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Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity with a rapidly growing pharmaceutical manufacturer? If so, then this is the opportunity for you!

We are seeking Growth and Improvement minded Animal Technicians | Level 2 that can help drive our Strategic Operating Priorities.

+ Invent | Pursue the Most Promising Internal and External Science to Address Significant Unmet Medical Needs

+ Execute | Prioritize Resources Behind Our Key Growth Drivers (Oncology, Vaccines, Select Specialty Areas, Animal Health) While Optimizing Our Base Business)

+ Adapt | Develop Our People, Culture and Business Model to Evolve with a Dynamic Landscape

+ Diverse Talent | We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment with supporting leadership behaviors because having a high performing, engaged workforce is critical to our ability to deliver innovative solutions to patients and customers around the world.

+ Values and Standards | Our Steadfast Commitment to Our Values and Standards will Continue to Guide Us as We Take on New Challenges and Will Always be Fundamental to Our Success – They are a Competitive Advantage for Us

Summary, Focus and Purpose

Under the direction of a supervisor or assigned technical staff, the Animal Technician | Level 2 completes a wide variety of tasks and operations in GMP controlled environments that are required to supply production. Strict bio-security measures which include principles of isolation, personnel/material flow, and sanitation are followed to minimize exposure of infectious agents to specific pathogen free (SPF) chicken flocks housed at the West Point site.

This role includes duties related to:

+ Health, care, maintenance, security, and safety of animals.

+ Maintaining SPF status of flocks.

+ Ensuring physical facilities and equipment are in good working order.

+ Working collaboratively with management and technicians in a union environment.

Duties including but not limited to:

+ Strict adherence to biosecurity measures (e.g., no contact with birds, showering approximately six (6) times a day, frequent uniform/ gowning changes, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), disinfection of incoming materials, etc...)

+ Perform animal husbandry and housekeeping duties such as handling, grooming, feeding, cleaning, health checks, etc...

+ Breeding which includes collection, transfer, and artificial insemination.

+ Perform all duties associated with collecting, identifying, disinfecting, storing, incubating, candling, and distributing fertile eggs.

+ Operation and use of euthanasia equipment.

+ SPF sample collection which includes working with needles to draw blood.

+ Hatching, wing banding, and brooding of new flocks.

+ Operation and cleaning of equipment (i.e., incubators, refrigerators, hatchers, rack washer).

+ Stock and maintain supplies.

+ Willing and able to work off-shift and weekends, as needed. Department operates 7 days a week (utilizing O/T coverage on weekends and holidays)

+ cGMP documentation of tasks associated with assigned work.

+ Must be able to lift 40lbs independently.

+ Frequent walking, pushing/pulling, and standing required.

+ Operation of company vehicle.

Education Requirement

+ High School Diploma or GED

+ Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) Certification

Required Experience | Skills | Knowledge

+ Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician (ALAT) Certification

+ Must have protective titers to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, and Varicella viruses.

+ Must not own or have frequent contact with any bird species.

Preferred Experience | Skills | Knowledge

+ Familiar with chicken animal husbandry.

+ Familiar with phlebotomy (blood draw) of animals.

+ Strong leadership capability, problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to problem solving.

+ One to 2 years of cGMP experience in a pharmaceutical or laboratory environment.

+ Valid driver’s license.

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

No relocation

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

No Travel Required

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Not Applicable

Shift:

1st - Day

Valid Driving License:

No

Hazardous Material(s):

n/a

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Job Posting End Date:

06/20/2025

*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day** **BEFORE** **the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day** **BEFORE** **the job posting end date.

**Requisition ID:** R351785