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Mack's Natural Reptile Food Technician

Reptiles by Mack

Xenia, OH

$16.20/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 5 days ago


Job description

Position Title: Mack’s Natural Reptile Food Technician
Department: Mack’s Natural Reptile Food
Reports to: Department Supervisor
Location: Headquarters, Xenia, Ohio
Open: 365 days per year, typical shift is 7:00am to 3:30pm, with occasional overtime
Reptiles by Mack:
Are you looking for something unique and exciting? Reptiles by Mack offers a unique working environment unlike anything in the area. Working with Live Reptiles in a fun, fast paced environment. Join a company that promotes from within, all team leads, and supervisors have been promoted up from care tech positions. We are a team that embraces change and thrives on the diversity of our team members. Many benefits including Monthly team lunches, employee appreciation donuts, ability to purchase reptiles and feeders directly along with many other team activities.
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Reptiles by Mack is a reptile breeding and wholesale facility. We specialize in pet reptiles such as bearded dragons, leopard geckos, corn snakes, and ball pythons. Our goal at Reptiles by Mack has always been to produce the very best captive bred pet reptiles. We strive to create an outstanding experience for all of our customers through exceptional customer service, year-round availability, and healthy and exciting high-quality pets. We are thoroughly committed to providing all of our customers with an excellent reptile experience!
Compensation:
$16.20 an hour
Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, and Life insurance available
401 k plan with employer contribution (up to 3% match) for qualified employees
Paid vacation and holidays for full-time employees after 1 year
Job Summary:
Mack’s Natural Reptile Food Technicians support all aspects preparing and shipping our Mack’s Natural Reptile Food, such as mealworms, super worms, crickets, Dubia roaches, and rodents (frozen and live). The various elements include:
Job Skills and Responsibilities:
Feeds and water animals according to feeding instructions and established schedules.
Assists in all aspects of department breeding and department husbandry.
Receives incoming animals from shipments, verifies the quality and count of all animals.
Sort, size and weigh animals for shipping, internal departments, and breeding.
Package frozen rodents (mice, rats) for sale.
Package live insects (roaches, crickets, mealworms) for sale with their appropriate feed.
Assemble boxes, packages, and crates for shipping of animals.
Pull, count, and sort animals for customers’ orders to prepare for shipping.
Pull, count, sort, and transport animals for internal departments.
Perform supply inventory and deliver supplies to other departments weekly.
Receiving and inventory of all incoming animals as well as inventory of the seller animals.
Feeds and water insects according to feeding instructions and established schedules.
Cleans and disinfect insect living areas to established schedules.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirements:  
Ability to accurately sort, count, and verify items received.
Basic understanding of warehouse procedures.
Good organizational skills and attention to detail.
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite to maintain records, input data, and create reports.
Ability to learn Quickbooks and Shipping software
Ability to work efficiently.
Ability to follow instructions.
Detail-oriented and consistent.
Reliable and dependable in performing job-related tasks.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Excellent time management skills.
Works well as a productive member of a team.
Basic ability in mathematics, reading, or writing.
Physical Requirements:
Must be able to work in 85-degree to 90-degree temperatures and high humidity
Prolonged periods (8 hours) of standing, lifting, bending, and carrying materials
Must be able to exert 50 pounds of force occasionally and 25 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount of force frequently.
Must be able to perform physical labor including reaching, twisting, bending, grasping, pushing, pulling, climbing, kneeling, crouching, stooping, and lifting.
Ability to learn to use telephone, hand tools, gardening/carpentry/kitchen tools, electronic equipment (e.g. Scales and digital thermometers, computer equipment), power equipment (e.g. RollBag Machine, Heat Seal Wrap, Food Processor)
Preferred Qualifications: 
Driver’s License and clean driving record
This job description is to be used as a guide for accomplishing Company and department objectives, and only covers primary functions and responsibilities of the position. It is in no way to be construed as an all-encompassing list of duties.