About this opportunity
KENNELWOOD PET RESORTS lists this Full-time Pet Care Boarding Attendant - 3rd Shift (overnight) opportunity in maryville, Illinois. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Shift:
3rd Shift/Overnights
Love animals and dont mind getting your hands dirty?
Kennelwood Pet Resorts is looking for dependable, compassionate team members to join our
Pet Care team as Boarding Attendants
. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working directly with animals, takes pride in keeping their environment clean and comfortable, and understands that great pet care requires attention to detail, teamwork, and reliability.
As a Boarding Attendant, youll help provide safe, attentive, and consistent care to the pets staying with us while giving their families confidence that theyre in good hands.
Youll spend your day caring for dogs, cats, and other pets by:
Providing meals, fresh water, exercise, enrichment, and individual attention
Following each pets specific care, feeding, medication, and handling instructions
Monitoring pets for changes in behavior, appetite, health, or overall well-being
Walking and safely handling dogs of different sizes, breeds, temperaments, and activity levels
Cleaning and sanitizing boarding accommodations, pet-care areas, bowls, equipment, and other spaces
Completing laundry and helping maintain clean bedding and supplies
Accurately documenting care activities, medications, observations, and concerns
Communicating with teammates and leadership to ensure consistent care throughout each pets stay
Genuinely care about animals and their well-being
Pay attention to small changes in an animals behavior or condition
Can safely work with dogs of varying sizes and temperaments
Are willing to clean, sanitize, and perform the less-glamorous—but essential—parts of professional pet care
Communicate concerns and ask for help when needed
Previous professional animal-care experience is preferred, but not required.
Kennelwood provides training on our established pet-care procedures and expectations.
Pet care is a 7-day-a-week operation
, so schedules may include weekdays, early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and peak occupancy periods. Boarding Attendants regularly stand and walk for extended periods; The position also involves direct interaction with live animals and exposure to barking, animal hair and dander, water, cleaning products, animal waste, and indoor and outdoor working conditions.
If youre looking for more than just a job and want the opportunity to make a difference in the daily care and well-being of pets, wed love to hear from you.
Who can apply
Review the original listing for work authorization, qualifications and employer requirements.