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The Bio Dude is a smaller business located in Webster (Houston), Texas. The Bio Dude is a speciality niche business that specializes in reptile and amphibian products. From substates, lighting, live plants and even feeder insects; the Bio Dude strives to provide the best care, rather than the basic care utilizing research practices and techniques. We are a very goal driven, hungry and aggressive business that has grown substantially since inception in 2017. We have been featured on Animal Planet as well as work with many AZA accredited facilities in Texas. We have a full service website (www.thebiodude.com), store (the Bio Dude Houston) and distribution around the contiguous 48 to many retail stores and platforms. This business was started out of dust and created from love, determination, grief and tenacity. The Bio Dude is always looking for candidates to join our team! If you like to work hard, play hard and grow with a business the Bio Dude is a great opportunity for you. We are pleased to offer:
- Capital Blue Cross Health Insurance PPO and HMO
- Humana Dental Insurance
- Liberty Life Insurance
- 401k with the Bio Dude contribution
- PTO
- Paid Holidays
COVID-19 considerations:
To keep our staff and customer safe, we are enforcing wearing masks, practicing social distancing, and have our building professionally disinfected with a medical grade formula that does not allow the virus to remain on surfaces for 90 days.
Click here to download out PDF Application form. Please submit this form with your resume, and a cover letter with your experience pertaining to the position. Please email your resume to HR@theBioDude.com.
Full time AND Part Time Customer Care associate
Pay $15 hour for full time and $12 an hour for Part Time
Full Time
Ideal candidate will have the following skill sets:
1. Warehouse safety experience.
2. Microsoft word and outlook experience.
3. A team player with strong typing, organization, reading comprehension and communication skills.
4. Experience with the care of reptiles and amphibians (preferred, but may train the right individual).
5. Customer service experience with focus on p2p experiences and emails.
6. Knowledge of plants and biology.
7. Ability to work unsupervised and effectively.
8. Ability to lift 40 pounds.
9. Valid drivers license.
Duties of this position will include, but are not limited to:
1. Maintaining a clean and efficient work space.
2. Handling all emails, voicemails and reviews of the Bio Dude.
3. Building and establish relationships with clientele via our p2p store and via email/phone call.
4. Rotating and stocking inventory in the retail space of the Bio Dude.
5. Creating custom habitats for customers and their animals.
6. Educating clientele on the standard of care and husbandry practices for animals.
7. Providing A+ customer service.
8. Maintaining various forms to coordinate inventory, losses etc and communicate that to various management.
9. Cleaning duties.
Job Type: Full-time
Position starts at $15 an hour. Monday-Friday 8AM-4:15PM. Alternating Saturdays required. Must have a valid drivers license, have the ability to type quickly and have strong reading comprehension skills.
What will set you apart from everyone else is experience with keeping reptiles, amphibians or invertebrates as pets or have a fundamental understanding of reptile and amphibian husbandry. Experience is preferred, but not required and will train the right individual.
Warehouse Associate Position & General Laborer Floater
Starting Pay: $16.00 for full time
Ideal candidate will be:
- A team player, organized, has warehouse experience.
- Warehouse safety experience.
- Valid Forklift experience with Texas certification a HUGE plus.
- Familiarity or experience with Reptiles or Amphibians (not required).
- Valid driver’s license.
Duties of this position will include, but are not limited to:
- Operation of heavy machinery, such as large industrial mixers, saws, drills, heat sealers and pallet jacks.
- The ability to consistently lift 75 pounds.
- Operating a sit-down forklift safely and effectively.
- Maintaining inventory, rotating pallets of product.
- Unloading various freight incoming shipments.
- Load/fill various freight outgoing shipments, creating BOL.
- Packaging, creating, mixing, and stocking product with Bio Dude branding for resale.
- Have an understanding of safe warehouse environments and responsibility.
- Operate other Bio Dude, Inc vehicle assets.
- Janitorial duties throughout warehouse and building.
- Packaging completed online orders and preparing shipping labels.
