Cattle Manager
2 weeks ago
**Cattle Manager (beef cattle farm)**
**Hours: (MON-FRI 7am to 5pm) (every other weekend)**
SANDY RIDGE RANCH CO. (Walkerton, Ontario) (Wage to be determined based on experience)
**What we offer**:
**If you love beef cattle this is the job for you**A fulltime career with a competitive wage package and outside of season very flexible hours for time needed off, a great workplace and a positive team environment that encourages learning and continuous improvement. Your main job would be feeding cattle at our feedlot and in-between feedings helping with other farm duties, like the spring calving season and herd health on pasture all summer, to processing and herd health in the feedlot.
**About You (Requirements)**:
- Must have valid driver’s license
- Have operated minimum 80 horse power tractors
- Basic cattle handing experience
**Additional Skills beneficial but not required**
- Mechanical repairs and maintenance
**Area of Specialization**
**-**Equipment operation
- Beef cattle
**Type of Farm Operations**
- Beef cattle, cow calf and feedlot
**Job Outline Day to day activities**
- Feeding cattle with TMR mixer
- Bedding cattle
**-**Recognize and treat certain livestock health problems
- Handling animals, processing cattle
- Assisting with spring calving season, summer herd health of cows and calves on grass (examples below)
**TO APPLY SEND RESUME TO text 519-379-0713**
This **full time job** has many opportunities to helping calves nurse, pinning prolapses, IV fluids, hoof trimming, diagnosing calving problems, vaccinations, diagnosing treating sick cattle, detailed record keeping, feeding cattle.
**Salary**: $20.00-$25.00 per hour
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location