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MD Anderson Cancer Center Campus Services Technician - Veterinary Medicine & Surgery in Houston, Texas

The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery department exists to serve MD Anderson research programs. Our primary mission is to provide the best possible veterinary care, facilities and services in support of the institutional animal care and use program, in keeping with all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) accreditation standards.

Veterinary Medicine & Surgery (https://www.mdanderson.org/research/departments-labs-institutes/departments-divisions/veterinary-medicine-and-surgery.html)

KEY FUNCTIONS

Receipt, and Distribution of Items :

  • Receives and distributes incoming supplies, feed, bedding and equipment

  • Physically assists with unloading of items to include operation of material handling equipment

  • Checks shipments for concealed damage

  • Check shipments against packing list and purchases order for accuracy of count and description.

  • Refers problems associated with inaccurate/damage shipments to supervisor and departmental buyer

  • Completes hard copy records related to the receiving/return

  • Makes entries on stock supply file to record incoming/outgoing merchandise

  • Retrieves and distributes supplies on request throughout all animal facilities

  • Makes daily inspections of supply and feed storage areas checking for cleanliness, liquid spills, and rodent infestation

  • Maintains an inventory of supplies. Notifies supervisor of depleted stock items

  • Assists supervisor with physical inventories

  • Assigns/attaches and/or inscribes AH numbers on new equipment as instructed by Operations Group. Moves AH numbered and/or other surplus equipment within the department and to Property Control Warehouse

  • Assists supervisor with the annual property inventory

  • Moves, relocates, or rearranges furniture, equipment, or supplies as assigned by supervisor

  • Assemble and make minor repairs to equipment, including carts, bulk trucks, animal caging equipment, etc.

  • Maintains the storage of supplies and equipment in the department warehouse in an orderly manner consistent with safe operation standards and institutional Fire Code regulations

  • Prepares relocation paperwork for any items moved to the department warehouse or the institutional warehouse

  • Obtain required signatures and distributes copies to appropriate manager.

  • Ensures that all emergency preparedness supplies are accessible and in acceptable condition for immediate use

Housekeeping Duties

  • Performs basic housekeeping duties both in the department and the warehouse facility

  • Empties freezers to dispose of animal carcasses on a daily basis

  • Performs Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (VHP) decontamination procedures

  • In DVMS rooms at satellite drop-off and short-term housing locations, perform checks of animal health and environmental conditions and record in appropriate systems

Transport and Vehicle Maintenance

  • Maintains delivery/warehousing vehicles and equipment by posting daily maintenance record, servicing vehicles, equipment and forklift with gas and oil and tire pressure check.

  • Cleans or washes vehicles/equipment.

  • Transporting of animals, supplies, and materials including, but not limited to, clean and soiled caging between MDA buildings and campuses as well as other institutions as required.

  • Transport research staff between vivarium.

  • Enter transport trip information accurately on Vehicle Use Report.

Other duties

ยท Other duties as assigned

EDUCATION

Required: High school diploma or equivalent.

EXPERIENCE

Required: Two years of experience in receiving, storing, and handling goods and equipment.

LICENSURE

Preferred: Must have a valid Texas Class "C" Driver License.

It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html

Additional Information

  • Requisition ID: 171359

  • Employment Status: Full-Time

  • Employee Status: Regular

  • Work Week: Days

  • Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 39,000

  • Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 49,000

  • Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 59,000

  • FLSA: non-exempt and eligible for overtime pay

  • Fund Type: Soft

  • Work Location: Onsite

  • Pivotal Position: No

  • Referral Bonus Available?: No

  • Relocation Assistance Available?: No

  • Science Jobs: No

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