Part-Time Pet Care Day Camp Attendant - 1st shift (7:00AM-3:00PM)

KENNELWOOD PET RESORTS•Ballwin, MO

About The Position

Kennelwood Pet Resorts is seeking a Pet Care Day Camp Attendant for its Mason location. The role helps provide a safe, engaging, and fun Day Camp experience for dogs through active supervision of group play, exercise, enrichment, and attentive care. The attendant learns to recognize canine body language and helps maintain safe, appropriate playgroups in accordance with animal-handling procedures. Kennelwood provides training; previous professional animal-care experience is not required. The position involves working on your feet with dogs of varying sizes and temperaments, handling routine pet care, maintaining clean and sanitary spaces, completing required documentation, and communicating with teammates, leadership, and pet parents when assigned. The posting lists a first-shift schedule of 7:00 AM–3:00 PM, but also says schedules may vary and positions may be full-time, part-time, or seasonal depending on location needs. The specific listing identifies the status as full-time and says availability is expected seven days a week, including holidays.

Requirements

Genuinely enjoys hands-on work with dogs.
Comfortable around dogs of different breeds, sizes, strength levels, energy levels, and temperaments.
Able to stay focused and aware while supervising multiple dogs at once.
Willing to learn canine body language and safe animal-handling techniques.
Able to react calmly and appropriately when situations change quickly.
Able to follow verbal and written instructions carefully.
Communicates concerns and asks questions when something is unclear.
Works well as part of a team and responds positively to coaching and direction.
Dependable, responsible, and committed to animal safety and well-being.
Comfortable standing and walking for extended periods; frequently bending, stooping, reaching, kneeling, and crouching.
Able to safely walk, handle, and maintain control of dogs of varying sizes, breeds, strength levels, and temperaments; move quickly and respond appropriately to unexpected behavior or activity.
Able to regularly lift and carry approximately 40 pounds and occasionally lift, carry, push, pull, or safely handle up to approximately 50 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Able to work indoors and outdoors in varying temperatures and weather conditions, and around barking and other loud noises, animal hair and dander, water, cleaning products, animal waste, bodily fluids, and live animals.
Able to perform cleaning and sanitation responsibilities throughout the shift.

Nice To Haves

A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred but not required.
Previous animal-care, kennel, daycare, veterinary, training, or dog-handling experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Actively supervise dogs participating in Day Camp group play.
Provide appropriate exercise, play, socialization, and enrichment.
Learn to recognize canine body language and signs of stress, fear, overstimulation, inappropriate play, illness, or injury.
Help maintain safe and appropriate playgroups by redirecting behavior and following animal-handling procedures.
Safely move and handle dogs between Day Camp areas, kennels, and other resort areas.
Provide fresh water, rest, potty breaks, and other care based on each pet’s needs.
Follow documented pet-care instructions and promptly communicate changes or concerns.
Keep Day Camp yards, indoor play areas, kennels, equipment, and surrounding spaces clean and sanitary.
Clean and disinfect pet-contact areas and promptly remove animal waste.
Complete required pet-care, activity, cleaning, safety, and operational documentation.
Communicate professionally with pet parents during drop-off and pick-up interactions when assigned.
Work with teammates and leadership to provide safe and consistent care.
Support other Pet Care responsibilities and departments as needed based on training and business needs.