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Kennel Technician

STAY KENNELS
Oklahoma, OK Full Time
POSTED ON 3/29/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/28/2025

Job Overview
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Kennel Technician to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for animal care and welfare, ensuring that all pets receive the highest standard of care while they are in our facility. This role involves a variety of tasks related to the daily care of animals, maintaining cleanliness, and providing excellent service to our pets and their owners.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide daily care for animals, including feeding, cleaning, and exercising dogs.
  • Maintain cleanliness of kennels, play areas, and other facility spaces.
  • Monitor the health and behavior of animals, reporting any concerns to staff.
  • Administer daily medications to boarders.
  • Handling the preparation of all meals, food additives, medications, or any other requests from pet owners during their stay.
  • Maintaining all yards for dogs, such as; poop scooping and/ or outdoor cleaning.
  • Handle heavy lifting when moving supplies or larger animals safely.
  • Ensure compliance with safety protocols and maintain a safe environment for both animals and staff.

Skills:

  • MUST have Experience in animal handling, including knowledge of dog behavior and training techniques.
  • Background as a veterinary technician or assistant is a plus but not required.
  • Proficiency in pet sitting or dog handling to ensure comfort and safety for all animals in care.
  • Ability to perform heavy lifting tasks related to animal care and facility maintenance.
  • Upkeep on kennel equipment and or property fencing is a plus but not required.
  • Familiarity with animal restraint techniques to ensure safe handling during each pets Stay.

If you are passionate about animals and ready to contribute positively to our team, we encourage you to apply for the Kennel Technician position.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $12.00 - $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25 – 35 per week

Benefits:

  • Employee discount

Shift:

  • Day shift

Supplemental Pay:

  • Bonus opportunities
  • Quarterly bonus

Work Days:

  • Every weekend
  • Holidays
  • Monday to Friday

Application Question(s):

  • Are you available to work weekends?
  • Are you available from 7am-6pm, 5 days a week?

Education:

  • High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

  • kennel: 1 year (Required)
  • Dog handling: 1 year (Required)

Shift availability:

  • Day Shift (Required)

Ability to Commute:

  • Oklahoma City, OK 73131 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

  • Oklahoma City, OK 73131: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $12 - $18

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