EHS Specialist II

TOLMAR Inc. • Windsor, CO • 7h ago

**For Job Seekers:

If you are interested in this position, meet the experience requirements, and are willing to commit to the entire contract period, please visit your local South Central Workforce Center in Monte Vista or Alamosa for full details and application instructions.

Position: Winter Range Livestock Herder

Requirements: Must be at least 18 years old and have a valid Driver's License. Must also be able to lift up to 50 pounds (lbs) and perform extensive sitting or walking. Must have at least six (6) months experience working with livestock and be able to provide the name, and working telephone number of the previous Employer who is able to verify the worker's experience in the occupation applying for. Must also be able to provide U.S. employment eligibility and/or identification documents verifying the applicant's right to work in the United States. Will need the ability to perform tasks capably and efficiently without close supervision, and spend the majority of work days on the range, live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time. Must be able to ride, handle and trend horses in a manner to assure the safety and health of the worker, co-workers, horses, dogs and livestock. Must maintain equipment and machinery to a standard established by the Employer. Must be capable of working outdoors in all @types of weather and may experience occasional exposure to hazards such as poisonous snakes, biting insects and extreme temperatures. Will need to maintain and manage remote housing locations in a safe and responsible manner and attend to animals during all hours of the day as required for their safety and well-being. Must be able to demonstrate commonsense and awareness of safe equine handling procedures (i.e. no running in barns, shouting, abusing animals, leaving gates/stall doors/feed rooms open or smoking in an around barns, sheds, or hay storage).

Job Description: All job duties are closely and directly related to the production of livestock and will need to perform any combination of the following tasks to attend to livestock on the range during the winter season:

Administer emergency minor medical care to sick/injured pregnant animals using roping methods to gently immobilize animal without causing undue stress;

Assist with hauling water when winter and drought conditions eliminate natural sources of water for livestock;

Assist with supplemental feeding (when weather or quality of forage precludes use of range forage);

Break ice over frozen water sources;

Detect direction from which the wind or prevailing storms are coming to keep livestock gathered and safe;

Detect through winter tracking methods where other rancher(s)' livestock has been to avoid overgrazing of forage;

Feed, water and tend to the dogs (both guard and working dogs) and horses;

Guard against predators prevalent during the winter months using appropriate tracking, trapping, and hunting methods;

Herd livestock to appropriate grazing areas using winter trailing methods to avoid undue stress;

Intensely monitor and treat both mother and young vulnerable to the colder temperatures and sickness;

Maintain and set up supply wagon in appropriate direction to provide wind break/shelter/protection for horses & dogs;

Make sufficient water from snow for horses/dogs at camp;

Move pregnant livestock at a pace sufficient to ensure they receive ample water/forage during daylight hours before bedding down at night;

Operate camp stove appropriately to provide/conserve heat in extreme cold/high winds;

Properly hobble camp horses;

Properly use/store food supplies for herder/horses/dogs;

Repair and/or maintain fence and facilities to ensure the safety and health of animals and forage;

Report to Rancher, dehydration & other indicators of deterioration in body condition/behavioral changes indicating malnutrition;

Report to Rancher on water/forage/weather conditions;

Use proper animal husbandry skill to prevent hypothermia/abortion/death;

Assist in the maintenance of tools, equipment and handling facilities necessary to production.

Anticipated Hours of Work Per Week: On call for up to 24 hours, 7 days a week. Will spend the majority of work days on the range and live and work singly or in small groups of workers in isolated areas for extended periods of time.

Anticipated Period of Employment: November 15, 2025 to February 14, 2026

Application Deadline: December 30, 2025

Job Location: Various range locations in Saguache County, Colorado.

Pay: $2626.40/month, paid twice monthly, plus room and board. Employer provides housing on the ranch, or (mobile housing) on the range. Employer will provide transportation between worker's on-site housing and work sites.

**Effective 1/1/25: FLSA exempt; no overtime paid.

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