Sea Life Park - Hawaii - Senior Animal Trainer

Palace Entertainment is a leading leisure park operator in the United States and Australia overseeing more than 25 entertainment venues, hotels and educational venues across 11 different states.

Palace Entertainment owns and operates some of the country’s largest and most prestigious venues including: National Historic Landmark, Kennywood Park, America’s Oldest Amusement Park, Lake Compounce, the world’s first ever Cartoon Network Hotel, Best Family Theme Park Dutch Wonderland and a variety of other family-friendly parks and campgrounds throughout the United States.

Palace Entertainment is a subsidiary of Parques Reunidos, one of the leading global operators, with more than 60 different assets (theme parks, zoos and marine parks, water parks and other attractions), spread out over various countries across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Australia.

Under the direction of the Animal Care Supervisors, performs a leadership role within demonstrations, habitats and animal husbandry.   Responsible for educational demonstrations upkeep, animal facilities, animal procedures, production value, staff appearance and presentation quality.  Trains and maintains animal behavior and husbandry techniques for demonstrations.  Gives clear guidelines, instructions and directives to less experienced staff.  Maintains a professional and safe environment for animals, employees and park guests. 

We are currently looking for a:

 

Sea Life Park - Hawaii - Senior Animal Trainer

Roles & Responsibilities:

 

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Carry out the basic functions while ensuring the health and safety of the animals, employees and guests. 

• Oversees and teaches less experienced staff proper husbandry procedures, training methods, safety guidelines and show performance and quality. 

• Ability to proficiently perform all duties of an Animal Trainer level position. 

• Ensures top quality care and attention for the well-being of each animal.   

• Assists with proper staffing of animal areas through effective scheduling. 

• Assists management with coordinating and preparing reviews of departmental employees. 

• Develops and implements new animal procedures as directed by departmental management. 

• Recognizes and reports to management potential behavior problems and implements a plan to correct.     

• Successfully acclimates and trains new animals. 

• Implements and carries out daily animal sessions in accordance with the direction of departmental management. 

• Satisfactorily performs all primary roles in education and general public presentations. 

• Competent in animal handling, restraint and transport. 

• Makes daily observations of animals and reports any abnormalities to management. 

• Document oral directives and effectively implement to staff. 

 

Requirements: 

• 3+ years of previous animal care or training highly desired. ( Example: former Animal care and training internship(s), animal care volunteering in zoo’s or aquariums, seasonal or past full time work within the animal care or training field) 

• High School Diploma or equivalent.  College degree in a related field preferred but not required. 

• Proficient in the areas of animal health, natural history and husbandry techniques. 

Team member benefits:

 

Why Palace Entertainment?