Veterinary Technician, Large Animals
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MAFull-time$24.76–34.2/hrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Veterinary Technician, Large Animals supports veterinarians with marmoset colony oversight and clinical care in MIT’s Division of Comparative Medicine. The role includes animal handling, health monitoring, breeding-colony records, husbandry and clinical-space maintenance, and support for procedures such as ultrasonography, medication administration, sample collection, and anesthesia monitoring. The technician also assists with staff training, behavioral management, enrichment, and weekend clinical coverage.
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Full job description
Veterinary Technician, Large Animals
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Job Number: 26197
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Functional Area: Research - Other
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Department: Division of Comparative Medicine
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School Area: VP Research
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Pay Range Minimum: $24.76
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Pay Range Maximum: $34.20
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Employment Type: Full-Time
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Employment Category: Non-Exempt
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Visa Sponsorship Available: No
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Schedule: M-F, with some weekend work
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Pay Grade: 5
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Posting Description
VETERINARY TECHNICIAN, LARGE ANIMAL, Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM), to assist veterinarians with all aspects of marmoset colony oversight including assisting with clinical care which includes direct handling and restraint, catching animals from home cage and transporting to procedure spaces; administrative tasks including record management; maintenance of clinical spaces and enrichment room; assisting with tracking and ensuring the accuracy of breeding colony census data, including information on births, deaths, breeding group changes, animal moves, etc.; updating birth information, and maintaining cage identification tags; composing new breeding groups, forming animal pairs, and managing group disbanding as directed; participating in health checks and facility rounds, including close infant monitoring in the postnatal period; identifying potential foster dams to assist in the event of infant rejection and updating notice boards; assisting veterinarians with pregnancy monitoring of conscious marmosets using ultrasonography and updating notice board on projected parturition dates; assisting with training animal husbandry technicians on proper marmoset husbandry techniques, cage security, identifying health concerns, diet preparation, etc.; assisting with training weekend clinical personnel on the identification of health concerns, monitoring births and assessing infant health and other information; participating in the behavioral management plan, including monitoring social interactions of groups/pairs and implementing the marmoset enrichment program; participating in marmoset positive reinforcement training to facilitate access to animals within group cages, and acclimating animals to conscious ultrasonography; coordinating/preparing enrichment materials; administrating oral and parenteral drugs; sample collection (blood, feces, etc.); prepping animals for surgery; anesthesia monitoring; and post-operative monitoring.
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: high school diploma or its equivalent; three years of related experience; excellent interpersonal and organizational skills; and proficiency with Microsoft 365 Applications. PREFERRED: bachelor’s degree in animal science, biology, or related field; experience with nonhuman primate husbandry and veterinary technical work; and LAT certification.
Weekend and holiday availability is required.10/29/2026
How this job compares
Set against the 1,627 open Veterinary Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$24.76–34.2/hr
- Massachusetts median$25–34/hr66 hourly ranges
- US median$23–33/hr1,315 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $29.48/hr, is close to the Massachusetts median midpoint ($29/hr) — in the middle half of Veterinary Technician hourly ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 73 open Veterinary Technician jobs in Massachusetts and 1,627 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- Ethos Veterinary Health22 open
- VCA Animal Hospitals20 open
- BluePearl11 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Veterinary Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (439 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 147 of the 1,627 open Veterinary Technician jobs (9%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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