Farm Manager / Property Caretaker needed in Manchester, Michigan

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Email
[email protected]
Location
Manchester, MI
Job Type
Full Time, Year round
Salary
$20-$30 /hour
Posted
January 18, 2026
Housing Offered
No
Experience
2-5 yrs
Sponsoring Work Visas?
No
How to Apply
Via Email

Full time position caring for 125 acre agricultural property with several barns and outbuildings.

Desired Skills/Experience:

  • Experience with tractors, mowers, and basic machinery
  • Basic carpentry and maintenance skills
  • Livestock experience or love of animals and willingness to learn
  • Interest or experience in basic yardwork and landscaping
  • Ability to execute on tasks with minimal supervision
  • Eye for detail / commitment to high quality upkeep
  • Desire to work outdoors and ability to lift up to 50 lbs

Year-round responsibilities:

  • Maintain fencing and replace/upgrade as necessary
  • Maintain outbuildings, including weekly sweeping/blowing of horse barn, small animal barn and party barn.
  • Manage inventory including ordering, picking up, and organizing feed and farm supplies
  • Muck out goats daily and cows weekly. Possible mucking out of horses in future.
  • Scoop chicken coop daily
  • Empty muck pile to compost heap weekly or as necessary
  • Feed and water chickens, goats, cows, and potentially horses
  • Bring in and sort packages

Warm weather responsibilities:

  • Mow approximately 5 acres of grass biweekly
  • Trim around and under pasture fences
  • Maintain approximately 25 acres of pasture, brush hogging, dragging, weeding, and string trimming as necessary
  • Restore and maintain riding arena and round pen
  • Basic mulching, weeding, and pruning of landscaped areas
  • Control invasive weeds in other areas of the property
  • Cut and maintain trails
  • Paint outbuildings and fencing (approximately one building and one pasture area per summer, or as time allows)
  • One-off landscaping projects, including rebuilding vegetable garden, planting orchard, etc.
  • One-off carpentry projects, including repair of decking, construction of screens for dumpster and A/C unit
  • Sweep / blow off front porch, pool area and driveway every few days
  • Setup outdoor furniture for the season
  • Power wash stairs and outdoor furniture season

Cold weather responsibilities:

  • Clean outdoor furniture, umbrellas and pool supplies and move inside for winter
  • Rake or blow leaves from approx 5 acres of lawn
  • Trim and winterize vegetable and flower gardens
  • wash down windows and exterior of the house and barns once per season
  • Maintain / renew gravel on paths and driveways throughout property
  • Shovel snow from porches, decks, doorways and sidewalks around buildings
  • Plow driveways and other estate roads as necessary
  • Maintain and winterize livestock water systems
  • Maintain and service machinery
  • Clean out chicken coop at the beginning and end of the season
  • One-off indoor projects, potentially including upgrading stall doors, removing concrete from indoor barn, build indoor shelving etc.
  • Leftover summer projects as weather permits

TO APPLY:

Forward cover letter & resume to our email address.

Email
[email protected]

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