Head Wrangler

Posted by Bar W Guest Ranch on 02/15/2019

Job Basics

Industry Sector: Lifestyle, Outdoor

Job Categories: Hospitality & Lodge Staff, Outdoor Education

Company Type: Recreation, TravelandTourism

State: MT

City: Whitefish

Country: United States

Required Experience: 1 - 3 years

Job Type: Full Time

Salary:

Required to Relocate: Yes

Required to Travel: No

Employee May Telecommute: No

Job Seeker Must Live Within: 25 miles

Job Description & Requirements

The Head wrangler will be responsible for the overall running of the horse program. You will work in conjunction with the General Manager to develop systems, ranch horse guidelines, and weekly riding, guest, and wrangler schedules. The Head Wrangler will report to the General Manager. During the summer months this is a six day a week job. Hours are varied and will depend on number of guests and other projects to be accomplished. The Head Wrangler will be expected to put in whatever time is required to get the job done. All employees at The Bar W are hired for a specific position, but must be willing to help wherever needed.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Work with General Manager to interview, hire, and when necessary terminate wranglers
• Develop riding guidelines for wranglers and guests. Implement and enforce these guidelines. Develop safety policies and make sure they are adhered to.
• Teach wranglers and ranch staff policies for working with horses, conducting rides, feeding, and corral maintenance.
• Care and feeding of all ranch horses
• Making lists of daily riding schedules and making sure they are carried out on time and in a professional manner
• Working with General Manager to order hay, feed, replacement tack and buy and sell horses as needed
• Work with General Manager on a daily basis, to keep and follow through with lists of wrangler and guest schedules as well as lists of tasks to be accomplished.
• Portraying a good example of team work to the guests and other co-workers
• Maintaining a gentle, professional, and educational tome at all times when working with both animals and people
• Other duties as assigned

About Bar W Guest Ranch

At The Bar W, we believe that a well-run dude ranch is hospitality at its very finest. Our number one goal is to provide not only our guests but our staff with the best possible experience of their lives. Our staff is our number one resource. 

Working on a dude ranch is not like any other job. The work is hard and the hours are long. But this is the one job that will become part of you for the rest of your life. You will make lifelong friendships with both staff and guests, as well as learn skills and a work ethic that will stay with you wherever you go.