animator to join the team and work on Back 4 Blood! Working with animators, engineers, and designers, this role focuses on developing and improving animation features in engine, implementing assets, and optimizing current animation systems, tools, and practices. Join our exceptional development team to help us create industry leading animation and gameplay experiences!
Responsibilities

Create and maintain animation blueprints, blendspaces, and montages within Unreal Support and implement animation content, and fine tune parameters for gameplay animation Work directly with Programming, Animation, and Design to prototype and deliver excellent combat, character locomotion and movement mechanics, facial animation, and other new game features to deliver extremely polished gameplay and animation. Help to determine risk/reward throughout the process Help document design features and parameters, brainstorming all avenues for the creation of animation content Investigate, identify, and improve pipeline, optimize workflows and tools, setting best practices/standards streamlining the animation process Troubleshoot asset and editor problems for the Animation and other development teams Document systems and feature functionality for use by the teams and future employees Coordinate with all departments to achieve project goal



Requirements



Enthusiastic gamer with a passion for making great games and animations Minimum 5 years experience as a Technical Animator for games with an emphasis on developing and maintaining animation systems Strong knowledge of Maya and Python Experience in Unreal Engine 4 Animation Systems Experience with creating and maintaining Animation Blueprints Experience with animation pipelines from prototype to final assets Demo reel showing expertise with animation systems Excellent communicator with strong verbal and written English skills Excellent problem solving and time management skills Team player with a positive attitude and the ability to provide and receive objective feedback


Preferences


Excellent eye for animation and visual aesthetics balanced with technical skills Experience with cinematics and facial animation Experience working with procedural/physically-altered animation techniques Experience creating and maintaining rigs for unique characters through the development process Experience with multiple 3D packages Experience with Realtime Shaders and FX/Simulation



Benefits


Some of the benefits and perks our employees get to enjoy, include:

100% Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage for you and your family 401k Matching Profit Sharing Plan Student Loan Repayment Plan / College Savings Plan Career Improvement Plan Flexible Work Arrangements - In-House, Hybrid, and Remote Generous Time Off Policy Company Events - In-Person Summer Family Bash + Halloween Party + Virtual Events Fully Stocked Kitchen + Sponsored Food Trucks

• Pay rate: $18.00 per hour (plus 5% shift differential)
• Receive a sign-on bonus of $3000 for new hires! (after 60 days)
• Work a rotating 1st shift including weekends, some holidays and some overtime
• Enjoy 24 days of personal-time-off (PTO) (pro-rated depending on start date)
• Have the option to participate in the Labcorp Education Advantage program where you have access to over 15 Undergraduate On-line Degree Programs offered through Arizona State University (ASU). Tuition is paid by Labcorp!
• Have access to other great benefits including: tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, a 401(k) plan with a generous company match and of course medical and dental insurance.

What will you be doing:

This entry level role requires no experience, just an interest in working with small and large animals in a laboratory setting.

• Maintaining the highest standards of animal care and welfare in accordance with the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC)
• Performing daily cleaning, feeding of our laboratory animals
• Providing environmental and dietary enrichment
• Learning and applying proper handling and restraint techniques
• Working in a fast paced, team environment

Experience

• No experience required
• Must be 18 years or older

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