Animal Shelter Technician

Job Description:

Animal Shelter Technician

Description

Job Summary

The Mohave County Animal Shelter is looking to fill an Animal Shelter Technician position located in the brand-new state of the art facility!

Do you have a passion for animal welfare and want to make a difference every day? Mohave County Animal Shelter is looking for a compassionate, dependable, and hardworking Animal Shelter Technician to join our team!

As an Animal Shelter Technician, you'll play a vital role in caring for homeless animals while helping them on their journey to a safe and loving home.

In this role you will,

• Feed, water, exercise, and provide daily care for shelter animals
  
• Monitor animal health, administer medications, vaccines, and microchips
  
• Clean and disinfect kennels, equipment, and shelter facilities
  
• Maintain accurate animal records and medication logs
  
• Assist with animal intake, behavior assessments, and animal pairing
  
• Help maintain shelter buildings, grounds, and equipment
  
• Work alongside Animal Control Officers and shelter staff to provide exceptional animal care
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
  
• Six (6) months of experience working with animals in a veterinary clinic, humane society, animal shelter, or similar facility (volunteer experience may qualify)
  

We're looking for someone who is:
Compassionate and patient with animals
Comfortable working with animals of all sizes and temperaments
Able to perform physically demanding work, including lifting up to 50 pounds
A dependable team player with strong communication and customer service skills

Proud to Offer:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 6.5 hours accrued bi-weekly (32+ hour employees only)
• 39 hours of PTO front loaded
  • Regular accrual starts on 7 th pay period
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Enrollment in Arizona State Retirement System
  • Contribution rate of 11.98% with Employer match starting the first day.
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Perform work with a greater purpose

About the position

• Compensation: Range 7/Steps 1-8 ($15.75 to $19.37)
• 40 hours per week.
• Work weekends and holidays caring for the animals.
• Travel is required - to and from the vet 5 days per week with animals for surgery.
• Interaction with the public helping find their new best friend!

- Must pass pre-employment background screening.
- Must possess a valid driver's license for operation of motor vehicles at the start of employment and maintain said license while employed in this position.

Work Environment:

• Indoors
• Frequently outdoors, in temperatures above 90 degrees
• Chemicals/fumes
• Wet/damp area
• High noise level
• Bright lighting
• Conditions frequently include confined area, stairs, or ladders.
• Conditions may rarely include smoke/dust, dim lighting, exposure to contagious diseases.

Physical Environment:

• Sitting, standing, walking
• Driving a vehicle
• Speaking, hearing, seeing, reading
• Distinguishing colors
• Bending/kneeling, reaching
• Climbing, crouching, balancing
• Wearing protective gear
• Precise dexterity
• Lifting floor to waist fifty (50) pounds
• Lifting waist to shoulder ten (10) pounds
• Lifting should to overhead ten (10) pounds
• Carrying a weight of ten (10) pounds for 300 feet
• Pushing/pulling a weight of seventy-five (75) pounds for 300 feet

Essential Job Functions

• Cleans the animal shelter, wash floors, disinfect kennels.
• Provides care and health evaluations for the animals, feed animals, treats minor injuries, looks for disease indicators, and impound stray animals, and secure all kennels and buildings at end of day.
• Implants microchips to shelter animals. Administers vaccines and dewormers, as needed.
• Assists Leads with animal intake evaluations.
• Assists Leads/Supervisor with humane euthanasia.
• Assists Leads with ill and aggressive animals, as needed.
• Assists Leads/Supervisor with behavior assessment, safer testing, and shelter animal pairing.
• Dispenses medication including vaccinations to animals.
• Performs repairs and upkeep of building and grounds, including fences, water lines, and landscaping.
• Cleans laundry, food dishes, litter pans, blankets, and sheets.
• Maintains accuracy of animal inventory database.
• Maintains accurate animal and medication logs, rosters, and other documents.
• Maintains inventory of food and supplies for animal care.
• Maintains and grooms’ animals, including bathing, brushing, and wound care.
• Feeds, waters, and exercises animals.
• Maintains equipment, cleans animal cages, and vehicles.
• Assists Animal Control Officers as requested.
• Maintains absolute confidentiality of work-related issues, customer records and restricted County information.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED (General Education Degree).
• Six (6) months of experience working with animals in a veterinary hospital, humane society, or other animal facility; may include volunteer work.

• OR an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered in meeting the minimum qualifications.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Standard animal care and control practices and methods.
• Record keeping practices, customer service, and standards and protocols.
• Regional animal care resources are available to citizens.
• Basic knowledge of animal breeds, age, and illness.

• Exercising patience, care, and compassion in dealing with animals.

• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Recognizing symptoms of animal diseases.

• 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.

• Train and lead Shelter staff.
• Understand and follow written and verbal instructions.
• Assist shelter staff in moving or delivering treatment to injured and/or sick animals.

Mohave County has an extensive benefits package with exceptional health, wellness, and work/life balance offerings, financial & retirement benefits, comprehensive leave program, and more.
Check out our Benefits Guide for full details!

Closing Date/Time: 8/2/2026 5:00 PM Arizona

Salary:

$32,760.00 - $40,289.60 Annually