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About the Role

We are seeking dedicated individuals to join our team as Animal Attendant II. In this role, you will provide support to the ARC animal care mission, directly contributing to discoveries that improve lives through research.

Responsibilities

• Provides animal husbandry and care for all species housed in all ARC facilities, as needed, to assist when facilities are understaffed.
• Provides cross-campus support by fulfilling assigned job responsibilities in all ARC vivaria, as needed, to ensure consistent coverage during staff absences or fluctuations in animal census.
• Provides animal husbandry to all ARC-managed species, including USDA-covered large animals, other USDA-covered species, rodents, and aquatics.
• Cleans cages, pens, and animal quarters.
• Sanitizes animal rooms, equipment, and facilities to prevent infections and disease.
• Maintains accurate records of room/equipment cleans.
• Completes all required documentation, including per diem sheets, checklists, animal records, and files.
• Serves as a backup for cagewash staff and operates cagewash equipment as needed.
• May work without onsite supervision on weekends and University holidays as required.
• Performs routine maintenance checks on equipment and reports any equipment that requires repairs or maintenance.
• Maintains accurate records of equipment checks.
• Sets up and coming animal deliveries.
• Receives, identifies, and houses newly arrived animals.
• Verifies animal deliveries against order documentation and submits delivery documentation to supervisor.
• Transfers or transports rodents, feed, and bedding materials to their specified room.
• Participates in training and continued education activities as provided by the ARC and required by federal guidelines and accreditation standards.
• Interacts and communicated effectively with ARC staff and University of Texas at Austin research staff.
• Attends meetings as needed to improve skills and knowledge or as required by management.
• Prepares or mixes feed according to specific instructions.
• Tracks inventory of feed supplies and notifies supervisor when supplies need re-stocking.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED and at least 1 year of experience in animal care.
• Experience learning new skills and application of that training to assigned tasks and responsibilities.
• Demonstrated ability to be detail oriented and meticulous when completing tasks.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently in a high-stakes environment.
• Ability to understand policy, procedure, and regulations regarding care for lab animals.
• Ability to safely lift, carry, push, and/or pull items weighing up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.
• Applicant must successfully pass the WorkSteps physical abilities test.
• Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Skills

• Animal husbandry
• Record keeping
• Equipment maintenance
• Inventory tracking
• Communication

Location

• AUSTIN, TX

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 1 year of experience in animal care

Education Level

• High school diploma or GED

Salary/Compensations

• $41,000

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid basic medical coverage
• Retirement contributions
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid holidays

About the Company

• The Animal Resources Center at The University of Texas at Austin covers approx. 150,000 sq. ft. of research animal space.
• The Animal Resources Center is responsible for managing three centralized animal facilities as well as some of the smaller satellite locations.

Equal Opportunity

• The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action.
• The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.