Pen Walker

Overview:
As a Pen Walker, 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.

• 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.
• Safely walk 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.

• Adequate verbal and written communication skills.
• Adequate mathematical skills:
  Ability to add and subtract, multiply and divide numbers.
• 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.

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• 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.

• Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time.
• Ability to work extended hours 10-11 hours per day.
• This individual must be able to occasionally lift a minimum of 50 lbs.

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• 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.

• 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.

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

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

Cobalt Cattle Company LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

Entry level

Full-time

Other

Ranching