Sole-Charge Barn Manager Saddlehill - Horse Themed Winery

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time: Live-in Optional

About the Role: We are seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented, and hardworking individual to serve as a sole-charge barn manager. The ideal candidate will oversee the daily operations of our private farm, which is home to six pleasure horses of which 2 also drive carriages and 4 alpacas.This is a long-term position in a great work environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Horse & Barn Care: Mucking out stalls and alpaca pen. Feed preparation and distribution. Grooming and bathing horses. Cleaning and maintaining tack. Bandaging legs and administering basic first aid for cuts and scrapes. Deep cleaning of the barn. Tacking up horses for both saddle and driving. Ordering hay, feed, bedding, and other consumables. Keeping pastures, including shelters, clean of trash. Horse Management & Training: Training and exercising horses. Warming up horses for riders. Assisting owners with riding, riding lessons, and driving. Addressing medical conditions and scheduling appointments with the farrier and vet. Property Maintenance: Checking fences for damage, including wires, solar panels, and missing caps. Dragging the track, arena, and round pen. Mucking the pastures Mowing the 6- 1 acre pastures on the zero-turn mower seasonally Carriage maintenance. Adding daily tasks to the TeamUp calendar.

Required Skills & Expertise:

Riding Driving license Equine First-Aid and general First-Aid Handling youngstock Lunging Bandaging Sole Charge experience Exercising horses Excellent people skills

Accommodation & Benefits:

Accommodation: A beautiful furnished 1-bedroom apartment on the 2nd floor of our 12-stall horse barn is available.

Mucking out stalls & alpaca pen.. (2 of 6 horses are primmary in pasture) Feed Prep & distribution Groomng & bathing Cleaning tack Bandaging legs Tacking up (saddle and driving) Clean barn Deep barn celaning Administering basic first aid for cuts & scrapes Hold horses for farrier and vet treatment Vaccum pastures Drag track, arena and round pen Warm up horse for rider Order hay/feed,/bedding/consumables Training & exercising horses Assist owners with riding, ridiing lessons/training and driving Addressing Medical Condtions Schdule farrier and vet appts Order horse care products Keep pastures clean of trash, including the shelters Check fences around pastures (look for damage on wires, solar panels, missing caps,etc) Carriage maintenance Add daily tasks in TeamUp

Beautiful urinished 1 - bedroom apt on 2nd floor of 12 stall horse barn.

Access to company health and 401k pension and profit sharing plan