Hiring for our sister facility, Biggest Little Paws, in Sparks.
Spanish Springs Pet Resort is hiring a Shift Lead for our sister facility, Biggest Little Paws, a dog boarding and daycare at 860 E Greg St in Sparks. This is a hands-on leadership job. On your days, you run the shift. If you've run a shift before and want to do it around dogs, we'd like to meet you.
Schedule:
- Full-time, 3 days a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 7am to 7pm. All three days are required.
- 12-hour shifts (11 paid hours) with a 1-hour lunch (12 to 1) and two paid 15-minute breaks.
- Dogs are here every day of the year, so holidays are working days.
Pay and benefits:
- $20–$23 an hour depending on experience, plus tips.
- Free daycare for your own dog if they pass our evaluation and space allows.
- After the 90-day working interview: raises, PTO, paid sick leave and a Roth IRA.
- A path to Kennel Manager as we grow.
What you'll do:
- Run the shift: dogs, cleaning, feeding, play groups, the front desk and clients.
- Make the calls on the floor and keep the day on schedule.
- Make sure the daily checklist and closing checks get done right, every time.
- Check in and check out dogs, answer the phone and handle client questions.
- Clean, feed and give medications, hands-on all day.
- Help run our enrichment days.
- Help train new team members as we grow.
What we're looking for:
- You've run a shift before, in any industry: restaurant, retail, warehouse, kennel or clinic.
- Reliable and on time, every shift.
- Stays calm and makes decisions when things get busy.
- Comfortable with upset customers.
- Calm and confident with big, pushy or nervous dogs.
- Comfortable with our handling style: reward and praise first, calm fair corrections when needed.
- Looking for a long-term job.
The physical side:
- A very physical job: on your feet and walking all day.
- Lift and carry 50 lbs (food bags, trash, dogs into the tub).
- Indoors and out, in heat, cold and wet weather.
- Loud and busy.
Experience:
- Hands-on dog experience required: daycare, kennel, vet clinic or grooming. We'll train you on how we run things.
You'll report to management. Apply with the button below.