Animal Care Technician

Job Title

Clean and maintain the animal shelter, provide basic care for the shelter animals for the Animal Care and Control Department, assist with animal evaluations, and monitor animals.

Job Summary

The job involves cleaning and maintaining the animal shelter, providing basic care for the shelter animals, assisting with animal evaluations, and monitoring animals.

Typical Classification Essential Duties

1. Clean the animal shelter, wash floors, clean food dishes, disinfect kennels, and clean the bathroom and office.
2. Provide care and health evaluations for the animals, feed animals, treat minor injuries, provide medicines, look for disease indicators, and secure all kennels and buildings at end of day.
3. Perform general upkeep of building and grounds.
4. Clean laundry, dishes, litter pans, blankets and sheets.
5. Maintain accuracy of animal inventory database.
6. Assist the Animal Care and Control Officers as requested.
7. Promote and adhere to the workplace values of accountability, commitment, and teamwork to help enrich lives beyond expectation.
8. Maintain absolute confidentiality of work-related issues, customer records and restricted County information.
9. Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Requirements To Perform Work

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Animal handling experience. (include experience on application)
• newly established Arizona Residents must have one
• Or an equivalent combination of relevant education and/or experience may substitute for the minimum requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Work outside.
• Work with cleaning agents.
• Work around animals and have no allergies.
• Work in a stressful and sometimes loud, humid environment.
• Work weekdays/evenings/weekends/holidays.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of standard animal care and control practices and methods.
• Knowledge of record keeping practices, customer service, and standards and protocols.
• Knowledge of regional animal care resources available to citizens.
• Skill in exercising patience, care, and compassion in dealing with animals.

Physical Demands

The work is medium and requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The work also requires the ability to balance, climb, crawl, crouch, feel, finger, grasp, handle, reach, kneel, lift, push, pull, stand, stoop, walk, perform repetitive motion, operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment, hear, speak, and demonstrate mental and visual acuity.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an animal shelter that requires the ability to be sensitive to change and responsive to changing goals, priorities, and needs.

Notice To Applicants

We appreciate your interest in our employment opportunities. At Pinal County, we value professionalism and respect for others. If these values are not demonstrated throughout the application and interview process, we reserve the right to remove your candidacy from consideration, which may impact your future Pinal County applications. The hiring salary for this position is dependent upon experience, qualifications, and position funding; starting salaries above the first quartile require additional approval. Offers of employment are valid only if provided in writing and approved by Pinal County Human Resources.

All qualified candidates eligible to work in the United States are welcome to apply. However, visa sponsorship is not available. Pinal County does not participate in STEM Optional Practical Training (STEM OPT).

Pinal County requires pre-employment screening, which includes a Motor Vehicle Record check, a comprehensive background check (encompassing employment, education, and criminal history), and drug testing for safety-sensitive roles. Criminal convictions do not automatically disqualify candidates from employment. Employment offers are contingent on successful pre-employment screening. If driving is a requirement of the position, you must have a valid Arizona State Driver's License in accordance with Arizona State Law.

Work in this classification requires an individual to be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary classification functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this classification may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in this classification description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties, just as though they were actually written out in this description.