Livestock Manager Jobs

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The Livestock Manager is responsible for supervision, planning and control of the company’s Cattle operations from reproduction through harvest. This operation includes three cow calf herds, 2 yearling cells, a grass-fed finishing herd, and associated bull battery. Expectations for this role include proper animal husbandry, pasture management/stewardship, infrastructure maintenance, strategies for maximum yield, and machinery and equipment maintenance, and harvest/post-harvest processes/controls. The Livestock Manager is also responsible for general departmental organization, staff supervision, and adherence to maintaining standards for safe, high-quality meats raised in an environmentally sustainable manner which are also physically appealing and can be integrated into and enhance the various tours that occur on ranch property.
Specific roles/responsibilities will include the following, which in some cases involve training and delegation to other employees:

• Creation and execution of daily chores as related to cattle management
• Maintaining herd health, including preventative care
• Developing and executing rotational grazing/pasture management plans. This includes but is not limited to weed and invasive species control withing the pastures systems, and development/implementation of general forage improvement projects.
• Administration, management
• Developing and executing breeding plans for cattle
• Maintaining equipment and infrastructure such as fencing (High tensile and temporary electric fence building, maintenance, and use), farm equipment, implements, etc.

o Maintain records for livestock health, reproduction, and harvest, as well as pasture management.
o Create and maintain inventory of all livestock supplies.
o Support livestock team management including managing schedules and time off requests, approving hours.
o Create training programs and SOPs to manage staff around animal husbandry, animal products and other areas of operation as needed.

• Safety: In addition to safety training, the employee must obey all safety policies and wear proper PPE as needed or specified in safety policies.

Required Experience:

• Experience with equipment or infrastructure maintenance and repair is a plus
• 2 or more years of experience with livestock production, ideally in a management capacity. Experience with cattle breeding, health and emergencies, as well as basic health needs
• Experience executing intensive rotational grazing, rangeland and forage management
• Good team player that can work well with co-workers
• Organized self-starter with excellent observation skills, and the ability to self-manage and problem solve independently
• Computer Literate (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Kualoa Ranch Hawai'i is proud to be a drug free and equal opportunity employer. We do not unlawfully discriminate in employment and no question on this application is used for the purpose of limiting or excusing any applicant from consideration for employment on a basis prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal law.