Assistant Manager, Slope Maintenance -Winter- Full Time

Blue Mountain Resort; The Blue Mountains; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier mountain resort in Ontario seeks an Assistant Manager for Slope Maintenance. Responsibilities include supervising snowmaking operations, ensuring safety compliance, and leading a team of over 30 employees. Applicants should have a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience and a G License. This position offers numerous employee perks, including discounts and free pass access to various locations.

Benefits

Free Alterra Mountain Pass for employees

Discounts on Blue Mountain Lift tickets

Free skating

Staff priced meals & Starbucks treats

Staff room rates at all hotels

Retail savings at various stores

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Coordinate maintenance and timely reporting of equipment issues.
• Promote high standards for quality of snow and grooming conditions.
• Establish clear communication between teams for coordinated efforts.
• Oversee safety training and promote safety awareness.
• Maximize efficiency during snowmaking and grooming operations.
• Manage performance and motivate teams with clear expectations.

Skills

Snowmaking experience

Grooming experience

Attention to detail

Safety awareness

Strong communication

Job description

Overview

Seasonal (Seasonal)

What’s in it for me?

• Free Alterra Mountain Pass for employees; ski or ride for free at Alterra 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!

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.