Why UT Southwestern?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. At UT Southwestern, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development that align with your future goals and help to provide security for you and your family. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more that are all available on the day you start work. UT Southwestern is honored to be a Veteran Friendly work environment that is home to approximately 800 veterans. We value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you've made to our country. We're proud to support your next mission. Ranked by Forbes as one of the Top 10 National Employers, we invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover teamwork, professionalism, and consistent opportunities for growth.

Experience and Education

• High School graduation or GED strongly preferred.
• Six (6) months experience with maintenance and use of industrial machinery required.

Job Duties

• Conducts training activities in cagewash areas.
• Coordinates and/or performs preventative maintenance on all cagewash machinery, equipment and materials.
• Makes repairs as necessary, maintain organization and up-keep of physical environment in areas of responsibility.
• Coordinates record maintenance.
• Generates and submits internal reports in required formats and timeframes, including autoclave cycles, tunnel and rack washer operations and sanitation.
• Reports to management on operations-related issues.
• Conducts routine inspection of cagewash facilities, equipment and materials to determine degree to which established levels of materials are available, sanitation levels are being met/exceeded, and animal facility support is adequate.
• Participate in providing on-the-job training and mentorship of Animal Care Attendants and Animal Care Trainees.
• Participate in implementation and compliance of site-specific standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Maintain required attendance level and adherence to work schedule in accordance with required staffing levels in order to ensure that assigned duties are completed.
• May provide direction and job assignments to several Animal Care Attendants.
• Ability to work weekends as assigned.
• Oversees consistent practice of general safety policies and procedures and MSDS guidelines.
• Performs all duties of an Animal Care Attendant.
• Comply with and wear required personal protective equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code •51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.