Animal Services Manager

Overview

The AS Manager is responsible for managing the Animal Services Department, providing animal breeding / management and testing services and leadership to the Whitemans Valley site. The Animal Service Manager ensures that quality control testing meets production requirements and regulatory specifications. Testing covers guinea pig, rabbit, mouse, hamster, sheep and cattle. The role is in the Quality organization, reports to the Site Quality Head, and is based in Whitemans Valley as the senior person supervising day-to-day site operations. The nature of animal work may require duties outside normal hours.

Responsibilities

• Set and manage the annual budget to ensure adherence to budget and cost control targets.
• Set and manage the capital budget and prepare capital requests for equipment and facilities replacement as required.
• Prepare assumptive scenarios (AS) of performance against the budget plan.
• Coordinate the activities of the team to facilitate meeting objectives and lead times.
• Ensure suitable resources are requested and planned to meet business objectives (e.g., staff, facilities improvements, equipment, and consumables).
• Drive continuous improvement in Animal Services activities through leadership in resource utilization, cost review, and participation in process and profit improvement programs.
• Hold regular team meetings to prioritize and manage objectives.
• Conduct objective setting sessions, manage team performance, and conduct annual performance reviews with timely improvement actions.
• Employ and manage casual staff as required to meet workload within budget constraints.
• Communicate quality assurance and regulatory requirements to all parties.
• Provide reports to the Site Quality Head to demonstrate departmental performance; promote animal testing reduction and support the global 3R initiative; act as AEC Secretary / Executive Officer for the Company AEC committee.
• Coordinate with other departments to support regulatory and quality initiatives.

Staff Training and Development

Compliance

Testing and Animal Services

Facility Management

Pharmacovigilance (PV) Responsibilities

EHS

What Should You Have

Education

Experience

Desirable

Who We Are

Merck & Co., Inc. operates globally; known as Merck in the United States and Canada and MSD elsewhere. The company has a long history of inventing for life and delivering health solutions for humans and animals.

What We Look For

We seek empathetic, creative, digitally proficient, and scientifically driven individuals who can collaborate with a diverse team to help save and improve lives.

Required Skills

Accountability; Animal Welfare; Budgeting; Compliance; Quality Assurance and Control; People Leadership; Pharmacovigilance; Process Improvement; GMP / QA / QC knowledge; and related skills.

Preferred Skills

Current Employees apply HERE. Current Contingent Workers apply HERE.

Note : This posting may include standard company notices and disclaimers. Please review the official posting for complete terms.

Job Posting End Date : 11 / 10 / 2025

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