Barn Manager
Barn Manager
Reports to: General Manager (Dan)
DUTIES:
- Animal Care
- Ensure and maintain health, safety, and happiness of all animals owned by the ranch
- Develop and implement nutrition plan for all animals
- Fit and check the fit of tack several times a year as necessary
- Basic medical and preventative care of herd with Dan’s help
- Monitor animals on leased grazing land
- Keep horses fit and correct behavioral issues with training
- Barn Management
- Maintain organization and cleanliness of barn and grounds around barn/arena
- Ensure tack is clean and in good repair
- Ensure that all necessary supplies are stocked at all times
- Scrape paddocks when necessary
- Manage manure responsibly and run manure spreader
- Ensure water troughs are clean and stocked at all times
- Tarp hay
- Record Keeping
- Maintain immaculate records of horse care: vaccinations, worming, teeth floating, and hoof maintenance on master barn log.
- Maintain master horse list under Dan’s supervision
- Coordinate hay delivery
- Coordinate stocking of grain and other supplies with Dan
- Maintain rotational grazing plans on lease properties
- Employee Management
- Create weekly barn staff schedule and send to House Manager for approval each week
- Ensure that all barn staff are meeting standards of horse care
- Ensure Head Wrangler is allocating barn staff resources effectively
ABILITIES:
- Prefer lifelong equestrian
- Previous Herd Management experience (5+ years)
- Equine nutrition knowledge
- Knowledge of equine health, disease
- Exceptionally high standard of animal welfare
- Organizational capabilities
- Self-starter
- Honesty and open communication skills
- Ability to drive a tractor
- Ability to properly fit western tack
- Knowledge of rotational grazing practices to ensure land health is maintained on lease properties
- Management experience (1+ years)
- Hospitality minded
- Current CPR certification