Job Description

Employer: Turner Enterprises Management, LLC

Job Title: Feedlot Technician

Location: Blue Creek Ranch – Oshkosh, NE

Type: Full-Time / Salary / Exempt / Benefits-Eligible

Housing: Yes

Join the team at Blue Creek Ranch, an 85,000-acre bison operation in the beautiful Nebraska Sandhills. We’re pioneering regenerative bison ranching and conservation practices, and we are looking for a dedicated, hands-on Feedlot Technician to help us care for our bison and optimize our feeding operation.

YOU’LL THRIVE IN THIS ROLE IF YOU:

• Love working with animals and prioritize their health and well-being.
• Enjoy working outdoors in a hands-on role, balancing independent tasks (80%) with collaborative teamwork (20%).
• Are detail-oriented and enjoy maintaining high standards.
• Enjoy routine but can adapt when situations call for it.
• Are eager to learn and grow in a cutting-edge bison feedlot operation.

JOB PURPOSE

As a Feedlot Technician, you will be responsible for monitoring feedlot operations, tracking animal performance, and ensuring proper equipment and facility maintenance. This role requires attention to detail and a strong work ethic. Your work will contribute to the success of a leading bison feedlot operation focused on sustainability and best practices in animal care.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Monitor Feeding Program

• Ensure bison receive a well-balanced diet through our innovative free-choice, cafeteria-style ration system.
• Monitor mineral supplements and make recommendations to improve animal health and weight gain.
• Maintain detailed feeding and inventory records using AgriWebb technology and maintaining a hard-copy backup.
• Oversee the receiving, acceptance, verification, and documentation of delivered commodities.

1. Feedlot Maintenance

• Keep our equipment in top shape by performing routine maintenance on trucks, UTVs, tractors, wheel loaders, and their associated attachments.
• Ensure safe, well-maintained pens by cleaning waterers, scraping pens, repairing fences and gates, and minimizing dust wallows.

1. Bison Care

• Utilize low-stress animal-handling techniques to move and monitor bison.
• Observe and report animal health or behavioral concerns to help ensure optimal performance.
• Execute an integrated fly management system developed in conjunction with management.
• Assist with receiving, verifying, and documenting incoming animals.
• Assist with shipping and documenting outgoing animals.
• Assist with weighing and vaccinating animals as needed.

This position offers hands-on experience in a progressive feedlot setting, with opportunities to gain skills in regenerative agriculture, animal nutrition, and large-scale ranch and feedlot management.

WHAT THIS JOB IS NOT:

• A management or supervisory position.
• A conventional feedlot role.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

Essential:

• A high school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• At least one year of experience in an agriculture-related setting.
• Basic computer skills.
• This position requires the operation of vehicles, and you’ll need to possess a valid driver’s license or be able to obtain one within 30 days of employment.  Your driving record will need to meet the standards and requirements of the Company and the Company’s insurance provider. 
• You’ll need to present documentation establishing both identity and employment authorization within three days of hire pursuant to federal law.

Preferred:

• Experience operating heavy equipment.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

The Company offers full-time employees an elite benefits package, including medical dental and vision insurance, basic life insurance, short term disability, 401(k) plan with matching contributions, paid time off and paid holidays.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORK ENVIRONMENT

On a regular basis, you can expect to:

• Stand; sit; walk; move hands and fingers; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Perform physical labor for extended periods of time.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

You will regularly be required to work long hours and may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; moving mechanical parts; and toxic or caustic chemicals. You will be occasionally exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.

The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job, and the work environment characteristics are representative of those you may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Accommodation inquiries must be made to the Company’s Human Resources Department for consideration.

Turner Enterprises Management, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Smoke Free/Drug-Free Workplace.

For more information, visit https://www.tedturner.com/about/career-opportunities-2/.