Pen Rider

Cobalt Cattle Company LLC; Kismet (KS); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Company Match

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Holidays

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Cobalt Cattle Company LLC in Kansas seeks a Pen Rider to identify sick cattle and administer appropriate treatment, while ensuring safety and humane handling during daily cattle movements.

You will ride on horseback to inspect cattle, pull animals for evaluation, and maintain horse and tack. The role requires OSHA compliance, occasional nights/weekends, and the ability to work in extreme weather. High school diploma or GED and horsemanship skills preferred; feedlot experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required, or 1-3 months related experience.
• Adequate horsemanship skills.
• Experience with sick cattle in feedlot setting preferred.
• Ability to work non-traditional hours and in a team or independently.

Responsibilities

• Review daily agenda for cattle movements.
• On horseback, inspect cattle and decide which to pull for evaluation and treatment.
• Evaluate pens for retreatment or movement to home pens.
• Notify personnel regarding dead cattle and repairs needed.
• Maintain horse, tack, and feed inventory.
• Comply with OSHA/Safety procedures.
• Assist with moving strays and shipping cattle as required.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Horsemanship

Cattle feedlot knowledge

Team or independent work

English communication preferred

Task prioritization

Non-traditional hours

Education

High school diploma or GED

1-3 months related experience

Job description

Overview: As a Pen Rider, you will be responsible for identifying and applying appropriate treatment to sick cattle ensuring all livestock is handled in a safe, professional and humane manner.

Essential Functions

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
• Review daily agenda for cattle movements.
• If shipping, perform and verify head counts, retrieve cattle from all applicable pens and move to scales and shipping pens.
• On horseback, safely ride through pens, inspect cattle and make decisions about pulling animals to be evaluated and treated based off appearance and other signs of illness.
• Evaluate respiratory observe and recovery pens for re-treatment or movement to home pens.
• Gather and move strays back to appropriate lots and pens.
• Notify appropriate personnel regarding dead cattle and repairs or maintenance needed.
• Maintain physical condition of horse(s) and tack.
• Ensure compliance with all OSHA/Safety procedures, rules and regulations.
• Maintain housekeeping of horse barn and tack rooms.
• Maintain inventory of horse feed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Adequate verbal and written communication skills.
• Adequate mathematical skills: Ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide numbers.
• Adequate horsemanship skills
• Knowledge of cattle feedlot industry is highly desirable.
• Willingness to work non-traditional hours as required
• This individual must have the ability to work with a team, or individually.
• Ability to communicate in English is preferred, not required.
• Ability to prioritize tasks when appropriate.

Supervisory responsibilities

• None

Work environment

• You will be required to work at times in extreme weather conditions, such as rain, snow, wind, heat, cold.
• Ability to work nights on occasions, weekends, and holidays.

Physical demands

• Ability to sit in a saddle for long periods of time.
• Ability to work extended hours 10-11 hours per day.
• This individual must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs.
• Individual must be able to push, pull, and twist often on horseback.
• Pull oneself up on a horse with just one side of their body (one leg and one arm) 3-4 times per day.
• Must be able to throw a saddle onto a horse (twisting while using force to lift 30-40lb saddle up to eye level)
• Reaching out away from body to pull 8lb gate rods up at a 56 degree angle while sitting on and holding onto a horse 130 times per days.
• Must be able to push gate open from horseback using one arm extended out and away from body while controlling the horse 130 times per day.
• Must be able to perform a higher volume of lifting gate rods and pushing gates open once per week for 3-4 hours when shipping cattle. (Opening 70 more gates on top of the normal 130 opened per day.)
• When applicable during freezing conditions, must be able to mount and unmount horse to break ice.

Travel required

• None

Required Education And Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 1-3 month's related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Adequate horsemanship skills

Preferred Education And Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 1-3 month's related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with and identifying sick cattle in a feedlot setting
• Adequate horsemanship skills - feedlot setting

Competitive compensation and benefits including:

• 401K Company Match
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off(PTO)

Work authorization/security clearance requirements

Cobalt Cattle Company LLC participates in E-Verify. You must be authorized to work in the United States.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

Cobalt Cattle Company LLC is an equal opportunity employer

Note: Specific statements in each section of this Job Description are not intended to be an all-inclusive explanation of work to be performed. They represent typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Nothing in this document restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time. Employees are expected to perform any and all duties as assigned to the levels expected by management. This job requires regular and predictable attendance. The Employee's signature below is only an acknowledgment of receipt and understanding of the job description and in no way alters the Employee's "at will" employment, and neither implies nor constitutes a contract of employment for a definite period of time.