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About the Role

As an Animal Environmental Technician at Marshall Farms, you will play an important role in supporting our mission by maintaining clean, safe, and healthy animal environments, ensuring animal well-being and upholding essential quality standards for our operations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain clean, safe, and healthy animal housing environments by cleaning, inspecting, and maintaining animal enclosures.
• Move and group animals as directed using proper animal handling techniques while monitoring and reporting animal health concerns.
• Operate feeding systems to provide dry feed for beagles and ferrets.
• Feed animals and ensure water systems are functioning properly.
• Operate feed vacuums and feed buggies to recycle and distribute feed.
• Prepare pens before and after cleaning activities.
• Wash, sanitize, and rinse pens and animal buildings using pressure washers and cleaning equipment.
• Sweep and wash floors in animal buildings using motorized sweepers and pressure washers.
• Assist with cleaning and sanitizing shipping crates as needed.
• Ensure all entry procedures and biosecurity requirements are followed.
• Participate in ferret feeding responsibilities, including weekend wet feeding rotation duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ability to effectively and consistently perform essential job tasks.
• Ability to safely operate sanitation equipment and cleaning tools.
• Ability to understand and follow cleaning, sanitation, and dilution procedures.
• Experience working with animals, agriculture, sanitation, manufacturing, or related environments.
• Experience operating motorized equipment and cleaning systems.
• Demonstrates strong attention to detail and accountability.
• Produces high-quality work and takes pride in the results.
• Works effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Follows established cleaning, biosecurity, and animal handling procedures.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm, diligence, and ethical behavior.
• Takes responsibility for actions and seeks continuous improvement.
• Communicates effectively and follows written and verbal instructions.
• Supports a culture of safety, respect, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Working in varying temperatures and animal care environments.
• Performing physically demanding work, including lifting animals.
• Wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE), including hearing protection, may be required.
• Operating motorized equipment, including feed buggies, sweepers, and sanitation equipment.

Work Type

• First shift
• Occasional weekend work

Salary/Compensations

• $17.50 - $22.92/hour

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical and dental insurance for employees, spouses, and eligible dependents, or a generous opt-out if you already have coverage elsewhere.
• Generous time off benefits starting at 3 weeks/year.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a 100% match on the first 5% of contributions and immediate vesting (must be 18 or older to participate).
• Enriched Short-Term Disability benefits and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• Profit Sharing contribution of 10% of your annualized salary.
• Life Insurance at 4x your annual base salary (up to a maximum of $200,000).
• Boot allowance for qualified employees.
• $500 bonus for employee referrals.

About the Company

• We support leading research organizations around the world through the animals and services we provide, and we are also a leading provider of pet ferrets.
• While we have grown into a global organization, we continue to value the close-knit culture and employee-centered approach on which we were founded.
• Learn more at www.marshallbio.com.

Equal Opportunity

• Marshall Farms Group, Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.