Animal Technician, AstraZeneca Gothenburg

Job description
Animal Technician

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. We are proud to have a unique workplace culture that inspires innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.

The Animal Sciences and Technologies (AST) is a global department that delivers in vivo studies, animal care, and welfare that is compliant to internal standards and external regulations. Principles of the 3Rs are applied to all aspects of animal care and study conduction.

Responsibilities
Typical Accountabilities:
Performs daily animal husbandry tasks for rodents, pigs and dogs to ensure highest standards of animal care & welfare.
Responsibilities may include breeding and maintenance of transgenic mice.
Responsibilities may include more technical procedures such as collecting biological samples, weighing and administering medicines/compounds.
Maintains daily record keeping for animals and environment.
Responsibilities may include routine facility operations tasks, dish and maintenance on racks and caging equipment.
Is required to work flexibly across different areas, and participate in provision of weekend and out of hours support.
Ensures that work is performed in accordance with appropriate Safety, Health & Environment (SHE), quality and compliance standards, e.g. Good Laboratory Standard (GLS).


Qualifications
Minimum experience/requirements
Experience in working with rodents and strong interest in animal care and welfare.
Ability to perform work independently to the required standard on a consistent basis.
Understand principles and concepts associated with Laboratory Animal Science particularly on animal welfare and the 3Rs.
“Naturbruksgymnasium” or similar education.
Good communication skills.
Laboratory Animal education by NCLASET or other relevant Laboratory animal science (LAS) course. This may be optional, if the candidate proves to relevant experience in animal care.


Application
Deadline: 2022-04-29 , selection and interviews will be ongoing. The position may be filled before the last day of application, therefore, apply as soon as possible.

For more information:
Please contact Veronika Knudsen veronika.knudsen@randstad.se or Jimmy Wadie jimmy.wadie@randstad.se

About the company
Randstad Life Sciences is specialized in competences within Life Science. As a consultant with us, you get a competitive salary, benefits and collective agreements. Your consultant manager is always there for you and ensures that you get varying and developing assignments at different companies, within different industries. At Randstad Life Sciences, your personal development is in focus, and you are offered a large network and many activities.

Randstad Life Sciences specializes in the field of science and is part of Randstad, the world leader in recruitment and consulting with operations in 38 countries. With this global network, in combination with our strong local foundation, we can offer a wide range of varied and developing assignments and jobs for you who are a specialist in life science. Our mission is to help you reach your true potential with your career in focus!