Assistant Yard Maintenance Manager - Dalhart, TX
On-siteDalhart, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate yard crew tasks and allocate responsibilities to ensure efficient feedyard operations. Assist with repairing pens and cattle care facilities, maintaining roadways and alleys, and supervising shop maintenance activities. Operate heavy machinery, enforce safety policies, and establish water trough cleaning schedules. Create preventative maintenance records for all equipment and track yard expenses and environmental data. Requires hands-on operation of yard machinery, considerable vehicular travel, and physical ability to stand, walk, lift, and work in various weather conditions. Degree in Agriculture preferred, though work experience or trade school is acceptable.
Required Qualifications
- Basic mechanical knowledge
- Operate and maintain heavy machinery
- Perform and supervise pen maintenance
- Knowledge of functionality and operations of watering systems
- Basic construction and maintenance
- Expense management and recordkeeping
- Working knowledge of feedyard operation
- Degree in Agriculture preferred, in lieu of degree, work experience and/or trade school is acceptable
- Hands on operation of yard machinery and equipment
- Considerable vehicular travel around the feedyard
- Physical Requirements Include: standing, walking, lifting, bending, kneeling, shoveling, climbing, working equipment, and driving
- Exposure to weather such as: rain, sleet, snow, hail, heat, cold, wind, and dust
- Hazards Include: Exposure to hazardous chemicals and petroleum products, carbon monoxide exposure, lifting, welding, cutting, and grinding
Desired Qualifications
- Degree in Agriculture preferred, in lieu of degree, work experience and/or trade school is acceptable
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