Mountain Ranch Jobs (NOW HIRING)

The Club at Crazy Mountain Ranch is a private membership experience set on 18,000 extraordinary acres in the state of Montana. Take one part working ranch, combine with golf, lodging, great food, and drink plus everything else there is to see and do and you’ve got something beyond special.

Position Summary

The Equestrian Program Manager will be responsible for overseeing daily operations of the equestrian program. With assistance from the Lead Wrangler, this position will organize and execute wrangler training and weekly staff schedules, select appropriate horses for the day's activities, help wranglers with daily activity needs (catching, grooming, saddling, helping members mount, guiding rides, etc.) and handle changes and requests from members. This position also requires monitoring the horse herd for health and soundness, communicating concerns and being able to follow treatment protocols. Every day is different at the ranch, must be adaptive, creative, and willing to smile when stuff happens!

Job Duties

• Responsible for hiring and training new employees each season, and help grow the abilities of each staff members as it relates to horse skills and people skills.
• Make decisions for members, wrangler crew and horse herd based on the ranch's safety practices and protocols.
• Execute duties on a world-class level of hospitality and customer service, with safety being the number one priority.
• Needs to see the program from a business perspective as well as an execution perspective.
• Help oversee weekly/biweekly team member schedule, review and approve employee hours, and events calendar with input from the Lead Wrangler. Help organize appropriate staffing levels based on activities and maintain appropriate work hours for team members.
• Be a motivational team leader who can address the concerns and needs of team members. Teach and lead in a professional and kind manner.
• Provide learning opportunities to help wranglers grow their horsemanship skillset, based on Dorrence/Hunt/Branamine techniques.
• Monitor team and individual performance with input from the Lead Wrangler. Conduct annual performance reviews.
• Confidently grow the program offerings to constantly match the interest levels of our members.
• Possess the ability to solve problems and pay close attention to detail. Be organized, on-time and show up every day ready to work.
• General ranch duties including fence maintenance, arena and grounds maintenance, harrowing, tack care and repair, etc.
• Cow work, with and without members: trailing and moving from pasture to pasture, gathering, sorting, branding, etc.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Skills & Competencies

Our ranch is not a nose-to-tail operation. We cater to all abilities but provide the instruction for our members to be confident and independent on horseback at what pace suits their level of comfort. We do provide a safe and memorable experience for complete beginners, but we also move cattle with guests, ride in wide open pastures at a lope and tailer each experience to the individual or group daily.

• Riding skills are absolutely necessary. Must be able to walk/trot/lope confidently and correctly. Demonstrate knowledge of leads, how to post (including diagonals). Be able to control and move front and hind quarters of the horse independently. Must know how to ride with your seat and legs before your hands, and work quietly and softly with your reins. Must know how to ask for and develop a soft feel/vertical flexion, as well as lateral flexion.
• The Lead Wrangler will be able to teach and correct others on their riding and horsemanship (your team and our members). The Lead Wrangler will help their team of Wranglers develop better overall horsemanship skills.
• Groundwork with horses - must know how to correctly lunge a circle, ask for a stop and change eyes and direction with a flag and/or lead rope. Know how to roll the hindquarters and forequarters on the ground.
• Must be able to haul livestock competently and safely with a gooseneck trailer, 16-22'
• Familiarity and handiness with general ranch tasks.
• Physically fit enough to put in long days in a physical work environment.
• Have taught riding lessons in any discipline.
• Experience driving draft teams with different carts, wagons and sleighs.
• Worked or volunteered in a veterinary medicine position for horses, and/or are competent at veterinary care (bandaging, injections, medicine knowledge and application, etc)
• Have experience driving farm and ranch equipment including side-by sides, quads, tractors, skidsteers, etc.
• Handiness with hand and power tools, chainsaw.
• Experience working with cattle.
• Flexibility - every day can be different on the ranch. You will be asked to complete assigned tasks occasionally out of a normal day's hours. This is a horse and ranch job and the schedule will change according to need.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of leadership experience - this does not necessarily have to be in a horse-related field, but a position that required you to lead a team of people.
• 3+ years of horseback and guiding experience.
• Valid drivers license and reliable transportation.
• Strong emphasis in hospitality and customer service.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Must be dependable and available to work within the property on weekends, nights and/or holidays based on business demands.

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision insurance available
• Company-paid employee Life Insurance, Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• 401K with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off
• Complimentary Meals while onsite at the Ranch
• Other Voluntary Insurance benefits available

For more information, please visit https://crazymountainranch.com/

Lone Mountain Land Company (LMLC) Operations LLC. manages the planning, entitlement, building, marketing, and sale of premier real estate communities around Big Sky, Montana. The company supports world-class operations at Spanish Peaks Mountain Club and Moonlight Basin and oversees real estate activities at Spanish Peaks, Moonlight Basin, Crazy Mountain Ranch, Big Sky Town Center, and other projects in the Big Sky region. LMLC Operations LLC. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.