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Available Positions
Wildlife World Zoo is seeking individuals who are reliable and outgoing to join our team! We are currently hiring ride attendants, animal attendants and gift shop staff. Applicants must have reliable transportation and be able to work in all weather conditions. Having an outgoing personality and engaging with our guests is a must! We want all of our guests to have a memorable experience whether they are on a ride, interacting at one of our animal experiences or exploring the gift shop.
Grounds/Maintenance
Grounds/Maintenance shifts are 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the summer and 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the winter.
Grounds/Maintenance duties include but are not limited to Maintaining Zoo and Aquarium landscaping, building and maintaining zoo and aquarium exhibits, small concrete jobs, simple plumbing, woodwork, simple electric, and irrigation.
Grounds/Maintenance Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, dependable, honest, patient, able to handle stressful situations, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, able to work alone or in a group, able to lift 50 pounds, have a valid driver’s license. Know how to operate a chainsaw, mower, hedgers, and weed eaters.
Janitor/Custodian
Janitor / Custodian shift vary by season.
Janitor/Custodian duties include but are not limited to cleaning gallery floors, exhibit windows, and doors, cleaning the restrooms, taking out and picking up trash, cleaning trash cans, and performing basic restroom plumbing such as using an auger and replacing parts.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to successfully perform the job
•Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
•Must be able to treat all with respect and dignity in all interactions
•Must be able to follow routine checklists
•Strong personal orientation to provide excellent customer service
•Must have the physical ability to perform all tasks
•Must be willing to work assigned shift
•Must be punctual for shift start and maintain reliable attendance
•Ability to learn and understand how to properly use and handle various commercial cleaning chemicals and solvents and other specialty cleaning tools/equipment
Guest Relations
Giftshop: (open)
Giftshop duties include but are not limited to: Selling merchandise to customers, checking in shipments, pricing new merchandise, operating credit card machines, able to handle cash and giving change, cleaning stores, cleaning wheelchairs, strollers, and wagons, selling and redeeming tickets to customers entering the park, scheduling and checking in-school field trips, answering the phone, handling customer complaints, simple first aid.
Giftshop Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, dependable, honest, patient, have great communication skills, able to work in a fast-paced environment, have dependable transportation, able to multitask, and able to work alone or in a group.
Animal Attendant (open)
Animal Attendant duties include but are not limited to: Making sure the animals and customers in your area are safe, raking/sweeping, giving change to customers so they may purchase feed for the animals, operating a credit card machine, helping clear the Zoo at the end of your shift.
Animal Attendant Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, dependable, honest, patient, have great communication skills, have dependable transportation, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, able to work alone or in a group, able to work in inclement weather.
Ride Operator (Open)
Ride Operator duties include but are not limited to Selling ride tickets to customers, daily ride checks to make sure the rides are safe to operate, operating credit card machines, able to handle cash and giving change, raking/sweeping, assisting with help clear the Zoo at the end of your shift.
Ride Operator Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, have a valid driver’s license and dependable transportation, dependable, honest, patient, great communication skills, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, able to work alone or with others able to work in inclement weather
Careers
Gift Shop
Gift Shop duties include but are not limited to selling admission tickets to customers in person and over the phone, selling merchandise to customers inside the gift shop, answering multi-line telephones, pricing new merchandise, and stocking the gift shops.
Gift Shop Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, have a valid driver’s license and dependable transportation, be dependable, honest, patient, have great communication skills, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, able to work alone or with others able to work in inclement weather
Animal Attendant
Animal Attendant duties include but are not limited to: Making sure the animals and customers in your area are safe, raking/sweeping, giving change to customers so they may purchase feed for the animals, operating a credit card machine, helping clear the Zoo at the end of your shift.
Animal Attendant Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, dependable, honest, patient, have great communication skills, have dependable transportation, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, able to work alone or in a group, able to work in inclement weather.
Ride Operator
Ride Operator duties include but are not limited to Selling ride tickets to customers, daily ride checks to make sure the rides are safe to operate, operating credit card machines, able to handle cash and giving change, raking/sweeping, assisting with help clear the Zoo at the end of your shift.
Ride Operator Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, have a valid driver’s license and dependable transportation, dependable, honest, patient, great communication skills, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, able to work alone or with others able to work in inclement weather
Grounds/Maintenance
Grounds/Maintenance shifts are 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the summer and 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the winter.
Grounds/Maintenance duties include but are not limited to Maintaining Zoo and Aquarium landscaping, building and maintaining zoo and aquarium exhibits, small concrete jobs, simple plumbing, woodwork, simple electric, and irrigation.
Grounds/Maintenance Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, dependable, honest, patient, able to handle stressful situations, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, able to work alone or in a group, able to lift 50 pounds, have a valid driver’s license. Know how to operate a chainsaw, mower, hedgers, and weed eaters.
Grounds and Maintenance
Grounds and Maintenance shifts are 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the summer and 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the winter.
Grounds and Maintenance duties include but are not limited to Maintaining Zoo and Aquarium landscaping, building and maintaining zoo and aquarium exhibits, small concrete jobs, simple plumbing, woodwork, simple electric, and irrigation.
Grounds and Maintenance Requirements: Must be 18 years or older, dependable, honest, patient, able to handle stressful situations, able to work in a fast-paced environment, able to multitask, able to work alone or in a group, able to lift 50 pounds, have a valid driver’s license. Know how to operate a chainsaw, mower, hedgers, and weed eaters.
Aquarist
The full-time aquarist position is part of the Aquarium department responsible for performing the routine animal care and maintenance required for marine and freshwater exhibits. The Aquarist is required to be capable of delivering a high standard of work performance in the areas of animal and exhibit husbandry under the direction of the Aquarium Curator.