Careers at Waltham
Pet (cat and dog) Unit Specialist job vacancy
Are you a team player, passionate about animal research? Would you enjoy a hands-on role working with cats and dogs? Are you keen to join us in using science to drive our purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS
If yes, then we look forward to hearing from you! Our Pet Specialist roles play a key part in delivering our research program and every day, you get to work with our cats and dogs.
Multiple position available
You will
- Deliver the tasks for our research studies including collecting data or biological samples from our pets (e.g. faeces or urine).
- Provide care for our dogs and cats through animal husbandry and training, using positive reinforcement.
- Work safely and to a high quality.
Animal (cat and dog) trainer
At Waltham, we use science and data to advance our understanding of pets’ health and wellbeing. We believe research can be done in a caring way and our ambition is to improve pets’ quality of life by determining the drivers of health at each life stage, along with the risk factors associated with disease. As a global R&D site, the scientific findings we generate reach millions of pets worldwide through the Mars Petcare family of products and services.
This role will play an important part in ensuring that Waltham continues to deliver the highest possible standards of animal training and enrichment. The role is essential to ensure that the animal population is fit for purpose to ensure the delivery of the research program in line with their culture of care.
Not only will this position provide the successful applicant with the opportunity to develop their expertise in animal training, animal welfare and behaviour, but it will allow them to develop and demonstrate their skills and competence in building relationships across teams, motivating others and delivering results that add value for Waltham and the wider business.
You will
- Deliver trial related training to pets of all species (canine and feline), all ages and breed.
- Identify training protocols for animals to perform non-regulated research procedures, e.g. urine collection.
- Enable regulated research procedures, by training animals and cuing to position, then holding animals for the personal licensees.
- Deliver early life training to kittens and puppies.
- Drive your continuous professional development in the field of animal training.
Laboratory Manager job vacancy (12 month Maternity cover)
This role is responsible for key activities which ensure the smooth running of the laboratory facility.
In this position you will be accountable for the administration of purchase orders for all laboratory consumables, equipment and service contracts using the Ebuy and DFM system. You will require outstanding customer focus for both internal and external customers, ensuring that the ways of working are efficient and meeting our quality requirements.
You will
- Have oversight of the laboratory consumables ordering systems
- Be responsible for service contracts for the maintenance and repair of laboratory equipment
- Work with others to implement new ways of working, to drive efficiency and quality of services provided
- Track and monitor the laboratory budget
- Invoicing and e-buy purchasing
- Coordinate processes to ensure compliance with site and team safety standards
- Coordinate laboratory activities such as waste disposal, personnel inductions and induction of engineers
- Area owner for laboratory store room
- Coordinate facility requirements of the laboratory
Veterinary Nurse Specialist job vacancy
Are you a registered veterinary nurse with experience in general practice? Looking for a job slightly different?
We have an amazing vacancy for vet nurses that want to join us in delivering on our purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS. We offer a stable work pattern, with no night or on call work, and with direct day to day contact with our pets, so you can keep your clinical skills up to date.
In this role, you will deliver and support the provision of veterinary care to our pet population. This underpins the effective and efficient delivery of the science programme at Waltham.
Multiple roles available
You will:
- Deliver routine and non-routine veterinary care for one or more pet units.
- Triage veterinary and animal health queries.
- deliver routine veterinary related tasks. E.g., weighing animals, adjusting dietary requirements and delivering preventative treatments such as vaccinations.
- Collection of health and research data from our dogs and cats (e.g. bodyweights, oral health assessments).
- Perform animal health checks.
- Identify and act upon continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support cat/dog breeding programmes.
- Deliver veterinary treatments and answer veterinary queries during core hours at weekends.
Pet (cat and dog) Unit Specialist job vacancy (Contractor Position)
Are you a team player, passionate about animal research? Would you enjoy a hands-on role working with cats and dogs? Are you keen to join us in using science to drive our purpose: A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS
If yes, then we look forward to hearing from you! Our Pet Specialist roles play a key part in delivering our research program and every day, you get to work with our cats and dogs.
Please note this is a contractor position.
You will
- Deliver the tasks for our research studies including collecting data or biological samples from our pets (e.g. faeces or urine).
- Provide care for our dogs and cats through animal husbandry and training, using positive reinforcement.
- Work safely and to a high quality.
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