Ranch Technician

Employer:         Turner Enterprises Management, LLC

Job Title:           Ranch Technician

Location:           Fawn Lake Ranch – Gordon, Nebraska

Type:                Full-Time / Salary / Exempt / Benefits-Eligible

Housing:           Yes

At Turner Ranches, we’re dedicated to regenerative ranching and conservation, and we’re looking for talented, like-minded individuals to be a part of our growing team.  Fawn Lake Ranch, a pristine, 63,792-acre ranch located in the Nebraska Sandhills, is seeking an energetic Ranch Technician who is passionate about stewarding and advancing this wild, working landscape.  This will include implementing practices like low-stress livestock handling, innovative grazing practices and infrastructure development.  Learn more about Fawn Lake Ranch. 

SKILLS

Essential Skills: 

• Integrity
• Humility
• Common Sense
• Gumption and Drive
• Good Communication
• Detail oriented and pursues excellence
• Emotionally intelligent

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE will aspire to these characteristics:

• Humbly acknowledges that every day we make decisions that have lasting impacts on the people, animals and ecosystem. This is a heavy responsibility and an honorable undertaking
• Passionate about mimicking nature
• Dedicated to stewarding hope for the future through regenerative practices
• Understands his/her “why”, is mission oriented and can draw inspiration from the bigger picture. This is more than just a job; it is a calling
• Service minded. Uses your skills and talents to serve the team and the greater mission.

Personal considerations:

• You must relish a lifestyle away from the bright lights of town with no romantic misconceptions
• Committed to animal husbandry with the understanding that this is NOT a 9-5 job. Work on weekends is common.  Animals eat every day and things go haywire after hours and on weekends.  They work hard for us, and we owe them the same.  We will work until the job is done
• Family members living in your house understand and are fully onboard with this opportunity
• This isn’t working on horseback
• This is a manual labor ranch job that happens to include livestock and those happen to be buffalo. We are looking for a grounded, hard-working and practical team member.

JOB PURPOSE

As a Ranch Technician, your primary duties will be grazing management, animal movement and processing, and infrastructure development and maintenance. You will assist in managing livestock using adaptive grazing practices. The ability and skills to use ATVs/UTVs to perform ranch work, including moving animals, is required. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Moving/Handling animals in the pasture and corrals using low stress techniques on foot, ATV or UTV. Tools also include temporary electric fence and grazing apps
• Animal Husbandry to include assisting in the preparation of pastures (fences, water systems, forage inventory), feeding (hay, cake, salt, and mineral) and vaccinating livestock
• Safely operating and maintaining farm, construction and shop equipment
• Developing and maintaining corrals, ranch buildings, fencing, water and other ranch infrastructure
• Embrace a safety-minded culture to include safe operation of vehicles, equipment, and ATVs/UTVs
• Handling reporting on grazing, feed, fuel and maintenance logs, projects and conservation efforts
• All other duties as assigned

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:

• Experience in livestock production agriculture, 1-2 years.
• Experience in a manual labor field, 1-2 years, that included long hours, exposure to the elements, working with your hands and required mechanical aptitude.
• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Basic computer skills, including preparation of reports and spreadsheets
• This position requires the operation of vehicles, and you 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 will need to present documentation establishing both identity and employment authorization within three days of hire pursuant to federal law

Preferred:

• Experience in livestock care and low-stress animal handling
• Experience with adaptive multi-paddock grazing using temporary electric fence
• Experience operating heavy equipment and ATVs/UTVs

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The Company offers full time employees an elite benefits package, including medical dental and vision insurance, basic life insurance, short term disability, 401(k) plan with matching contributions, paid time off and paid holidays.

ACCOMMODATIONS

On-ranch, single-family housing with basic utilities (power, water, propane, Wi-Fi) will be provided subject to a Company Housing Agreement and Company policies. 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

On a regular basis, you can expect to:

• Stand; sit; walk; move hands & fingers; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; & 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
• Lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

On an occasional basis, you can expect to lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.

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

You will regularly be exposed to moving mechanical parts; outside weather conditions; extreme cold and extreme heat. You will frequently be exposed to high, precarious places and fumes or airborne particles. You will occasionally be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, and the work environment characteristics are representative of those you may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Accommodation inquiries must be made to the Company’s Human Resources Department for consideration.

Application Instructions:
Please submit your resume along with a cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and interest in this position. Applications submitted without a cover letter may not be considered.

​​Turner Enterprises Management, LLC​ is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Smoke Free/Drug-Free Workplace.

For more information, visit www.tedturner.com.