Full-time Pet Care Boarding Attendant - 3rd Shift (overnight)

KENNELWOOD PET RESORTS • Maryville, IL

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About The Position

Kennelwood Pet Resorts is hiring a dependable, compassionate Boarding Attendant to provide safe, attentive, consistent care for dogs, cats, and other pets staying at the resort. This hands-on role includes feeding and watering pets, providing exercise and enrichment, following each pet’s care instructions, monitoring their well-being, and keeping accommodations and pet-care areas clean and comfortable. The position is for the 3rd shift/overnights. Pet care operates seven days a week, and schedules may include weekdays, early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak occupancy periods; availability requirements vary by opening and location. Kennelwood provides training in its established pet-care procedures and expectations. The work is physically active and includes direct interaction with live animals and exposure to barking, animal hair and dander, water, cleaning products, animal waste, and indoor and outdoor conditions.

Requirements

• Genuinely care about animals and their well-being.
• Be dependable, punctual, and comfortable working as part of a team.
• Follow detailed written and verbal instructions.
• Pay attention to small changes in an animal’s behavior or condition.
• Be comfortable working in a physically active, fast-paced environment.
• Safely work with dogs of varying sizes and temperaments.
• Be willing to clean, sanitize, and perform essential cleaning tasks.
• Communicate concerns and ask for help when needed.
• Regularly stand and walk for extended periods; bend, kneel, crouch, and reach.
• Regularly lift or carry approximately 40 pounds and occasionally up to approximately 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

• Previous professional animal-care experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide meals, fresh water, exercise, enrichment, and individual attention to pets.
• Follow each pet’s specific care, feeding, medication, and handling instructions.
• Monitor pets for changes in behavior, appetite, health, or overall well-being.
• Walk and safely handle dogs of different sizes, breeds, temperaments, and activity levels.
• Clean and sanitize boarding accommodations, pet-care areas, bowls, equipment, and other spaces.
• Complete laundry and help maintain clean bedding and supplies.
• Accurately document care activities, medications, observations, and concerns.
• Communicate with teammates and leadership to ensure consistent care throughout each pet’s stay.
• Support the team as needed to maintain a safe, clean, and organized resort.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed