Ranch Hand / Equipment Operator needed at Conservation & Cattle Ranch in Florida

Kameron Ranch

Location
Vero Beach, FL
Job Type
Full Time, Year round
Salary
$23-$28/hr based on experience
Posted
September 10, 2026
Housing Offered?
No
Experience
2-5 yrs
Sponsoring Work Visas?
No
How to Apply
Via Email

This is a hands-on outdoor position involving ranch maintenance, heavy-equipment operation, pasture improvement, vegetation management, prescribed-fire support, cattle infrastructure and wildlife habitat work. We are looking for someone who takes pride in doing a job correctly, notices problems before they become expensive and treats equipment as if it were their own.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Operate tractors, skid steers, loaders, excavators, UTVs and other ranch equipment
  • Mow and maintain pastures, roads, firebreaks, ditch banks and fence lines
  • Inspect, grease, clean and perform routine maintenance on equipment
  • Repair fences, gates, water systems and other ranch infrastructure
  • Apply herbicides using backpack, UTV and larger spray systems
  • Assist with prescribed burns and firebreak preparation
  • Assist with invasive-species control, wildlife habitat projects and feral-hog trapping
  • Perform general ranch maintenance and other work as conditions and seasons require
  • Assist in feral hog trapping program

Required Qualifications

  • Dependable, punctual and able to work with limited supervision
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
  • Experience safely operating tractors or comparable agricultural/heavy equipment
  • Able to work outdoors in heat, rain, mud and other Florida ranch conditions
  • Able to lift at least 50 pounds and perform physically demanding work
  • Willing to follow instructions, communicate problems and work safely
  • Careful and responsible with equipment, vehicles, tools and chemicals
  • Able to perform basic equipment inspections and basic preventive maintenance

Preferred Experience

  • Running Equipment
  • Equipment maintenance and minor mechanical repairs
  • Fence construction and repair
  • Herbicide application
  • Prescribed burning
  • Wetland, habitat or wildlife-management work

How to Apply:

Email the following information:

  1. Your name, phone number and current location
  2. A brief work history
  3. The equipment you have operated and for how long
  4. Approximately how much experience you have with each
  5. Two or three work references, preferably including a former direct supervisor

Please do not apply if you are unable to report consistently, do not have reliable transportation or are unwilling to perform routine equipment cleaning, greasing and inspections.

Qualified applicants may be asked to complete a paid working interview demonstrating equipment inspection and operation, and general ranch skills.

Email
[email protected]

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