PART TIME to FULL TIME- BARN MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT (EQUESTRIAN)

Job Description

Job Description

The Employer is looking for Barn Maintenance Assistant (Equestrian) for a location near Lodi, CA

The Property is a residential equestrian estate with irrigated pastures and ranch facilities, centrally located in California’s Central Valley, 4 miles west of Lodi.

Key Duties

• Perform general maintenance and repair of barn, stalls, pen, gates, fences, pasture, and surrounding grounds under supervision.
• Responsible for the physical appearance of barn and surrounding area (gather and remove debris).
• Maintain and organize grain, hay, and supplement storage areas.
• Implement feeding schedules including supplement administration.
• Manage the turn in and out of horses to pasture.
• Fill / clean water buckets and / or troughs.
• Put on / take off blankets / sheets / fly masks when necessary.
• Coordinate and facilitate cleaning / bedding stalls.
• Water and drag the Arena.
• Groom, clean, and tack horses.
• Assist with horses’ exercise routines.
• Assist with planning horseback riding lessons, if needed.
• Assist with animal care, livestock (horses / cows / chickens), barn equipment and vehicle maintenance.
• Communicate observations of horse’s behaviors and health to Supervisor.
• Providing aid with veterinary care, scheduling routine veterinary and farrier care to keep horses in good health.
• Completing paperwork and ensuring horses have up-to-date vaccinations for horse shows, other competitions, or travel as needed.
• Arrange transportation to horse shows, if needed.
• Weekends necessary.
• Seasonal holiday and event support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience Education / License Requirements :

• Must have 1-year + related familiarity with horses and horse care or training in related work.
• Must have reliable transportation to job site.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Ability to pass background investigation and drug screen tests.

Skills and Abilities :

• Ability to work with farm animals with confidence and calmness.
• Ability to use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge or brush trimmers, axes,
• and power equipment such as blowers and mowers.
• Ability to perform duties satisfactory to company standards.
• Clean and neat appearance.
• Exhibits professionalism with property residents, guests, and staff.

Physical Requirements :

• The physical demands described here are representative but not definitive of those that must be met by an
• employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Duties require frequent sitting, repetitive use of hands and wrists while use of maintenance equipment and
• machinery.
• Frequent walking, standing and simple grasping. May climb stairs, ladders, bend, stoop, kneel or
• reach above shoulders.
• May be requested to lift up to 50 lbs.

Work Environment :

Work is performed outside and you are exposed to varied weather including warm, cold and wind. Work is

performed during standard business hours, may be required during non-business hours and weekends will be

required to meet business needs.

Job Type : Part-time Pay : $18.00 - $20.00 per hour - Position will transition to Full Time and pay is dependent upon experience.

Employer is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. In compliance with applicable

law and its own policy, is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse staff and does not discriminate in

its hiring of staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information,

sex / gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy,