Ranch Technician

As a Ranch Technician, your primary duties will be centered around grazing and rangeland management, bison movement and processing, and infrastructure development and maintenance. You’ll assist in managing bison herds using adaptive grazing practices across the Ranch. The ability and skills to use ATVs/UTVs to perform ranch work, including moving bison, is required.

You will also be responsible for:

• Operating and maintaining equipment, including farm machinery and construction equipment.
• Utilizing technology, including temporary fencing in a range environment.
• Assisting in the preparation of pastures (fences, water systems, forage inventory) ahead of the grazing rotation and ranch-wide as needed.
• Moving/Handling bison in the pasture and corrals using low stress techniques on foot, ATV or UTV.
• Feeding bison (hay, cake, salt, and mineral).
• Developing and maintaining fences, water sources, corrals, ranch buildings, and other ranch infrastructure.
• Performing range monitoring and grazing planning as necessary and providing monthly reports to management.
• Using a welder, plasma cutter, cutting torch, and other shop equipment safely.
• Using herbicides as appropriate and assigned for weed management.
• Watching for fires during storms, suppressing wildfires and assisting with prescribed fires as necessary.
• Vaccinating livestock using syringes and hypodermic needles or other means.
• Participating in Ranch safety programs, including safe operation of vehicles, equipment, and ATVs/UTVs.
• Handling monthly reporting of grazing activity, range health, feeding and feed inventories, fuel and maintenance logs, capital project status updates, and conservation efforts.
• Assisting with the development of plans for capital improvements.
• All other duties as assigned.

What this isn’t:

• Working on horseback.
• A management or supervisory position

• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Experience in livestock care and low-stress animal handling
• Experience operating heavy equipment and ATVs/UTVs
• Basic computer skills, including preparation of reports and spreadsheets
• This position requires operation of vehicles, and you’ll need to possess a valid driver’s license or be able to obtain one within 30 days of employment. Your driving record will need to meet the standards and requirements of the Company and the Company’s insurance provider
• You’ll need to present documentation establishing both identity and employment authorization within three days of hire pursuant to federal law

• Relevant bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Natural Resources or a related field
• Five years’ experience in production agriculture

• Extreme Ownership
• Commitment to Mission and Team
• Range Management / Management Intensive Grazing (MIG) Management
• Stockmanship
• Initiative and adaptability
• Humility and ability to learn from others

• Paid Sick Leave
• Employee Assistance Program

On a regular basis, you can expect to:

• Stand; sit; walk; move hands and fingers; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Perform physical labor for extended periods of time.

On a frequent basis, you can expect to:

• Ride an ATV/UTV for extended periods of time on uneven, rough terrain and occasionally on roads and flat terrain while performing ranch duties.
• Climb ladders and pipe corrals, drag and place flood irrigation dams, climb in and out of irrigation ditches, and wade in thigh-deep flowing water.
• Lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

On an occasional basis, you can expect to:

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.