Dairy Farmer Mountain Lodge Farm
- Date Posted July 26, 2024
- Location Eatonville, WA
- Category Agriculture / Culinary
- Job type Full-Time
We have a small, state of the art creamery that we designed and built. We have 4 temperature/humidity controlled aging and drying rooms, a packaging room, a 52 gallon vat, bulk tank and small tasting room. We have produced bloomy rind cheese, chevre, washed rind, natural rind and both pasteurized and raw aged cheeses as well as pasteurized goat milk.
Additionally we have a small commercial kitchen for producing cajeta, cheesecake, and other products from our farm.
Skills desired: Experience with animals and farming is preferred, and a love of animals is required. All necessary training will be provided on the job. We have an excellent staff that make a supportive and welcoming team and are looking for someone to add to that spirit. Attention to detail, patience and positivity help things in the barn, sheep field and creamery go smoothly. The ability to lift up to 40 pounds and do strenuous physical work is required. A clean driving record is necessary. We are animal and nature lovers, and a passion for both is key!
Job description: We are hiring full time positions. These positions focus on the animals including daily milking, and care of goats, sheep, llamas, dogs and cats. Farm employees typically work in teams for an 8 hour day in the height of the season (there is an early and late shift and staff work one or the other). Our milking days start at 6am and go until 7pm in the height of the season, until we switch to once a day milking. You will have two days off a week and the days will be consecutive.
Farming job responsibilities include feeding and care of animals, milking doe herd (you will learn hand and bucket milking), assisting with farm events, farmers markets and product delivery, and animal husbandry (hoof trimming, dairy clips, breeding management, birthing assistance, kid feeding, medical care and animal assessment). Also, rotational grazing of sheep, cleaning and sanitation of milking equipment and facilities, cheese tasting, building and repairing of fencing, shelters, equipment, assisting in commercial kitchen. There is always something to be cleaned, problem solved or fixed. it is never boring.
There also will be opportunities to assist with teaching and experiential learning.
Compensation: Depends on experience. Health benefits possible following a 90-day probation. Compensation this position is : hourly, $20/hr + Application instructions