Lead Animal Care Attendant (Career Opportunity)

Destination Pet, LLC•Hilliard, OH

7d•$13 - $15•Onsite

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 Lead Animal Care Attendant at Pet Palace Hillard—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’re obsessed with animals and it shows.
2+ years previous work experience in animal care preferred.
Med administration experience? Even better.
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.
CPR training is a big plus (but we can help with that too).
High school diploma required.
Some evening and holiday availability required.

Nice To Haves

Medication administration experience
CPR training

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