WINTER LIVESTOCK WORKER
Employer: GRIMES FARMS LLC
Location: Minden, NE
Workers needed: 1
Pay: $20.56/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – Feb 28, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Must have 3 months experience with 200 head of livestock. Employee will break ice for livestock in cold weather, haul water to livestock, moving snow, set up wind breaks for livestock, in poor winter weather conditions help provide feed and shelter to animals, keep fences clear of ice accumulation and snow drifting, assist in moving livestock due to adverse weather conditions or feed quality, maintaining equipment and supplies used for livestock care, provide supplemental feed and protein to animals grazing, transporting grain and feed. Western Range Association and its member ranches facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker will live in the employer provided range housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a reasonable level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. The employee may be held accountable for damage to the housing unit that is the result of negligence on the part of the employee (normal wear and tear excepted). ***Hours worked footnote: On call for up to 24 hours 7 days a week***
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Housing contains free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities that will enable the workers to prepare their own meals. The employer will furnish a vehicle for the employees own use to travel to and from the grocery store to purchase his or her own food. A drivers license is not required for the position; if the employee has a valid drivers license, he or she can drive themselves to the store. Such driving is not part of the employees work and will occur exclusively for their personal benefit and during their off-hours, at their sole discretion and not at the direction of the employer or for the benefit of the employer or any other employees. If the employee does not have a valid drivers license, the employer will transport them to the store, free of charge.
Transport: Transportation from point of recruitment to worksite and from the worksite back to the point of recruitment will be arranged and provided by Employer. Employer will reimburse worker for subsistence costs during travel to worksite no later than the end of the first pay period upon presentation of receipts and from the worksite at the end of the job based on rates established in the applicable regulations.
Experience wanted: 3 months
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