Animal Care Technician

Animal Care Technician

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Petland is looking for people with an unwavering love for animals who want to build and advance their career in a fun and rewarding environment. Join us to become an ultimate caretaker, pairing our friends with their forever families. Our Animal Care Technicians are trained to provide excellent care for our Petland puppies. It is critical that every puppy’s nutritional, behavioral, environmental, and maintenance needs are met.

Animal Care Technicians provide care by following established company systems and procedures and help ensure our pets are healthy and happy when they join their forever home. Apply today and let Petland help you kick start your career in the pet industry.

Why Petland is a great place to work:

• Unwavering Love for Animals: You’ll be surrounded by furry, feathered, and scaly friends every day.
• Training and
  
  Education:
  
  We invest in our team's growth through comprehensive training programs.
• Make a Positive Impact: You’ll help pets find their forever homes and bring joy to families.
• Work with a Fun Team: Our close-knit team is supportive, friendly, and dedicated to our mission.
• Career Advancement: Petland offers internal promotion and opportunities to develop skills and advance.

• Provide care for puppies’ nutritional, behavioral, environmental, and maintenance needs.
• Perform opening, daily, and closing procedures in the kennel.
• Complete procedural cleaning checklists to ensure maximum cleanliness.
• Monitor the health of all puppies and kittens daily and maintain proper records.
• Ensure proper pet nutrition, socialization, and cleaning are handled according to expectations.
• Assist the store veterinarian with puppy and kitten examinations and provide care and medications as prescribed.
• Train and coach less‑experienced Animal Care Technicians as selected key holders.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.

• Attention to Detail
• Teamwork
• Animal Husbandry
• Communication
• Time Management

High school diploma or GED, or one to three months related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience preferred.

• Standing – Continually required to stand
• Walking – Continually required to walk
• Sitting – Occasionally required to sit
• Travelling – Occasionally required to travel
• Finger Dexterity – Continually required to utilize hand and finger dexterity
• Clambering, bending, balancing, stooping, kneeling or crawling – Frequently required
• Talking/Hearing – Continually required to talk or hear
• Visual Acuity – Continually required to operate equipment, read technical information, and/or use a keyboard
• Lifting/Pushing/Carrying – Occasionally required to lift more than 50 lbs at a time with frequent lifting, pushing, or carrying of up to 30 lbs.

Petland is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity status.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or physical requirements. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify Petland’s Department of Human Resources.