This is a physically labor-intensive position, but a good entry position into a very successful, fast growing business. If you are a hard worker, driven with a drive to succeed, come join us here at the Bio Dude!
Order Fulfillment Associate
Pay: $16.25 for full time
Full Time - INTERVIEWING AS OF 03/27/2023
Job Description
General: This position is based at the Bio Dude Houston, 15516 Highway 3, BLDG 4. Webster, TX 77598. E-Commerce order fulfillment specialist is required to work in a team environment and fill each E-Commerce order for the day, keep a clean and organized workspace, manage their time and efficiency, and maintain/follow proper protocols in place by The Bio Dude.
The hours for this position are MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4:15PM We do require one or two Saturday's a month which is 9AM-5PM.
Expectations:This position requires high attention to detail as well as the ability to follow protocol exactly as written. Each day specific deadlines will be given to you that must be completed prior to leaving for the day. Printing out all E-Commerce orders, organizing orders by shipping method/priority, filling all E-Commerce orders accurately, packing orders in boxes by protocols established, and inserting proper marketing material/education material for the consumer. The duty of providing a rewarding experience to the customer is on you, with how the box is packaged, how the labels are facing, all of it plays a vital role on customer retention and business reputation. After deadlines have been met, a full cleanup of the building is required. Taking out trash, sweeping, putting items back where they belong, and maintaining a clean and organized work space is required. If orders are complete employee may be sent to manufacturing to help as needed as a team player.
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
- Excellent communication skills, be a team player, and the ability to work in a hot environment
- A minimum of 3 years order picking and filling experience. The ability to read invoices and follow proper labeling protocols and picking the right item.
- Experience with reptile and amphibians as pets or experience with fish tanks or aquariums is a huge plus.
- Experience with Fed Ex and USPS packing and handing.
- Team member with warehouse experience.
- Ability to frequently lift 65 pounds.
- Ability to work in a very faced paced, deadline environment while meeting and exceeding set pick rates.
If you want to learn more, visit: www.thebiodude.com
Animal Caretaker - Reptile Wrangler - Filled
Position: Animal Caretaker - Reptile Wrangler
Hours: 40 hours a week
Pay: $16.00 with the ability to go to $17.00 after 90 days for the right candidate.
Hours: Monday – Friday 8:00am-4:15pm, some Saturdays required 9:00am-5:00pm
Ideal candidate will have the following skillsets:
1. Experience keeping springtails, isopods, reptiles, amphibians and arachnids.
2. Must not have a phobia of insects, snakes, etc.
3. Experience keeping/maintaining feeder insects such as roaches, crickets, worms etc. At least 1 year experience required.
4. Experience with different plants / botany is preferred but not required
5. Ability to lift 40lbs.
6. A team player with strong typing, organization, reading comprehension, and communication skills.
7. The ability to be self-managed, be able to work unsupervised and work effectively.
8. Microsoft word and outlook experience.
Position Requirements:
1. Follow proper safety protocol set in place by the Bio Dude, Inc.
2. Maintaining a clean and efficient workspace.
3. Creating custom habitats for customers and their animals.
4. Maintaining various forms to coordinate inventory, losses etc. and communicate that to management.
5. Cleaning all terrariums, maintaining all terrariums, and doing water changes.
6. The ability to provide health checks on different animals and identify when they need to be taken to a veterinarian.
7. Maintain proper documentation of the health/concerns of the animals.
8. Finding/utilizing the appropriate databases to store documentation for the animals.
9. Feeding and maintaining all the reptiles, amphibians, arachnids & feeder insects.
10. Manage reptile breeding programs and help raise neonatal reptiles and amphibians.
11. Selecting and acquiring new animals for POS.
12. Making decisions involving animal husbandry, diets, veterinary care, quarantine procedures, enrichment activities, animal transportation, and research projects.
13. Monitoring enclosure designs to make sure animals’ needs are met.
14. Provide supervision, evaluation, guidance, and direction for the animal care staff. Ensure that all animal care staff adhere to the Bio Dude’s policies and practices and remain current in training.
