FULL TIME AQUARIST / KEEPER AT SEA LIFE SUNSHINE COAST

Location Name SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast
Job Locations AU-Mooloolaba
Job ID
2025-9272
Employment Type
Salaried
Offer/Contract Type
No End Date
Location (Country-State-City)
AU-Mooloolaba

ABOUT US:

SEA LIFE is the world’s largest aquarium brand, welcoming over 20 million explorers into our incredible underwater world every year. With more than 50 aquariums and sanctuaries globally, SEA LIFE inspires a love for the oceans and a commitment to protect them. At SEA LIFE Sunshine Coast, we showcase a rich diversity of Australian marine life and drive impactful breeding, rescue, and conservation initiatives.
Our passionate teams are dedicated to creating unforgettable experiences for every guest—fostering curiosity, connection, and care for our aquatic world.

We currently have an opening in the team for a full time Aquarist/Keeper.

What will you be doing on the daily? Besides having a fish-tastic time? Your duties will include, but not be limited to:

• Performing various tasks across the aquarium - daily husbandry, management, and welfare of the animal collection
• Developing, cleaning and maintaining excellent and innovative animal displays that deliver an exceptional visitor experience.
• Food preparation and feeding of fish, marine and terrestrial animals, ensuring we are providing optimal diet and enrichment.
• Monitoring the collection for any sign of disease, maintaining exceptional levels of animal care and welfare
• Managing water quality, testing and adjusting parameters to ensure optimal conditions
• Operating and maintaining a variety of life support systems.
• Regular diving in displays
• Assisting in the development of display lighting, signage and interactive opportunities.

Please note – The role will require regular weekend work, with our peak periods being school and public holiday periods
So, what sort of Aquarist are we after? We thought you would never ask!

You will be:

• An exceptional communicator
• Solution focused
• Able to use your vast experience to work well in a successful, fast paced team
• Committed to ensuring clean, amazing displays
• Able to exercise best practice animal husbandry while delivering an amazing guest experience
• A multi-tasker and have a flexible and adaptable approach along with high attention to detail
• Agile to meet deadlines and have demonstrated planning, organisational and time management skills

Essential Criteria:

• A relevant industry qualification, or demonstrated equivalent experience within an aquarium/aquaculture or zoological environment
• Experience with Life Support Systems and water quality monitoring and maintenance
• Excellent observation and record keeping skills
• Confident with using MS Office
• Passionate about animal care with sound knowledge of freshwater, salt water and land-based animal husbandry techniques.
• Dive Master certification or be able to obtain one within 6 months of employment
• Able to pass an Occupational Diver Medical AS2299
• Current Australian working rights
• Ability to bend, stoop, squat, crawn, crouch, kneel, balance, climb heights 4m and carry and lift up to 20kg.