Animal Technician Senior (Aquatics)

Posted: 07-Feb-26

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan

Categories: Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 272155

Responsible for day-to-day operations of both a multiuser, Zebrafish and aquatic frog facility as well as working in other laboratory animal colonies

• Daily operation and upkeep of the facility including feeding, monitoring water conditions and colony health, stock maintenance, and staff training
• Coordination of regulatory and compliance activities
• Oversite to facility access, training of facility users
• Breeding and stock maintenance
• Creation and maintenance of SOPs, manuals, and novel techniques
• Document and Log new stocks from the nursery
• Direct work of students and temporary staff
• Track and compile nursery viability rates
• Perform routine and non-routine facility maintenance
• Assist facility users with routine facility operations and occasional experiments
• Emergency availability: Occasional after-hours emergency availability to respond to health and environmental situations as they arise
• Record data, summarize, and analyze results using basic statistics
• Prepares laboratory reagents, chemicals, instruments, and equipment
• Maintains supplies inventory in accordance with departmental procedures
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent level of education and related research animal experience.
• Two years of experience in providing direct care to aquatic species in a laboratory or equivalent environment.
• Able to function independently and show initiative in keeping up-to-date on the latest developments in Zebrafish husbandry.
• Able to work well with multiple facility users with varying levels of expertise, including students, fellows, faculty, and staff
• Strong skills in data management and organization
• Certification of American Association for Laboratory Animal Science - Assistant Laboratory Animal Technician within 4 months of eligibility

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in direct management of an aquatics facility in a laboratory setting
• Specialized training in aquaculture
• Certification of American Association for Laboratory Animal Science - Laboratory Animal Technician
• Experience with software used for data management, such as Microsoft Excel or other database software

Monday - Friday 40hrs/ some weekends/holidays