Animal Care Facilities Specialist Technician

at  University of Toronto

Date Posted: 07/23/2024
Req ID: 38857
Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga
Department: UTM: Ofc of VP-Research
Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

ABOUT US:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.
Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning anddiscovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.
This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those whowant to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience (e.g., graduate of a veterinary technology program (ex. RVT, RLAT, RMLAT).
• Minimum three years of recent and related experience providing administration and technical assistance in a vivarium, including animal care practices and regulatory oversight.
• Experience with a multitude of species (specifically, mice) and a diverse range of research projects/working environments.
• Strong knowledge of vivarium operations (functions, equipment, redundancy, emergency procedures) and processes including the procurement of animals and equipment.
• Experience meeting animal facility and laboratory spaces compliance with regulatory standards (University, CCAC, OMAFRA, biosafety, etc).
• Experience working with vivarium and lab equipment including biological safety cabinets, autoclaves, fume hoods, stereotaxic apparatuses, microscopes, dissecting, etc.
• Strong working knowledge of biosafety standards, animal use protocols, and WHMIS.
• Proficiency with MS Office Suites (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work well in a busy team-based environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Overseeing day-to-day operational needs for one or more labs/workshops.
• Performing lab experiments that requires great precision and attention to many details.
• Modifying experimental processes and implementing more efficient ways to conduct experiments.
• Providing safetytraining and ensuring compliance to lab safety procedures and standards.
• Ordering supplies within established limits.
• Serving as a technical resource on laboratory protocols, and experimental procedures and equipment.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL BE:

• Accountable
• Meticulous
• Multi-tasker
• Responsible
• Team player