Employment Opportunities

General Description

Responsibilities & Duties

• Operate trucks of various sizes and weights, with both manual and automatic transmissions, in the loading, hauling and unloading of various equipment, materials, harvest crops, and supplies. 
• Operates trucks, tractors and farm or power equipment, such as mowers, sprayers, plows, spreaders trailers, dump trucks, snowplows, front-end loaders, forklifts. 
• Operates chainsaws, mowers, and other small equipment and tools to care for crops and to maintain or adjust equipment.  
• Distribute daily cattle feed rations.
• Assist in branding and ear tagging of cattle.
• Ability to observe cattle and identify any sick animal and determine proper treatment, and assist in cattle vaccinations.
• Assists during calving periods as needed.
• Maintain cattle data collection and entry.
• Oversees and maintains safe working practices; promptly reports all incidents to upper management.  
• Enforces employees’ compliance with all safety rules and regulations. 
• Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and refers defects or repairs to the supervisor; cleans equipment.  
• Must adhere to Absentee Shawnee Tribe Personnel Policies and Drug and Alcohol Policies.
• Performs all duties in conformance to appropriate safety and security standards.  
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Graduate or GED Equivalent. 
• Preferred Agricultural Degree/Agriculture Experience. 
• Effective oral and written communication skills. 
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills. 
• Deadline and detail orientated. 
• Must have a valid Oklahoma Driver’s License. 
• Must be able to pass a background check. 

• Should enjoy working outdoors, in all weather conditions; 
• Like to work with plants and/or animals; 
• Be practical and hard-working; 
• Have diligence; Integrity
• Must be willing to travel;
• Have mechanical aptitude; 
• Have organizational ability; 
• Have the ability to endure isolation and limited social contact; 
• Have good physical strength and stamina; 
• Be independent, responsible and self-disciplined; 
• Ability to lift 50lbs. 
• Sitting or standing or walking for long period of time; occasional bending, squatting, kneeling, stooping; good finger dexterity and feeling; frequent repetitive motions; talking hearing and visual acuity.