Landscape and Farm Maintenance Technician (Lodi, CA) Full Time

Shady Oaks is looking for a Landscape and Farm Maintenance Technician for our Shady Oaks location in Lodi, CA.

Shady Oaks is a mixed use residential, farming, and equestrian 10-acre project, centrally located in California’s Central Valley, 4 miles east of Lodi. Designated as primary residential oak tree meadow basins, barn facility and irrigated pastures. Shady Oaks is a family operated business with unique opportunities for development and growth. We are a hard-working team seeking a motivated individual to join our operation. Drug screening and background check are non-negotiable.

Job Description:

This job might interest you if you: enjoy working outside, know how to ask for help, think a shiny tractor is beautiful, love to watch the heat come off the compost because you know it's cooking, you take pride in your work, you like to keep tools clean and in good working condition, don’t mind hand calluses, like and respect horses, don't mind tromping through the mud to watch a cow calve just to see the miracle of life come into the world, you think dirt is interesting, think chickens are funny little dinosaurs, love beautiful flowers and you are willing to help us on our path of cultivating the best farming, landscaping and livestock management practices

About the Job Opportunity: Please read the whole job description, Please answer the questions and provide a brief cover letter with your applicable skills and why you are applying. If you have limited experience but are a hard working individual we are willing to train the right person who wants to learn, help us understand why we should interview you. Be honest and transparent.

Key Duties

• Household residential support for three residents and 1 barn.
• Perform general maintenance and repair of barn, stalls, pen, gates, fences, pasture, and surrounding grounds under supervision.
• Responsible for the physical appearance of grounds, barns, and surrounding areas (gather and remove debris).
• Mowing, raking, planting, fertilizing, edging lawns.
• Use of mowers, rakes or other hand and power tools typically used in gardening.
• Care for established lawns by mulching, aerating, weeding, grubbing, removing thatch,
• trimming or edging around flower beds, walks, or walls.
• Knowledge of sprinklers and time clocks.
• Experience with Lake maintenance.
• Maintaining equipment and vehicles.
• Fertilize and prune or trim specific varieties of trees, shrubs, or hedges, using shears,
• pruners, or chain saws.
• Gather and remove debris.
• Proper use of herbicides and pesticides.
• Maintain and organize grain, hay, and supplement storage areas.
• Assist with animal (horse, chicken, cow) feeding.
• Manage the turn in and out of horses to pasture.
• Fill/clean water buckets and/or troughs.
• Put on/take off blankets/sheets/fly masks when necessary.
• Cleaning/bedding stalls and paddocks
• Water and drag the arena.
• Assist with animal care, livestock (horses/cows/chickens), barn equipment and vehicle maintenance.
• Communicate observations of horse’s behaviors and health to Supervisor.
• Weekends necessary.
• Seasonal holiday and event support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience Education/License Requirements:

• Must have 1-year related experience in grounds maintenance or training in related work.
• Must have 1-year + related familiarity with horses and horse care or training in related work.
• Must have reliable transportation to the job site.
• Ability to pass a background and drug screen.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to use hand tools such as shovels, rakes, pruning saws, saws, hedge, or brush
• trimmers, or axes.
• Use of mowers, small farming equipment, rakes or other hand and power tools typically
• used in gardening.
• Ability to work with farm animals with confidence and calmness.
• Ability to perform duties satisfactory to company standards.
• Clean and neat appearance.
• Exhibits professionalism with Shady Oaks residents, guests, and staff.
• Multi-language skills desired.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative but not definitive of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable

accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential

functions. Duties require frequent sitting, repetitive use of hands and wrists while using grounds keeping equipment and machinery. Frequent walking, standing and simple grasping. May climb stairs, bend, stoop, kneel or reach above shoulders. May be requested to lift up to 50 lbs.

Work Environment:

Work is performed outside, and you are exposed to varied weather including warm, cold and wind. Work is performed during standard business hours, may be required during non-business hours and weekends to meet business needs.

EEO Policy Statement:

Shady Oaks is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to workforce diversity. In compliance with applicable law and its own policy, Shady Oaks is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse staff and does not discriminate in its hiring of staff on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sex/gender, marital status, military and veteran status, sexual orientation, medical condition, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, or mental or physical disability.

• Job Type: Full-time/Year Round
• Work Schedule: 40 hours per week Tuesday- Sunday 7:00am-4:00pm
• Pay: $16.00 - $19.00 per hour
• Competitive Benefit Package includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, LTD Coverage