Ranch Associate

Role:

The role of the Ranch Associate at Liliuokalani Trust Ranch is to support the Ranch manager maintain a clean, safe, and overall efficient operation of the ranch facilities, grounds, and animals. All while promoting a positive environment for kamalei, families, teammates, and guests.  This position includes maintaining and repairing facilities and fences, landscaping duties, plumbing repairs, youth program support, and animal care.

Essential Responsibilities

• Facility and Grounds:
• Support with all groundskeeping. Checking property fences, water troughs and performing repairs, if necessary.
• Coordinates with Manager of Ranch Facilities to maintain approximately 4 acres of landscaping, LT Ranch Facilities, LT Ranch infrastructure, and LT Ranch equipment and tools.
• Identify and move any hazards that present themselves on LT Ranch grounds.
• Ensure irrigation lines and timers are running correctly and performs repairs if needed.
• Responds to accident and trouble calls involving fence lines, water lines, equipment, or animals.
• General cleaning of houses and areas around facilities.
• Scheduling and supporting with mowing, weed trimming, blowing leaves, and spraying herbicide.
• Maintaining small engine equipment, tools, and equine tack.
• Supports with upkeep of LT Ranch vehicles, UTV’s and ATV’s, etc.

General Administration:

• • Supports with compliance to OSHA/HIOSH regulations.
  • May assist with firefighting duties on LT Property
  • Supports youth program elements such as aina, animals, and art. Assists programs when needed.
  • Contributes to the LT’s success by accepting new assignments, helping team members , learning new skills, and striving to improve team.
  • Supports with security duties, including but not limited to patrolling property, inspecting property access points, setting alarm systems, and cameras.  Reporting any suspicious activity  on LT property.

Animal Care:

• • Supports with overall care of LT Ranch Animals. (Horses, sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, etc)
  • Support with feeding animals 7 days a week, twice a day. 
  • Inspects water troughs, fence lines, gates, and pastures for any potential hazards.
  • Daily log of animal care.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED equivalent plus five (5) years of related experience; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to do the job.
• Experience with facility maintenance, groundskeeping and irrigation systems.
• Experience in caring for ranch animals to include horses, pigs, goats, etc. Demonstrates capacity to care for the animals and property in a nurturing and responsive way
• Flexible schedule: must be on call for any property and/or animal emergencies. 
• Valid Driver's license with a driving record that meets organization’s standards, required. Experience in driving and reversing horse/utility trailers and hauling animals.    
• Working knowledge of safety codes, OSHA, EPA, state health regulations, hazardous materials, laws pertaining to the workplace environment and emergency preparedness preferred.
• Experience with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint, needed.
• CDL, CPR, & First Aid certified preferred. Specialized training or formalized apprenticeship program; i.e. automotive, carpentry, building construction, electrical, plumbing, and welding preferred. 

Job Competencies

• Able to work alone – requires minimum supervision to perform the essential duties of the job.
• Accountable – must take responsibility for own’s performance, speaking up when needed.
• Skilled in safe operation of LT vehicles and equipment.
• Ability to make independent judgments. Must show good judgment and common sense.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, strategic and problem-solving skills are essential
• Ability to work varied hours/days as operations dictates.
• Ability to establish and maintain courteous and effective working relationships with others and function effectively as a member of a team, including attendance and participation in all team meetings.
• Ability to remain flexible in adapting to change and learning new systems, skills, and processes.