Position Title: Eagle Creek Division Manager
Name of Ranch/Business: IX Ranch
Location: Big Sandy, MT
Position Description:
The IX Ranch located in Big Sandy, MT is a legacy cow/calf and stocker operation that covers over 140,000 acres. There are 5 divisions within the ranch each working in conjunction with one another. The Eagle Creek Division Manager (ECDM) position is located in the Bear Paw Mountains and comprises a little over 35,000 acres of deeded, state and private leased lands. It receives an average of 13″ of moisture per year and typically has snow from December to March. This is a Chinook region of Montana so snow can come and go throughout the winter months. Temperatures in this region can range from as high as 100 degrees in the summer to -30 degrees in the winter.
The ECDM position is a team position and will require one member of the team to cook for up to 8 employees from February through April (Calving Season). After calving season the ECDM may have up to two additional employees depending on the summer and fall workload. There are also various times throughout the year that meals will need to be provided for more than two employees. These times would be pregnancy testing, weaning and shipping. The EDCM home is an older, well kept, three bedroom home with a bath and a half and large dining/kitchen area. Facilities at this location include heated shop/bunkhouse, steel barn, full corrals and a horse round pen. There is a scaled Silencer chute, heated OB room (for heifers that need assistance during calving) and a large indoor calving barn. This location also includes a guest house for hunting and recreation activities and is home to the President/CEO of the ranch.
Responsibilities:
The Eagle Creek Division Manager (ECDM) is responsible for 800 cow/calf pairs from August to December, 550 first-calf heifers from calving, February 15 to April 15 and through the summer to weaning, and 650 replacement heifers from March through November. The ECDM will manage and supervise 5 employees through the calving season and be provided with additional employees as needed throughout the remainder of the year. The ECDM will be responsible for herd health, hay inventories and feeding schedules as well as cattle movement schedules. ECDM will be responsible for coordinating with DM’s for livestock and other ranch activities as necessary. In addition to maintaining and managing the Eagle Creek division livestock, the ECDM will be responsible for over 100 miles of fence and 100 acres of flood irrigation (all gated pipe and dependent on spring runoff).
Qualifications:
The ECDM must be able to:
- Learn and adapt to the ever changing ranching environment
- Management people from all age groups to varying skill levels
- Communication well with other Division Managers as well as employees and neighbors
- Prioritize and implement daily work schedules and assist in long-range planning
- “Ride for the Brand”
- Calve 550 first-calf heifers
- Conduct C-sections (or be willing to learn)
- Shoe horses (or be willing to learn and teach others)
- Operate a computer and understand basic computer programs in platforms such as Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive
- Break horses and follow IX horse training and employee horse training program
- Address common vehicle, equipment, fence/corral and home/building repairs/issues
Estimated Salary & Benefits: Salary will be based on qualifications and experience.
Website: https://www.ixranch.com
To Apply: Please contact Todd Amsbaugh.
Ranch Contact Name:
Todd Amsbaugh
tamsbaugh@ixranch.com || 406-390-3934