Veterinary Technician Supervisor

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Maple Grove, MN, USA
In-Office
27-33 Hourly
Entry level
Pet • Professional Services
The Role
Supervise and develop veterinary technicians and assistants while maintaining strong staffing coverage, training, Fear Free handling, AAHA standards, inventory controls, equipment organization, and patient-care workflows. The supervisor remains hands-on with catheter placement, anesthesia monitoring, and procedure assistance, partners with hospital leadership and doctors on protocols, and manages performance conversations and team communication.
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Veterinary Technician Supervisor | Lead Your Team | Fear Free & AAHA-Accredited


VCA Animal Wellness Center of Maple Grove | Maple Grove, MN


Lead a technician team that’s set up to succeed at a hospital that invests in its associates.


We’re one of the first Fear Free Certified practices in Minnesota and an AAHA-accredited hospital. As our Technician Supervisor, you’ll shape how our technicians work, grow, and feel at work. You’ll be a respected leader who still gets hands-on when it counts, with real support from hospital leadership.


The Basics

  • Pay: $27 - 33/hr, based on experience and leadership background.
  • Schedule: Full-time. No overnights and no Sundays.
  • Location: 7000 East Fish Lake Road, Maple Grove, MN 55311

What You’ll Do

  • Lead, coach, and support the technician and assistant team day-to-day
  • Build and manage technician schedules to keep coverage strong and burnout low
  • Train and mentor new hires and new grads, and develop skills across the team
  • Champion Fear Free handling and AAHA standards in daily workflows
  • Oversee inventory, equipment, controlled substance logs, and treatment area organization
  • Partner with the Hospital Manager and doctors to improve protocols, efficiency, and patient care
  • Stay hands-on: place catheters, monitor anesthesia, assist with procedures as needed
  • Handle performance conversations, recognition, and team communication with fairness and care

Why Leaders Choose Us

  • A schedule that works: No overnights and no Sundays
  • Leadership that’s funded: Leadership and mentorship programs, CE allowance, paid time off for CE (LVTs only), and free WOOF University® access (RACE-approved)
  • Real support: A close-knit team and a hospital leadership group that backs you up
  • Room to move: Nationwide hospital transfer options and clear paths to larger leadership roles
  • Look after your well-being: Lyra mental health access (up to 12 free therapy sessions a year), medical/dental/vision with HSA/FSA, fertility benefits, and paid vacation, sick, parental, and bereavement leave
  • Financial security: 401(k) with employer contribution, 100% employer-paid short- and long-term disability, and life insurance equal to one year’s salary
  • Professional perks: Free NAVTA membership, Plumb’s subscription, employer-paid liability coverage, discounts on Fear Free, AAFP Cat-Friendly, VETGirl, and VIN, and rabies vaccine and titer testing
  • For you and your pets: Generous employee pet care discounts

Who You Are

A licensed veterinary technician who loves developing people as much as practicing medicine. You communicate clearly, handle tough conversations with empathy, and want to build a team culture people stay for. Formal supervisory experience is great, but we’ll also consider strong senior technicians ready to step into leadership.


Ready to lead? Apply today!

If you are a current associate, you need to apply through our internal career site. Please log into Workday and click on the Jobs Hub app or search for Browse Jobs.

Benefits: We offer competitive compensation along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision and paid vacation/sick days, 401(k), generous employee pet discounts and more!

The information in this position description indicates the general nature and level of work to be performed. It is not designed to be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job. Management reserves the right to revise the job description or require that other tasks be performed when the circumstances of the job change (for example, emergencies, change in personnel, workload, or technical development).

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. For a complete EEO statement please see our career page at vcacareers.com.

Skills Required

  • Licensed veterinary technician
  • Ability to lead, coach, and support veterinary technicians and assistants
  • Ability to train and mentor new hires and new graduates
  • Clear communication and empathetic handling of difficult conversations
  • Hands-on veterinary technical skills, including catheter placement, anesthesia monitoring, and procedure assistance
  • Formal supervisory experience
  • Senior veterinary technician experience with readiness to step into leadership
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The Company
HQ: Los Angeles, CA
35,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1986

What We Do

A leader in veterinary care, VCA Animal Hospitals is a family of hometown animal hospitals dedicated to positively impacting pets, people, and communities. They provide world-class medicine and hometown care to more than four million pets each year, offering a range of services from primary and urgent care to specialty and emergency medicine. VCA is part of the Mars Veterinary Health family of brands.

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