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UNT Health Fort Worth · 20 hours ago

Lead Husbandry Technician & Training Coordinator

Fort Worth, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$72K/yr - $72K/yr

3+ years exp

UNT Health Fort Worth is part of the University of North Texas System, committed to providing high-quality research bio-resources. The Lead Husbandry Technician & Training Coordinator role involves hands-on technical support in the vivarium, overseeing husbandry activities, ensuring compliance with regulations, and contributing to staff training and departmental policies.

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Responsibilities

Provides skilled care and husbandry for research animals, including observation, feeding, watering, handling, euthanasia, and facility monitoring in compliance with State, Federal, and University regulations

Works alongside the husbandry team and offers secondary coordination to ensure daily coverage and support departmental objectives

Supports overall facility oversight by maintaining standards, ensuring SOP adherence, and monitoring environmental software to report deviations in temperature, lighting, and humidity. This includes occasional emergency response to after-hours alerts

Delivers and documents training for entry‑level husbandry staff and research personnel, including proficiency checks and compliance retraining

Collaborates with DLAM staff on departmental training efforts

Assists with preparing, maintaining, archiving, and tracking DLAM SOPs, policies, guidelines, signage, and forms

Supports compliance and communicates effectively with coworkers, researchers, and their staff

Serves on the Enrichment Team, helping develop enrichment programs and leading training on new initiatives

Performs other duties as assigned to support departmental goals

Qualification

Laboratory Animal Technologist certificationAnimal care compliance knowledgeStandard office software skillsEffective communicationTeam collaborationProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's degree and three years of related experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience

Laboratory Animal Technologist certification by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science is required within one year of employment

Must be up to date on Tetanus vaccine

Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form

Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently with moderate supervision

Skill in the use of standard office equipment and software

Ability to anticipate and diffuse problems before they occur

Ability to identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions

Ability to problem-solve a variety of situations

Knowledge of federal, state and local laws, statutes, regulations, codes, and standards related to the area of responsibility

Preferred

Bachelor's degree and 3 years of experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience

Company

UNT Health Fort Worth

UNT Health Fort Worth opened its doors in 1970 as the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Founded in 1970

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

501-1000 employees

http://unthsc.edu/

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$152M

Key Investors

Tarrant CountyNational Institutes of HealthBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

2022-12-13Grant· $2M

2022-10-03Grant· $150M

2022-07-07Grant

Leadership Team

Kimberly Russell

Vice President

Kemp Louis

EVP Administration and Chief Business Officer

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