Senior Animal Husbandry Specialists

SeaWorld Abu Dhabi

We are looking for experienced husbandry specialists (3 vacancies open) to join our pre-opening team for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi.

In this role, you will enthusiastically represent our brand by displaying a positive attitude, high level of energy and commitment to quality throughout all aspects of the job. Provide for proper nutrition, appropriate and sanitary living conditions and constant care for marine mammals. In this role you will safely fulfill duties in animal/guest interactions, animal training, husbandry, enrichment, general public presentations, and research.

Your job scope will include:

Perform daily husbandry tasks including administration of vitamins and medications as directed, food preparation, maintaining a safe and sanitary working area for all animal habitats as directed by area leadership.
Responsible for guest, personal, and animal safety through constant monitoring of the behavioral precursors of potentially harmful behavior by both animals and people.
Make daily observations of animals and report any abnormalities to staff supervisor and team.
Maintain all animal records, equipment, area responsibilities, and communication requirements on a daily basis.
Provide and maintain a work environment that follows the established guidelines and safety procedures set by the department and park.
Function as an Ambassador by displaying consideration, tolerance, cooperation, open communication, and reliability. Maintain a consistent attitude, motivation, and ability to accept feedback.
Successfully represents company in Public Relations or Media situations/events.
Be able to deliver department seminars.
Perform all roles in education and general public shows, and guest interaction programs.
Provide proactive guest service through guest interactions, pre and post shows, and responding to guest inquiries.
Consistently practices safe work habits including, but not limited to the use of personal protective equipment, lifting and reporting of unsafe situations.
Be proficient in application of behavioral modification techniques used at SeaWorld. This includes, but is not limited to, the skill set to develop and implement new behavior, training of naïve animals with minimum supervision, training behavior to completion without supervision, proactively maintaining conditioned behavior, and the ability to form relationships with most, if not all, of the animals in assigned area.
Willing to successfully complete all legal, company, and department training requirements to include but not limited to passing required tests and certifications within established timelines.

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