Maintenance - Yard

Five Rivers Cattle Feeding; Wellington (CO); On-site; USD 24,796 - 38,572; Full time

Job summary

Five Rivers Cattle Feeding is seeking a Maintenance – Yard role responsible for pen maintenance, groundskeeping, painting, cleaning, and tank washing/repair. The position involves operating heavy equipment, maintaining roads and pens, and ensuring water systems function to keep cattle hydrated.

The role requires reading safety rules and operating manuals, plus the ability to follow various written and oral instructions. Adherence to safety policies is essential in this loud outdoor environment.

Qualifications

• Valid driver’s license required.
• Heavy equipment operator experience preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating manuals, and procedures.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule instructions.

Responsibilities

• Identify pens to be cleaned in coordination with management and receiving personnel.
• Maintain road surfaces, bunk pads, pens, and alleys; manage dust and manure, preserve hard pack, slope and grade; operate heavy equipment.
• Repair water systems and tanks to ensure cattle have water access.
• Mow grass/weeds and sweep bunks using tractor/mower; replace broken hardware; repaint pens/buildings as needed.
• Ensure equipment is serviced per manager’s instructions (fueling, fluid checks, filters, greasing, cleaning).
• Comply with all safety rules and policies.

Skills

Heavy Equipment Operator

Valid driver’s license

Reading and interpreting safety rules

Ability to follow written instructions

Job description

Job Title

Maintenance – Yard

Reports To

Manager Yard Maintenance and Assistant Manager Yard Maintenance

FLSA Status

Hourly, Ag exempt

Function

Assists in various capacities around the yard department including pen maintenance, groundskeeping, painting, cleaning, and tank washing/repair. Performs the following duties.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Identifies pens to be cleaned through communication with management and receiving personnel.
• Maintains road surfaces, bunk pads, pens, and alleys by filling in holes, controlling dust, and removing accumulated manure; takes care to leave hard pack intact while also maintaining pen slope and grade; operates heavy equipment.
• Helps ensure a continuous supply of freshwater to cattle by performing repairs to the water systems and tanks.
• Mows grass/weeds and sweeps bunks by operating tractor/mower; replaces broken cable, clips, or fence; paints or re-paints pens, building, etc...
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing servicing requirements specified by the manager (may include: fueling, checking fluid levels, checking filters, greasing, and cleaning equipment).
• Complies with all applicable safety rules and policies.

Qualifications

• Valid driver's license.
• Heavy Equipment Operator
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Competency

Expected to demonstrate understanding of Company policies, adapt to changes in the work environment, exhibit sound, and accurate judgment, observe safety and security procedures, and report potentially unsafe conditions.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and outdoor weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Occasionally to frequently this job will require lifting, push/pull, carry, bend, stoop, crawl, climb, stand, sit, kneel/squat, twisting, walking, running, grasping, squeezing, reaching, turning. Have the agility to walk through cattle pens and move swiftly if conditions warrant, walking on uneven surfaces and over fences. Must complete work in all weather conditions.