Ranch Assistant 2

Noble Research Institute, LLC; Ardmore, Northern (OK, KY); Hybrid; USD 38,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and retirement plans

Employee wellness program

Employee recognition program

Onsite cafeteria

Wellness center

Job summary

Noble Research Institute, LLC is seeking a Ranch Assistant to support regenerative ranching on 14,000 acres of working ranch lands. You will participate in daily activities, land stewardship, and animal husbandry to gather data and share the story of sustainable ranch management with farmers and ranchers.

The role emphasizes data recording, maintaining equipment, and safe operation of vehicles, with multiple levels of entry and salary ranges tied to experience.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent and 2 years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with gathering and tracking ranch data.
• Assisting ranch manager with recording key ranch data in appropriate medium timely and accurately.
• Providing routine land stewardship and animal husbandry practices to support ranch management objectives.
• Maintaining equipment, buildings and roads and assisting with record keeping.
• Calibrating, operating and maintaining farm equipment.
• Performing preventative maintenance and submitting monthly usage reports on specific equipment.
• Driving vehicles for work-related tasks in compliance with policies.
• Conducting pre-operational vehicle checks to ensure safety and functionality.
• Caring for livestock including watering, mineral supplementation and health monitoring.
• Moving livestock as requested in accordance with Institute guidelines.

Skills

Data collection

Record keeping

Animal husbandry

Safety compliance

Field operations

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

2 years of relevant work experience

Job description

SALARY RANGE:
Ranch Assistant 2 - $38,372.00-$47,965.50
Ranch Assistant 3 - $47,965.50-$57,559.00
Full-time relevant work experience will factor into which level a candidate is hired into.

At Noble, we believe the health of soil, plants, animals and humans is one and indivisible. We believe in rebuilding healthy soils and helping producers maintain a strong bottom line. Through these two actions, we can transform degraded grazing lands across the United States, benefiting the environment and society as a whole.

Our focus is to help farmers and ranchers apply regenerative ranching principles to the nation’s 654 million grazing lands. This monumental undertaking requires thousands of producers across the U.S. to overcome significant barriers and change their current practices to work with nature, not against it.

Our ranch management team plays a critical role in implementing and managing the regenerative ranching principles and practices on Noble’s 14,000 acres of working ranch lands. This work helps us gather the information necessary for farmers and ranchers to triumph over the barriers and ultimately benefit all of society through their efforts. We live to find new ways to communicate usable information so farmers and ranchers can leave their land better at sunset than at sunrise.

So, do you want to join us? We are looking for a Ranch Assistant.

As a Ranch Assistant, you will be responsible for daily ranch activities including routine land stewardship and animal husbandry practices. The various activities related to ranch management support research and help Noble share the story of regenerative land stewardship with farmers and ranchers.

You will be responsible for:

• Assisting with gathering and tracking ranch data
  • Assisting ranch manager with recording key ranch data in appropriate medium timely and accurately.

Safety Sensitive Responsibilities include:

• Assisting with ranch operations
  • Providing routine land stewardship and animal husbandry practices to support ranch management objectives.
  • Handling grazing management, fence and water system maintenance, livestock care, handling and processing.
  • Maintaining equipment, buildings and roads and assisting with record keeping.
• Maintaining and using farm equipment
  • Calibrating, operating and maintaining farm equipment according to proper procedures.
  • Performing preventative maintenance and submitting monthly usage reports on specific equipment.
• Driving vehicles for work-related tasks
  • Operating Institute and/or personal vehicles in compliance with the Vehicle Use Policy and Fleet Safety Program.
  • Conducting pre-operational vehicle checks to ensure safety and functionality.
• Caring for livestock
  • Providing daily care for livestock, including watering, mineral supplementation, health monitoring and practicing low-stress handling.
  • Moving livestock as requested in accordance with Institute guidelines.

We will:

• Teach you. We will support you with professional development opportunities that will hone your skills in regenerative ranch management, Agile practices, and leadership.
• Support you. We’re committed to building solutions for each other in addition to our stakeholders. Our team members make time to help, provide solutions, and remove roadblocks with regular collaboration across groups, regardless of where our office is located. We are empowered and equipped with the tools that allow us to connect, to be intentional and to grow together.
• Include you. We come from different parts of the globe and from different walks of life, but we share the vision of our founder, Lloyd Noble, to improve the land for the benefit of all society. Our culture is inclusive, supportive, and diverse. We want to be a part of your story and you to help write part of ours. Your perspective and experience is invaluable. Come grow with us.
• Provide you. We offer competitive salary and benefits, including multiple options for health and retirement plans, employee wellness program, employee recognition program, onsite cafeteria and wellness center. In addition, we have a safe to learn work environment with organizational support for community involvement and volunteering.

Qualifications

Experience

Required

High school diploma or equivalent and 2 years of relevant work experience.

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