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Seeking a mature ranch couple who love wild lands and animals and are looking for long-term employment. This is a job for a couple (of any kind), who can work and live together.
Care and maintenance of an isolated <2,000-acre ranch (Wildlife Refuge) in Northern New Mexico, between Santa Fe and Taos, at a high elevation.
Owners don’t hunt, and don’t support hunting only for pleasure of shooting animals. They live and work remotely from there, but they travel for work, and the property requires constant extensive upkeep.
The fall and winter climate sometimes can be EXTREME, and the couple must be prepared for that and be able to work outdoors to deal with horses, and related maintenance issues and challenges (like maintaining the road) that sometimes may arise.
Experience with horses is essential. We have a few, delightful and cooperative horses who require daily cleaning and care (also, on weekends and holidays, but in the morning only).
We will provide spacious, high-quality, private housing with views, and we want the couple to enjoy their life in this special place.
A variety of handy skills, physical strength, mechanical skills, and housekeeping and cooking skills are necessary and important.
- Ability to operate (and basic maintenance) of machinery, like ATV’s, UTV’s, installing tracks, a backhoe, a tractor with attachments (hay swather, raker, and baler to harvest hay for horses), chain saw, snow blowers, a solar system backup, solar gates, etc. is necessary.
- Ability to build and maintain wire and wood fencing.
- Knowledge of basic carpentry, plumbing, electrical systems, and everyday ranch hand tools.
- Routine fire mitigation – chain saw dead trees for firewood.
- Keeping driveways and courtyards plowed in winter using tractors and snow blowers.
- Trail maintenance with chainsaw (for hiking).
- Runs to town for supplies, airport pickup, etc.
- Foreign couples with legal green card status welcome.
TO APPLY:
Please submit your resumes, references, and salary expectations (we offer two weeks of vacation, standard benefits and 50% of the health plan of your choice).
Initial interview by Zoom or similar, unless nearby.
Email
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