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Animal Technician I / Cage Washer

Boston, MA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Daily preparation of clean caging, general maintenance, and upkeep for animal facilities.

Role type

Entry-level animal facility support technician

Builds

Clean caging and sanitized equipment for animal research

Domain

Biomedical research / Animal care

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Lifting 50 lbs, pushing/pulling 300 lbs, standing/walking for 7.5 hours, disinfection procedures, operating cage wash machines

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Cage wash machines, sterilizers

Responsibilities

Disassembling and emptying dirty cages, loading/unloading cage components into cage wash machines, reassembling cage components, disinfecting animal-related supplies, performing preventative maintenance on cage wash machines and sterilizers, cleaning the cage wash area

Seniority

Entry-level

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