Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Car-Bar Cattle Co.

Cattle and Farm Hand 

Key Job duties - Cattle and feedlot

• Load and operate the feed truck each day

• Assist in processing, sorting, and moving cattle in the feedlot

• Build, maintain, and repair fence and water systems in the feedlot or pasture

• Pen maintenance tasks such as scraping, loading, and spreading feedlot manure

• Spot-spraying weeds in the pasture

• Routine maintenance and repair of equipment

Key Job duties - Farm

• Operate tractors to conduct field operations such as tillage, fertilizing, planting, and spraying

• Operate haying equipment such as the rotary mower, chopper, or bale spear

• Operate harvest equipment such as the combine or grain cart

• Operate dump trucks and semi-trucks for hauling grain

• Manage daily irrigation with gated pipe

• Manage center pivot irrigation systems

• Routine maintenance and repair of equipment

Work schedule

• Monday-Friday 7AM-5PM - 1 hour lunch break

• Saturday 7AM-9AM - during spring field work and harvest full Saturdays may be required.

• Sunday 6:30AM-8:30AM - no work outside daily livestock chores is expected to be done on Sundays - outside of the busy seasons employees will typically rotate Sundays off

• The nature of the livestock and farming business often results in working hours outside of a typical schedule - either shorter or longer days.

• Effort will be made to be flexible for an employee participating in their own or family activities

Preferred skills and experience

• Experience with cattle and knowledge of BQA principles

• Experience with late model John Deere tractors, equipment, and technology

• Experience with equipment such as a payloader, skid steer loader, or feed truck

• Experience driving heavy trucks including semi-trucks and trailers

• Basic knowledge of center-pivot irrigation systems - specifically Valley brand pivots

• Mechanical and/or construction skills including welding

• Capability of lifting a 50 lb load

• Basic computer skills for record keeping and operation of ag technology systems

Compensation

• Compensation determined by level of skills and experience

• Salaried position based on a 50 hr work week

• Health insurance stipend paid directly to employee

• Beef provided approximately twice a year

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