Mammal Department Zookeeper - Night Shift
About The Position
The Mammal Department Zookeeper - Night Shift provides care, feeding, enrichment and training for mammals to ensure their well-being and contributes to outstanding guest experiences by ensuring that mammal exhibits are properly maintained. The Mammal Department Zookeeper - Night Shift will support, both publicly and privately, the principles of the Detroit Zoological Society. The Mammal Department Zookeeper - Night Shift will maintain a professional manner when dealing with all constituencies and always preserve a high level of confidentiality. This job description is by no means all inclusive and may be subject to change during a performance period due to the needs of the Detroit Zoological Society and its leadership. This document will be reviewed on a continual basis and will be modified as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in zoology or a closely related discipline and two years’ experience in the care and management of mammals
- An associate degree in a related discipline and four years experiences in the care of captive wildlife, two of which include the care and management of mammals.
- Ability to lift and move up to 50 pounds
- Ability to perform the essential functions of the job satisfactorily with or without accommodations.
Responsibilities
- Provide daily care, including but not limited to, feeding, enrichment, and operant conditioning training for mammals
- Clean animal enclosures and other exhibit areas
- Perform routine exhibit maintenance, including mowing, trimming, and other routine maintenance activities
- Observe and document physical condition and behavior of animals
- Inspect facilities to ensure safety and security
- Capture and restrain animals as needed
- Monitor animal social conditions and situations
- Develop and submit enrichment practices to Coordinator of Enrichment and Research
- Design, construct, and provide enrichment devices to animals
- Coordinate animal health and other medical procedures with veterinary staff
- Provide medical treatments as prescribed by the veterinarians
- Perform routine maintenance and make minor repairs to equipment and facilities
- Communicate needs for maintenance department work requests to supervisor
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations
- Maintain records, inventories and other information and provide written and verbal reports as required
- Train new staff as required
- Train and supervise interns
- Conduct educational presentations in both formal and informal settings.
- Perform other duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
