Animal Care Attendant (Flexible Working Hours)

Destination Pet, LLC; Melrose Park (WI); Hybrid; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telehealth

401K

Pet Insurance

Pay starts at $14.75/hour DOE + tips

Access your earned wages anytime with

Job summary

Destination Pet LLC is hiring an Animal Care Attendant at A Touch of Class Pet Resort. This on-your-feet role involves feeding, cleaning, monitoring health and happiness of pets, and keeping enclosures spotless.

Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs, work evenings, weekends and holidays. Prior kennel experience is a plus, but eager learners welcome. Pay starts at $14.75/hour DOE + tips; DailyPay available.

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs (pet care is physical).
• Availability on evenings, weekends, and holidays is required.

Responsibilities

• Keep pet enclosures and play areas clean, safe and sanitary.
• Serve meals and water for pets.
• Monitor health and happiness of each pet guest.
• Report unusual issues to the General or Assistant Manager.
• Supervise playtime and assist with brushing and bath time.

Skills

Love for animals

Experience in animal care

Calm demeanor

Willing to get hands dirty

Job description

Welcome to Destination Pet. We are One Pack- a united team working together to elevate the love and lives of pet families. Our pet-obsessed professionals create a connected care network of trustworthy partners who bring creative innovation every day. We are revolutionizing the pet industry.

Join us! We’re currently sniffing out our next Animal Care Attendant at A Touch of Class Pet Resort. Do you speak fluent “woof” or “meow”? Know the joy of puppy kisses and the chaos of a zoomie’s session? If you're passionate about paws and ready to turn your love for animals into a rewarding job, we’ve got a tail-wagging opportunity for you.

What You Should Know

This is an on-your-feet, hands-on, sometimes-sweaty kind of job. Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs (golden retrievers don’t walk themselves to the tub). Availability on evenings, weekends, and holidays required pets don’t take days off. Exposure to cleaning supplies, pet hair, and, ahem, “accidents” is part of the gig. Must be able to be on feet for the duration of your shift. Must be able to stand, walk and climb stairs frequently.

Reporting To

General Manager

Perks & Pay

• Telehealth
• 401K
• Pet Insurance
• Pay starts at $14.75/hour DOE + tips
• Access your earned wages anytime with DailyPay

What You Bring to the Table

• A borderline-obsessive love for animals. (We get it. We’re the same.)
• Prior kennel or animal care experience is a plus, but if you're brand new and eager to learn—we want to meet you!
• A cool, calm, and professional demeanor—even when a Great Dane steals your mop.
• A willingness to get your hands dirty (literally).

What You'll Be Doing (Besides Making Furry Friends for Life)

• Keeping pet enclosures and play areas spotless, safe, and sanitized (because nobody likes a stinky litter box).
• Serving up meals and fresh water like a 5-star pet resort concierge.
• Monitoring the health, happiness, and, yes, poop of every pet guest—because details matter.
• Reporting anything unusual to the General or Assistant Manager (you’ll be their eyes and ears).
• Supervising playtime, tail-wagging, and the occasional game of fetch.
• Assisting with brushing and bath time (rubber ducky optional).
• Handling laundry and belongings so every pet has clean snuggly stuff.
• Making tails wag. That’s the real goal here.
• Other duties as assigned

Destination Pet LLC affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

Destination Pet LLC endeavors to make our employment website and application process accessible to all users and applicants.

In doing so, we provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation or assistance completing the application process, please contact a member of our recruitment team.

Destination Pet, headquartered in Irving, Texas, is a national network of pet-obsessed professionals dedicated to elevating the love and lives of our pet families through total pet care.

With more than a century of experience, our founders understood the need for better pet healthcare and believed in the value of integrating pet services from veterinary medicine to, grooming, boarding, daycare, training and more. By connecting the experts behind the scenes, we get to know our pet families in a way that allows us to offer proactive, convenient, and personalized advice and care.