Lead Animal Care Attendant (Career Opportunity)
About The Position
Welcome to Destination Pet, a united team working together to elevate the love and lives of pet families. We are revolutionizing the pet industry. We're looking for a confident, compassionate, chaos-capable packmate to help guide the daily wag. At Destination Pet, we’re not just another Pet/Vet care center—we’re a community that lives to elevate the love and lives of pet families. Since 2016, we’ve been serving up best-in-show care from coast to coast with day care, boarding, grooming, training, veterinary services, and more. Our goal is simple: make pets feel at home and their humans feel at ease.
Requirements
- You’ll be on your feet most of the shift—standing, walking, climbing stairs, and handling leashed dogs.
- Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs (sometimes it’s a crate, sometimes it’s a sleepy bulldog).
- Availability on evenings, weekends, and holidays required (pets don’t take days off).
- Exposure to cleaning supplies, pet hair, and, ahem, “accidents” is part of the gig.
- Previous work experience in animal care.
- You lead by example—whether it’s scooping, scrubbing, or stepping in when things get off track.
- Calm under pressure (even when someone mistakes your shoelace for a chew toy).
- Confident in guiding and supporting teammates to do their best.
- High school diploma required.
- Must have flexible availability Monday through Sunday. Shifts to include every other weekend and half shifts on Holidays.
Nice To Haves
- Med administration experience.
- CPR training is a big plus (but we can help with that too).
Responsibilities
- Leading the pack during your assigned shifts—coaching, guiding, and setting the tone for pet care excellence.
- Working alongside Animal Care Attendants to ensure safety, cleanliness, and a whole lot of tail wags.
- Training new hires on proper pet handling, procedures, and how not to get jumped by five doodles at once.
- Monitoring pet guests for health, safety, and general cuteness; reporting anything off to the General or Assistant Manager.
- Serving up food, fresh water, and daily TLC to every furry guest.
- Overseeing meds and special needs guests.
- Bathing and brushing our four-legged VIPs (Very Important Pups).
- Making sure the place is clean, cozy, and smells less like a wet dog and more like 'spa day at the kennel.
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Full Time Health Benefits
- 401K
- Discounted Pet Insurance
- Access your earned wages anytime with DailyPay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
