Commodity Feeder/Feedlot Equipment Operator
Coffee Cattle Company
📍 Miles City, MT · Custer County
- ✔ Vivienda ofrecida
- ✔ Transporte diario
Cómo postularse
Contacte directamente al empleador. En inglés, diga el puesto y el número de caso. Número de caso: JO-A-300-26225-166111
- 📞 Teléfono: +1 (406) 853-1234
- ✉️ Correo: rflotkoetter@coffeecattlecompany.com
Instrucciones del empleador
To apply, applicants must provide their full name and contact information. Only those applicants who meet all the special requirements for employment and who are ready, able, willing and qualified to perform the work, who are eligible for employment in the United States, and who will be available at the time and place needed, should apply. Interested applicants and the State Workforce Agency may call between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, Mon. thru Fri. MST. Applicants may apply by visiting the local State Workforce Agency to submit their application and be advised of the terms, conditions and qualifications for the job, pursuant to 20 CFR 655.155. Applicants must provide the name, and working telephone number of the previous employer being used as a reference (the reference must be able to verify the workers experience in the occupation for which the worker is applying). If hired, the applicant must be able to provide U.S. employment eligibility and/or identification documents in verification of the applicants right to work in the U.S. The employer will complete the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) on each worker. The employer may be reached by the State Workforce Agency.
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Subject: Application for Commodity Feeder/Feedlot Equipment Operator (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26225-166111
Qué va a hacer
Texto original en inglés, tal como se registró en el Departamento de Trabajo.
Core Job Duties
Commodity Batching: Load, weigh, and mix diverse feed commodities (e.g., silage, distillers grains, hay, straw, minerals) to exact nutritional specifications.
Feed Distribution: Drive and operate large tractors, feed wagons, and mixing trucks to deliver feed to 7,000 head of cattle.
Ration Precision: Adjust feeding amounts continuously based on cattle weight, weather changes, and computer feedback loops.
Herd Management: Monitor bunk lines, track feed disappearance, and report cattle behavioral anomalies or signs of illness.
Winter Maintenance: Scrape snow from feeding lanes, spread bedding, and break heavy ice in water tanks daily.
Technical & Software Requirements
Software Competency: Program and operate an on board computerized feeding system (e.g…Performance Beef) to manage rations.
Data Entry: Input commodity weights, pen numbers, and dry matter adjustments accurately into the data terminal.
Scale Synchronization: Calibrate digital scale heads on mixing wagons to ensure exact ingredient distributions per head.
Troubleshooting: Diagnose basic hardware/software communication errors between the office computer and the feed truck scale. ob Requirements & Physical Demands
Experience: Minimum of 3 months of verified experience operating agricultural equipment and handling cattle.
Driver's License: A valid driver's license is required; must pass an insurable driving record check.
Environmental Tolerance: Must work outdoors daily in Montana's extreme sub-zero winter temperatures, deep snow, and heavy mud.
Physical Strength: Ability to lift up to 100 pounds, climb high bunk ladders, and engage in continuous bending, lifting, and crouching.
Language Skills: Basic English literacy is required to read chemical labels, input computer data, and comprehend safety protocols.
Workers will perform specialized commodity feeding and livestock maintenance duties for a 7,000-head cattle feedlot operation during the winter containment season.
Duties include loading, weighing, and batching bulk commodities (silage, distillers grains, hay, straw, and mineral supplements) into feed mixers according to strict nutritional formulas. Worker must operate complex on board computerized feeding systems to input raw commodity weights, adjust dry matter percentages, and track bunk line consumption data per pen.
Worker will drive and operate heavy agricultural machinery, including high-horsepower tractors, feed mixing wagons, trucks, and skid steers. Daily physical tasks include driving bunk lines, monitoring cattle for illness or injury, spreading straw bedding, scraping deep snow from alleyways, hauling manure, and clearing heavy ice blocks from stock water tanks in sub-zero temperatures.
Must be able to work outdoors in extreme Montana winter weather. Requires 3 months of verified livestock and heavy machinery experience. Must possess or be able to obtain a valid driver's license.
Requisitos
| Estudios | No se exigen |
|---|---|
| Experiencia | 3 meses |
| Otros requisitos | Necesita licencia de conducir Cargar hasta 100 lb (45 kg) |
Avg. 9 hrs/day, 54 hrs./wk.; Mon.-Sat. Extended hours possible. The employer reserves the right to pay higher than the advertised minimum wage.
Beneficios y condiciones
| Horario | 8:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Pago | Biweekly |
| Información del salario | H-2A workers will be offered a minimum wage of $16.76/hour, paid on a biweekly basis, with housing, utilities, and Worker's Compensation Insurance all provided. |
| Tipo de vivienda | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Miles City, Mt) |
| Vivienda | 2004 Tongue River Rd, Miles City MT 59301 |
| Comidas | Kitchen facilities, utilities and utensils will be provided by the employer at no cost to the worker. Worker will prepare their own meals. Upon request, employer will provide transportation to stores at least every two weeks for shopping for food and other necessary items at no cost to the worker |
| Transporte diario | The employer will provide transportation between housing provided by the employer and the employer’s place of employment at no cost to the worker. The employer provided housing and the Place of employment begin at the same location. Employer provided housing is in same yard as main place of employment. When transportation is needed, workers with driver’s licenses will be provided with a company vehicle, or another licensed driver employed by the company will transport workers. |
| Viaje hasta el trabajo | The employer will pay for INBOUND and OUTBOUND transportation as well as all reasonable daily subsistence costs to amount to no less than those set forth in § 655.173(a). Transportation to place of employment: The employer may provide transportation to the place of employment by one of the following means: |
| Descuentos del salario | Housing and Workers Compensation insurance will be provided at no charge to the workers. Social security / Medicare Taxes and Federal / State taxes will be withheld from U.S. Worker’s paychecks. Voluntary withholdings will be deducted from foreign workers’ paychecks at their request. Employer will make the following deductions when applicable: FICA, loans and advances, long-distance telephone charges the reasonable repair or replacement cost of willful or negligent damage to housing, tools and equipment caused by the worker (other than normal wear and tear). |
| Número de caso | JO-A-300-26225-166111 |
|---|---|
| Ocupación oficial | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Agente o abogado del empleador | Peak Season Labor, Inc. |
| Publicado el | 25 ago 2026 |