Seasonal job opportunity at cattle feedlot

Business: Blits

Job order number: JO-A-300-25178-134831

Location:  North Platte, NE

Contact:  Hein de Klerk – 308-530-5954

Number of open positions: 10

Start date:  10th September 2025               End date:  30th June 2026

The daily routines consist of:

• Maintain watering systems, including freezing prevention and or repair as a result thereof.
• Proper handling of calves and cows in various pregnancy and birthing stages with additional care to accommodate cold and or freezing temperatures at the time.
• Processing (sorting) of calves to include sorting and taking care of sick animals in need of application of pharmaceuticals with ongoing treatment per protocol.
• Ongoing repair of feedlot equipment and facilities, including welding fences and structures. 
• Operating equipment to haul hay using tractors and wagons. 
• Remove manure from cattle pens. 
• Required documentation of all activities in the feedlot tracking program. 

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Feeding, watering, herding, castrating, branding, weighing, catching, and loading animals
• Examining animals to detect diseases and injuries
• Assisting in birthing, administering medications, vaccinations, or insecticides
• Maintaining winter animal housing areas; using diggers, shovels and other equipment needed
• Ongoing maintenance includes cleaning, maintaining and repair of equipment, various workshop tasks as well as maintenance of grain bins and general buildings
• Use of various farm and cattle specific farming equipment
• Maintaining records, as require by the various relevant entities, clients and inhouse management

Job qualifications and requirements

• Minimum of three months verifiable experience.
• Workers must be able to obtain a drivers license within 30-90 days of hire.
• Workers will perform manual and physical work requiring extensive pushing, pulling, sitting or walking, frequent stooping, bending over and movements might be repetitive.
• Job duties include lifting of agricultural tools and equipment that weigh up to 60lbs.
• Most work are performed mostly outdoors, and workers will be exposed to extreme cold temperatures. No texting and use of cellphones during working hours, while operating machinery, equipment and driving vehicles.
• All tools provided by the employer.

Rate: $19.21 per hour

3/4th guarantee apply – for detailed description, please require from employer

Reimbursement for transportation and subsistence to worksite – 50% upon arrival and 50% at completion of work contract

Housing will be provided should you not be able to return home at the end of each workday

For more information regarding terms and conditions of employment, contact the farm manager, Hein de Klerk at 308-530-5954.

Contact information for the State Workforce Agency.

Email     :  NDOL.ET_FLC@nebraska.gov

Number:  (402) 471-9000