Livestock Care & Farm Operations Specialist

H2ajobs; Alliance (NE); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing provided (including mobile or

Meals provided housing includes free &

Transportation reimbursement

Job summary

H2ajobs is seeking workers to care for livestock on a farm in Alliance, Nebraska. The role requires feeding, monitoring, and tending to animals, with duties including herding, health checks, and basic treatments. Housing and meals are provided, along with weekly transportation to town for supplies.

Candidates must be able to obtain a driver’s license within 30 days of hire and lift up to 50 pounds. Applicants should have at least 6 months of relevant experience and be prepared to work in extreme

Qualifications

• Experience required: minimum 6 months.
• Must be able to obtain a driver's license within 30 days of hire.
• Lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Worker exposed to extreme temperatures.
• Extensive pushing and pulling is required.
• Extensive sitting is required.
• Compliance with health, safety, and biosecurity requirements.

Responsibilities

• Feed and water livestock and monitor food and water supplies.
• Herd livestock to pastures for grazing or to scales, trucks, or other enclosures.
• Examine animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and to check physical characteristics, such as rate of weight gain.
• Provide medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arrange for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment.
• Mark livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint, or tattoos.
• Maintain equipment, machinery, buildings, pens, yards, and fences.
• Move equipment or livestock from one location to another on the farm.
• Clean stalls, pens, and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels, water hoses, or pumps.
• Mix feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions.
• Shift animals between grazing areas to ensure that they have sufficient access to food.
• Operate snow removal equipment in order to operate feed wagons.
• Drive to town for cattle supplies on occasion.
• Remove ice formed in water.
• Confine livestock in stalls.
• Employees must have proper clothing for extreme temperatures to limit exposure.

Skills

English proficiency

Physical stamina

Driver's license

Job description

H2ajobs is seeking workers to care for livestock on a farm in Alliance, Nebraska. The role requires feeding, monitoring, and tending to animals, with duties including herding, health checks, and basic treatments. Housing and meals are provided, along with weekly transportation to town for supplies.

Candidates must be able to obtain a driver’s license within 30 days of hire and lift up to 50 pounds. Applicants should have at least 6 months of relevant experience and be prepared to work in extreme