Evening & Weekend Team Lead Pay
- Team members typically earn $15–$17/hour with tips and mileage reimbursement included
- $12.50–$14.50/hour base start pay, depending on professional pet care experience and leadership readiness
- +$1/hour shift differential for Sunday double-shift hours currently available
- Entry-level candidates typically start near $12.50/hour
- Candidates with substantial professional pet care experience may qualify toward the top of the range
- W-2 position
- 1.5x holiday pay
- Referral bonuses available
Schedule
This position is designed around our evening and weekend coverage needs and requires dependable availability for:
- Saturday first shift, 6am-3pm
- Sunday double shift, 6am - 10pm (+$1/hour shift differential for Sunday double-shift)
- Monday double shift, or at minimum Monday second shift (3pm-10pm)
Additional weekday evening or weekend hours may also be available based on scheduling needs.
What You’ll Do
As a Team Lead, you’ll provide hands-on pet care while also helping keep the day running smoothly for the rest of the team.
Responsibilities may include:
- Pet sitting, dog walking, feeding, potty breaks, and other in-home pet care
- Poop scooping
- Reviewing schedules and helping ensure visits are covered correctly
- Supporting caregivers with questions or unexpected situations
- Communicating schedule changes, pet concerns, or client needs to management
- Helping maintain consistent care standards across the team
- Sending professional, thoughtful client updates
- Stepping in when additional coverage is needed
This is still a very hands-on pet care position—you should expect to spend much of your shift traveling between clients and caring for pets.
What We’re Looking For
- 18+
- Live in Newton, North Newton, or Hesston
- Reliable, insured vehicle and smartphone
- Comfortable working independently and making good decisions in the field
- Confident caring for dogs, cats, and a variety of other pets
- Strong communication, organization, and follow-through
- Able to remain calm and problem-solve when plans change
- Able to pass a background check
- Two professional references
- Willing to commit to the position for at least 12 months
- Able to walk several miles, climb stairs, bend/kneel, and lift up to 50 lbs
- Comfortable working outdoors in Kansas heat, cold, rain, snow, wind, and other changing weather conditions
Professional animal-care experience is strongly valued but not required. Experience in pet sitting, dog walking, boarding, veterinary care, shelters, kennels, grooming, dog training, or another professional animal-care environment may qualify candidates for a higher starting rate.
Team Lead Training Path
We don’t expect a new Team Lead to walk in on day one and immediately manage schedules, staff questions, and unexpected situations while also learning dozens of pets and clients.
All Team Leads begin their first approximately 60-90 days working as Pet Caregivers on our Pet Caregiver or training pay scale.
During this time, you’ll focus on:
- Getting to know our clients, pets, homes, and individual care routines
- Learning our service standards and communication expectations
- Becoming familiar with routes, scheduling patterns, and our service area
- Learning our software, procedures, and internal systems
- Demonstrating reliability, judgment, communication, and consistency in the field
Once you have a solid foundation as a caregiver and are ready to progress, we’ll begin adding Team Lead responsibilities and transition you to the applicable Team Lead pay rate.
This allows you to learn the actual day-to-day work—before being responsible for helping coordinate it for everyone else.
About Blue Skies Pet Care
Blue Skies Pet Care has been locally owned and operated in Harvey County since 2010.
We’re a small, close-knit team rather than a large corporate operation. Our Team Leads play an important role in keeping care consistent, supporting caregivers in the field, and making sure both pets and people have someone dependable to turn to when the unexpected happens.
We care about treating our team fairly, communicating clearly, and promoting from within whenever possible.
Pay: $12.50 - $16.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Mileage reimbursement
- On-the-job training
- Paid training
- Referral program
Application Question(s):
- Are you 18 years or older? (Required)
- Are you available to work the Saturday - Monday listed hours?
License/Certification:
- driver's license and access to an reliable insured vehicle (Required)
Location:
- Newton, KS 67114 (Required)
Work Location: In person
