Animal Facility Supervisor

Job Title : Supervisor of Animal Facilities

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.

Job Description :

Essential Responsibilities :

• Performs job task inventories of personnel and oversees the organization and delegation of duties to be performed on a routine and priority basis. Ensures that all husbandry and facility operations are conducted according to departmental standard operating procedures and state and federal regulations.
• Makes frequent and regular inspections of animal holding rooms and research areas where animal work is conducted and initiates corrective action when needed. Works with the facility Manager to ensure that all individuals working with animals are in compliance with State and Federal regulations as well as accrediting agencies.
• Monitors operations of equipment in cage wash suites. Ensures that staff schedules allow for adequate caging equipment for all husbandry and research needs. Trouble shoots equipment failures and communicates with vendors for repairs.
• Provides technical assistance and training as needed or delegates to appropriate qualified Animal Facility Staff. Provides direction to employees, principle investigators and technicians in the proper techniques for handling and care of various research animals.
• Oversees the purchase of supplies and minor equipment for the Facility and advises the Facility Manager of the facilities needs in all areas. Informs the Maintenance department of routine problems and needs to ensure that the facilities are in proper functioning order.
• Has the authority to direct and support employees daily work activities. Has the direct responsibility to undertake the following employment actions : hiring, termination, corrective action and performance reviews. Direct Reports : More than 7 Indirect Reports : None

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Competencies :

Physical Nature of the Job : Medium work : Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and / or move around through the majority of their shift.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled