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REPTILES EN VENTA

Los reptiles de Shadow a la venta tienen una garantía de salud de un mes. Nos enfocamos en el cuidado y la crianza adecuados de reptiles nacidos en cautiverio y queremos transmitir la responsabilidad a nuestros clientes mediante guías fáciles de leer para el cuidado de reptiles. Ofrecemos una variedad de lagartijas, serpientes, tortugas terrestres y terrestres a la venta, además de la llegada de ejemplares vivos y una experiencia de servicio al cliente que le encantará.

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Lead Keeper

Location:  Homestead, FL
Type: Full-Time
Reports To: Owner / Operations Director

Role Overview

The Lead Keeper is responsible for overseeing daily animal care operations and ensuring that all animals receive consistent, high-quality care that meets Shadow’s Reptiles’ welfare, safety, and enrichment standards.

This role combines hands-on animal care with leadership, accountability, and oversight. The Lead Keeper sets the tone for care standards, enforces protocols, trains staff, and acts as the first point of escalation for animal health, behavior, and care concerns.

Key Responsibilities

Animal Care Oversight
  • Oversee daily feeding, cleaning, and enrichment schedules

  • Ensure all care protocols are followed accurately and consistently

  • Monitor animal health, behavior, and enclosure conditions

  • Identify issues early and escalate concerns immediately

  • Coordinate animal movements, introductions, and enclosure changes

Team Leadership & Training
  • Supervise, train, and support animal keepers and assistants

  • Assign daily tasks and verify completion

  • Enforce standards, protocols, and safety procedures

  • Provide coaching, feedback, and corrective guidance

  • Assist with onboarding and ongoing training of new staff

Record Keeping & Communication
  • Ensure accurate daily logs, feeding records, and care documentation

  • Communicate animal status updates to management

  • Maintain clear communication between keepers, operations, and event teams

Facility & Safety Standards
  • Maintain clean, organized, and safe animal areas

  • Ensure biosecurity and sanitation protocols are followed

  • Identify facility or enclosure issues and coordinate repairs

  • Support compliance with internal standards and inspections

Event & Show Support
  • Prepare animals for encounters and mobile shows as needed

  • Ensure animals selected for events are healthy and suitable

  • Coordinate with the Experience team to maintain animal welfare during events

Required Qualifications

  • Proven experience in animal care or husbandry

  • Strong leadership and team management skills

  • Deep understanding of animal welfare and safety

  • Excellent attention to detail and consistency

  • Ability to make calm, informed decisions under pressure

  • Physically capable of performing hands-on care duties

  • Reliable, punctual, and highly accountable

Preferred Experience (Not Required)

  • Zoo, sanctuary, or exotic animal facility experience

  • Experience supervising animal care staff

  • Background in biology, animal science, or related field

Performance Expectations

  • Animals are consistently healthy, clean, and enriched

  • Care routines are completed accurately and on time

  • Staff follow protocols without shortcuts

  • Issues are identified and addressed proactively

  • Animal areas reflect professional, inspection-ready standards

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