Animal Environmental Technician

Description

How Your Role Will Make a Difference

At Marshall Farms, we're looking for individuals who want more than just a job. We're looking for people who take pride in their work, care about making an impact, and want to be part of a team dedicated to helping improve the lives of people and pets.

As an Animal Environmental Technician, you will play an important role in supporting our mission while contributing to the success of our team and organization. By maintaining clean, safe, and healthy animal environments, you help ensure the well-being of our animals and support the quality standards that are essential to our operations.

Join Our Mission

If you're looking for meaningful work where you can contribute to improving the lives of people and pets while growing your skills in a supportive team environment, we encourage you to apply.

When you join Marshall Farms, you become part of a team committed to excellence, innovation, animal welfare, and continuous improvement. We invest in our employees through training, development opportunities, collaboration, and a workplace culture built on respect and accountability.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will:

• Maintain clean, safe, and healthy animal housing environments by cleaning, inspecting, and maintaining animal enclosures.
• Move and group animals as directed using proper animal handling techniques while monitoring and reporting animal health concerns.
• Operate feeding systems to provide dry feed for beagles and ferrets.
• Feed animals and ensure water systems are functioning properly.
• Operate feed vacuums and feed buggies to recycle and distribute feed.
• Prepare pens before and after cleaning activities.
• Wash, sanitize, and rinse pens and animal buildings using pressure washers and cleaning equipment.
• Sweep and wash floors in animal buildings using motorized sweepers and pressure washers.
• Assist with cleaning and sanitizing shipping crates as needed.
• Ensure all entry procedures and biosecurity requirements are followed.
• Participate in ferret feeding responsibilities, including weekend wet feeding rotation duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

What You Bring

Required Experience

• Ability to effectively and consistently perform essential job tasks.
• Ability to safely operate sanitation equipment and cleaning tools.
• Ability to understand and follow cleaning, sanitation, and dilution procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with animals, agriculture, sanitation, manufacturing, or related environments.
• Experience operating motorized equipment and cleaning systems.

What Makes You Successful

We're looking for someone who:

• Demonstrates strong attention to detail and accountability.
• Produces high-quality work and takes pride in the results.
• Works effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Follows established cleaning, biosecurity, and animal handling procedures.
• Demonstrates enthusiasm, diligence, and ethical behavior.
• Takes responsibility for actions and seeks continuous improvement.
• Communicates effectively and follows written and verbal instructions.
• Supports a culture of safety, respect, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Work Environment

This position may require:

• Working in varying temperatures and animal care environments.
• Performing physically demanding work, including lifting animals.
• Wearing required personal protective equipment (PPE), including hearing protection, may be required.
• Operating motorized equipment, including feed buggies, sweepers, and sanitation equipment.
• Working primarily on first shift with varying extended hours and occasional weekend work.

Schedule & Compensation

• Schedule: 7am – 3:30pm Monday - Friday
• Weekend/On-Call Requirements: Participation in a rotating weekend schedule.
• Pay Grade: N1
• Pay Range: $17.50 - $22.92/hour

About Marshall Farms Group, Ltd.

We support leading research organizations around the world through the animals and services we provide, and we are also a leading provider of pet ferrets. While we have grown into a global organization, we continue to value the close-knit culture and employee-centered approach on which we were founded.

Learn more at www.marshallbio.com.

The Benefits of Being a Part of the Marshall Family

Our benefit package is an important element of the over-all experience we offer our employees.

Full-time employees receive:

• 100% company-paid medical and dental insurance for employees, spouses, and eligible dependents, or a generous opt-out if you already have coverage elsewhere.
• Generous time off benefits starting at 3 weeks/year.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a 100% match on the first 5% of contributions and immediate vesting (must be 18 or older to participate).
• Enriched Short-Term Disability benefits and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• Profit Sharing contribution of 10% of your annualized salary.
• Life Insurance at 4x your annual base salary (up to a maximum of $200,000).
• Boot allowance for qualified employees.
• $500 bonus for employee referrals. 

 Marshall Farms Group, Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.