Assistant Manager, Slope Maintenance -Winter- Full Time

Blue Mountain Resort

Seasonal (Seasonal)
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

  • Free Alterra Mountain Pass for employees;
    ski or ride for free atAlterra owned destinations!
  • Alterra Mountain Passes for your family;
  • Discounts on Blue Mountain Lift tickets for friends and family;
  • Free skating;
  • Staff priced meals &Starbucks treats;
  • Staff room rates at all our hotels;
  • Retail savings at Burton, The North Face, Red Devil Sports, Hillside, and more!

    Full Time, Winter Seasonal
    Hourly: $29.87
    WHAT WILL I BE DOING?
    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.

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Plan and provide standardized on-boarding and training, including all proper documentation, weighted heavily on productivity and safety compliance.
    • Manage performance and motivate by setting clear expectations, measuring productivity, coaching, addressing concerns, and recognizing achievements.

    WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?

    • 5+ years snowmaking or grooming experience required.
    • Landscape construction experience an asset.
    • Experience managing a medium size (30+ employees) work unit an asset
    • G License

    AUTHENTICITY | EMPOWERMENT | COLLABORATION | PURPOSE
    BLUE MOUNTAIN RESORT COMPANY OVERVIEW
    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.
    ALTERRA COMPANY OVERVIEW
    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.
    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.