Pet Care Attendant - Billings, MT
About The Position
Love spending your day caring for animals and making sure they have everything they need to feel safe, comfortable, and happy? We're looking for a dependable, caring, and self-motivated Kennel Attendant to join our team. Our Kennel Attendants provide the day-to-day care our boarding pets depend on. From meals, walks, and baths to keeping kennels clean and monitoring each pet's well-being, you'll play an important role in making sure every animal receives attentive, compassionate care throughout their stay. You'll also serve as an important voice for our boarders, communicating concerns to our veterinarians and helping ensure requested vaccines, nail trims, and other services are completed. If you're independent, observant, hardworking, and happiest when you're caring for animals, we'd love to meet you.
Requirements
- A genuine love of animals and commitment to their well-being
- A caring, patient, and compassionate attitude
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong observational skills and attention to detail
- The ability to work independently and stay motivated throughout your shift
- Dependability and a strong work ethic
- Comfort performing hands-on animal-care and cleaning responsibilities
- The ability to recognize concerns and communicate them promptly to the veterinary team
- Availability to work weekends and holidays as scheduled
- A team-focused attitude and willingness to help wherever needed
Responsibilities
- Provide attentive day-to-day care for boarding animals
- Feed and provide fresh water to pets according to their individual care instructions
- Walk and exercise dogs throughout their stay
- Bathe boarding pets as needed
- Monitor the health, behavior, comfort, and overall well-being of each animal
- Communicate concerns or changes in a pet's condition to the veterinary team
- Serve as an advocate and voice for boarding pets while they're in our care
- Verify that requested vaccines, nail trims, and additional services are completed
- Clean and disinfect cages, kennels, and animal-care areas
- Clean and maintain daycare yards
- Help maintain a clean, safe, comfortable, and organized environment for every pet
- Work independently while communicating effectively with veterinarians and teammates
Benefits
- Flexible compensation
- 401(k) matching
- Tuition support
- Referral bonuses
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Supplemental insurance options
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off
- Pet care benefits
- Quarterly Team Rewards
- Professional development opportunities
- Continuing education support
- Uniform allowance
- Six paid holidays
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee discounts
- Flexible scheduling
- Additional $2.00 per hour weekend shift differential
- Free/discounted lab work for all employee pets
- Pet discounts on services and products
- Pet food discount program
- 529 Savings Plan
- Roth Retirement Savings Plan
- Flexible Spending Account (full-time only)
- Accident, critical illness, hospital, short- and long-term disability, legal plan, and employee, spouse, and child-dependent life insurance (full-time only)
- Up to three weeks of full pay for the birth or adoption of a child (full-time employees only; available after one year of service. In states with paid family leave programs, this benefit does not apply.)
- Sick Time / Paid Time Off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
