Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Advanced knowledge of agricultural operations, techniques/procedures, and equipment; Ability to communicate, plan and coordinate studies (livestock and environmental) with faculty researchers; Ability to record and prepare reports related to research projects, livestock care, crops, and equipment; Ability to coordinate and allocate personnel, facility and equipment resources related to livestock and crops; Ability to assist in coordination of multiple faculty driven research projects simultaneously; Farm equipment operation skills; Ability to track land and facilities usage for long-term optimization; Excellent communication skills and ability to multi-task; Ability to ensure that facility procedures and operations are conducted in an environmentally-sound manner; Ability to occasionally perform agricultural/physical labor in inclement weather conditions; Demonstrated ability to manage beef cattle operations. Plans & manages all phases of daily agricultural/research operations at outlying field laboratory; Supervises Blount personnel - making work assignments and reviewing quality of work of staff, students, and temporary labor; Advises and edits research protocols used by research faculty and staff in the planning and execution of their research trials; Audits and streamlines research proposals made by faculty to align with institute missions and farm operations; Assists research efforts involving beef cattle production, pathology, nutrition, sheep pathology, forage production and quality, and conservation.