15. Participate in meetings pertaining to the Bio Dude’s collection, provide updates on the welfare of the animals and assist with planning and developing new enclosures. Research new animals to ensure we are providing the appropriate husbandry and enclosure standards. Continuously work to enhance current enclosures while making improvement recommendations as needed.
16. Assist with special events the business coordinates.
17. Partner with customer care when they have questions regarding husbandry and enclosure sizes
18. Customer service when necessary
19. Janitorial duties
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $16.00 per hour
Social Media Expert - Part Time
Bug Wrangler - Part Time - Filled
Salary: $15.00 - $18.00.
Hours (Part-time schedule can be modified for the right associate): Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 8:00am - 4:15pm.
Expectations: Professionalism in appearance, attitude, and communication skills are imperative to the success of this position. Maintaining a positive work environment, meeting important deadlines, day to day tasks, and inventory are all things that the Bug wrangler are responsible for ensuring are done correctly and on time.
Ideal candidate will have the following skillsets:
- Experience keeping springtail and isopods.
- Must not have a phobia of insects, snakes, etc.
- Experience keeping/maintaining feeder insects such as roaches, crickets, worms etc. At least 1 year experience required
- Experience with different plants / botany is preferred but not required.
- Ability to lift 40 lbs.
- A team player with strong typing, organization, reading comprehension, and communication skills.
- The ability to be self-managed, be able to work unsupervised and work effectively.
- Microsoft word and outlook experience.
Position Requirements:
- Follow proper safety protocol set in place by the Bio Dude, Inc.
- Maintaining a clean and efficient workspace.
- Maintaining various forms to coordinate inventory, losses etc. and communicate that to management.
- Partner with operations lead to meet important deadlines, and prepare for upcoming events.
- Finding/utilizing the appropriate databases to store documentation for the animals.
- Feeding and maintaining CUC (Clean-up crew) and feeder insects.
- Assist with special events the business coordinates.
- Customer service when necessary.
- Maintain all master Isopod Cultures. Perform routine maintenance, Pest control, and monitor their population. Ensure the specimens are maintained appropriately for optimal health, reproduction, and can be routinely sold as demand requires it.
- Maintain all master springtail cultures. Routine maintenance, pest control, population evaluation, charcoal/clay top off. Ensuring the specimens are maintained appropriately for optimal health, reproduction and can be routinely sold as demand requires it.
- Create springtail and isopod cultures for sale for POS and for shipping. Follow specific packaging instructions for POS vs Online sales.
- Create and oversee new master cultures for springtails and isopods. Ensuring we have enough specimens for demand.
- Work with Operations Lead with springtail and isopod shipping. This is not limited to: creating shipping boxes, packaging up CUC orders, processing CUC orders and ensuring they are picked up on time.
- Be able to operate Shopify, and SKU Labs to help maintain stock.
- Maintain Isopod and Springtail Cultures for sale. Routine misting, feeding and rotating stock for sale via the POS and storage.
- Manage all Fruit Fly Cultures for sale, rotate stock, eliminate old inventory to prevent mites and create new cultures for sale and for in house use.
- Manage all Roach Colonies. Ensure they are cleaned, organized, breeding, and that we have them available to stock the POS for sale and for feeding our animals in house.
- Create Dubia Roach cultures for sale for the POS of appropriate sizes and ensure they are stocked, cleaned, and rotated.
- Assist with all other bugs for sale at POS and help maintain a healthy rotation as well and ensure they are clean and stocked appropriately. Silkworms are stocked with fresh food and all cups are inspected for quality.
- Assist with ordering isopods when needed for masters and insects for sale at the point of sale
- Ensure that your area is clean, and trash is taken out at end of day.
- Communicating with reptile wrangler and operations lead when we are unable to meet any above duties on a weekly basis and/or if there are issues with any of the master cultures.
- Open to learning other methods of culturing and reselling isopods, springtails, and other insects.
- Janitorial duties