Assistant Manager, Slope Maintenance -Winter- Full Time

Job Description

Seasonal (Seasonal)<br /><b>WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?</b><br /><ul><li> Free Alterra Mountain Pass for employees; <br /> ski or ride for free atAlterra owned destinations! </li><li> Alterra Mountain Passes for your family; <br /> </li><li> Discounts on Blue Mountain Lift tickets for friends and family; <br /> </li><li> Free skating;<br /> </li><li> Staff priced meals &Starbucks treats; <br /> </li><li> Staff room rates at all our hotels; <br /> </li><li> Retail savings at Burton, The North Face, Red Devil Sports, Hillside, and more! </li></ul><ul></ul><br />Full Time, Winter Seasonal<br />Hourly: $29.87<br /><b>WHAT WILL I BE DOING?</b><br />The Assistant Manager, Slope Maintenance is responsible for helping to create a community of employees united by purpose and fun. This position assists in ensuring the best and safest on-hill product is produced and maintained. They plan, supervise, and coordinate the activities of teams engaged in grooming, snowmaking, and trail maintenance tasks.<br /><ul><li>Coordinate maintenance and timely reporting of equipment issues to maximize up time, working closely with operations mechanics to ensure safe, reliable equipment is being used in the field.<br /></li><li>Promotes a keen eye for detail within the teams, ensuring high standards for quality of snow, grooming conditions and appearance of fencing, padding, and ribboning.<br /></li><li>Establishes clear communication lines between snowmaking, grooming and trail maintenance to ensure work efforts are coordinated to achieve high quality results while maintaining positive working relationships within the teams.<br /></li><li>Promotes a high degree of safety awareness & oversees safety training through the teams, including but not limited to: Snowmobile operation, Heavy Equipment operation, working around high pressured air/water and noise, and operation of all related equipment on slopes.<br /></li><li>Maximize efficiency during heavy periods of snowmaking & grooming through the use of follow ups with the team and site checks to ensure equipment is functioning properly, minimizing down time.<br /></li><li>Plan and provide standardized on-boarding and training, including all proper documentation, weighted heavily on productivity and safety compliance.<br /></li><li>Manage performance and motivate by setting clear expectations, measuring productivity, coaching, addressing concerns, and recognizing achievements.<br /></li></ul><br /><b>WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?</b><br /><ul><li>5+ years snowmaking or grooming experience required.<br /></li><li>Landscape construction experience an asset.<br /></li><li>Experience managing a medium size (30+ employees) work unit an asset<br /></li><li>G License<br /></li></ul><br /><b>AUTHENTICITY | EMPOWERMENT | COLLABORATION | PURPOSE</b><br /><b>BLUE MOUNTAIN RESORT COMPANY OVERVIEW</b><br />Blue Mountain Resort is Ontario's largest mountain resort. Nestled on the shores of Southern Georgian Bay,on the traditional territory of the Anishinabek Nation: The People of the Three Fires known as Ojibway, Odawa, and Pottawatomie Nations.Only 90 minutes outside Toronto, Blue Mountain has become the four-season outdoor destination of the North. Blue Mountain is owned by Alterra Mountain Company.<br /><b>ALTERRA COMPANY OVERVIEW</b><br />Alterra Mountain Company is a family of iconic year-round mountain destinations, the world's largest heli-skiing operation, and Ikon Pass - the premier ski and snowboard season pass offering access to more than 50 iconic mountain destinations around the world.<br />Headquartered in Denver, Colorado and born out of a shared love of the mountains and adventure, Alterra Mountain Company exists to shape the future of mountain adventure.