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About the Role

We are seeking an adaptable and organized Avian Caretaker motivated by the ethical care of animals to contribute to Neion’s research program. This role involves hands-on care and handling of chickens throughout their lifecycle, including hatching and breeding, as well as all aspects of husbandry in a research setting.

Responsibilities

• Safely handle chickens in a research setting, working with small flocks at all stages of development from egg collection, incubation, and the successful hatching and growth of chicks and chickens.
• Observe strict standard operating protocols (SOPs) to protect avian health, including showering into the facility and working in full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Perform daily husbandry, including operating cage wash, cleaning bedding, replacing feed and water, and providing enrichments, which will entail regular heavy lifting.
• Contribute to ensuring the health and environmental, nutritional, and social enrichment of our flocks.
• Maintain timely and accurate animal records.
• Help ensure that research areas and records meet and exceed IACUC inspection compliance.

Requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on animal care experience in a research, small animal clinical, farm, or zoological setting, including direct hands-on avian experience.
• Prior experience incubating and hatching eggs and raising chickens is beneficial.
• Must be comfortable showering into the facility and working in PPE for up to 3 hours at a time.
• Must be able to frequently move equipment up to 50 lbs.
• Extreme attention to detail is critical.
• Strict compliance with SOPs is required.
• Ability to operate with quiet confidence and competence, individually and as part of a team to promote a culture of care.

Skills

• Aviculture
• Biosecurity
• General Husbandry
• Culture of Care
• Record Keeping
• Regulatory Compliance

Location

• Onsite

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 2+ years experience

Education Level

• Undergraduate or associate degree in biological sciences or related fields, or equivalent industry experience

Salary/Compensations

• $55K-$65K

Benefits

• Bonus compensation
• Equity compensation
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Relocation support

About the Company

• Neion Bio is harnessing nature’s best molecular factory, the chicken egg, to make medicine affordable, accessible, and resilient.
• We turn farms into medicine factories using cutting edge genetic engineering and stem cell technology.
• Our platform can rapidly and scalably produce almost any protein, provide national resilience to drug shortages and de-risk complex supply chains, and ultimately take advantage of novel biological environments to solve unmet medical needs.
• Biomanufacturing, reinvented. Medicine, democratized.
• We are on a mission to reimagine the way in which complex biological molecules are produced to transform human health.
• At Neion Bio you will play a pivotal role in an early-stage, fast-growing company, working alongside leading scientists and entrepreneurs.
• You will have the opportunity to participate in the enormous potential upside while having a huge impact on the world.
• This is a rare opportunity to work at the center of a highly ambitious biotechnology company and help build the operating foundation for a new category of medicine manufacturing.