What are the responsibilities and job description for the CATTLE SUPERVISOR – FORT MORGAN position at Dinklage Feedyards?
SUMMARY: Oversees entire Cattle Department to ensure optimal animal health and welfare of cattle, providing leadership consistent with Dinklage purpose statement and goals.
- Provides leadership within the cattle department training, supervising, evaluating, and educating team members.
- Promotes purpose driven culture in Cattle Department and across organization to promote why we do what we do.
- Meets with veterinarian consultant to ensure optimal animal health and welfare of cattle. Communicates goals from veterinarian consultant across the department.
- Rides a horse through pens daily standing up every animal to determine its condition.
- Organizes and oversees the identification of sick animals.
- Doctors daily pulls within protocols set by Dinklage and Feed Yard Veterinarian. Makes decisions regarding animal health taking appropriate course of action to treat cattle.
- Returns treated cattle to home pens daily after treatment.
- Oversees the inspection of water tanks, pens, fences, and gates daily.
- Oversees accurate head count in all hospitals, railer, long bred, and buller pens; oversees moving and weighing railers and posting deads.
- Oversees the shipping and sorting of cattle.
- Assists in shagging cattle from large pens for processing.
- Oversees doctoring facilities, horse barns, and horse pens maintaining overall cleanliness of all facilities.
- Responsible for proper care and nutrition of own horses.
- Leadership, teamwork, communication, and efficiency are required as well as assisting in various departments of the feed yard when necessary.
- Acts as a leader of the Dinklage safety program implementing policies and procedures and keeps up to date with safety regulations and requirements.
- Professionalism is expected including courtesy and respect to team members, customers, and vendors.
- Additional duties may be assigned.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- At least 5 years of experience as pen rider.
- Previous leadership experience in cattle department required.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Ability to ride a horse in a safe manner.
- Maximum knowledge of cattle characteristics and horses.
- Flexibility to work varied hours.