Bike Park Trail Building Machine Operator

Sugarloaf Mountain Corporation; Big Sky (MT); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

FREE All Access Bike Haul Pass

Discounted Golf and Mountain Biking

F&B/Retail discounts

Affordable employee housing

FREE Basecamp activities

Monthly employee events

Job summary

A renowned outdoor recreation company in Big Sky Resort is seeking an experienced machine operator to join their team for trail building. This role requires a motivated individual with at least 2 years of experience in operating excavators and other heavy equipment, as well as the ability to create and maintain bike park trails. The operator will collaborate with park managers and contribute to the expansion of the bike park. Full-time seasonal employees enjoy various benefits, including discounts and a bike haul pass.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience trail building with excavators.
• Experience creating new machine trails with jumps and features.
• Experience operating a chainsaw is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build trails to design specifications for the bike park.
• Operate excavators and other equipment in a safe manner.
• Create trail and feature designs with park managers.
• Safety-compliant operation of chainsaws when required
• Collaborate with Bike Park managers on trail designs
• Create new trails and update existing ones as requested

Skills

Trail building experience

Excavator operation

Chainsaw operation

Hand tool usage

Mountain biking

Safety orientation

Tools

Excavators

Chainsaws

Front-end loaders

Skid steers

Bulldozers

Job description

Overview

Big Sky Resort’s Bike Park is seeking an experienced machine operator for trail building. Must be a motivated individual to help continue building 40+ miles of bike park trails. The bike park is expanding fast and Big Sky Resort is looking to add new flow trails and tech trails of all difficulties as well as maintain and update existing trails.

Responsibilities

• Must be familiar with bike park trail designations and difficulty ratings, and be able to build trails to each specification
• Must be able to operate excavators of various sizes, in a safe and productive manner.
• Maybe requested to operate front-end loaders, skid steers, all terrain fork lifts, and bulldozers in a safe and productive manner.
• Must be able and willing to use hands tools such as rakes, picks, and shovels when requested.
• Must be able to safely operate a chainsaw
• Must have a keen eye for trail flow and creating safe features
• Will create trail and feature designs with the Bike Park managers
• Will be requested to build new trails as well as re-building/updating existing trials, and creating new trails sections

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience trail building with excavators is required
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience with creating new bench cut machine trails with jumps, berms, and features is required
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience operating a chainsaw is preferred
• Must have experience using hand tools such as rakes, picks, and shovels
• Must have a keen eye for trail flow
• Experience operating other heavy equipment such as front-end loaders, skid steers, all terrain fork lifts, and bulldozers is preferred.
• Must be able to ride a mountain bike at an intermediate level or higher.

All full time seasonal employment at Big Sky Resort includes:

• FREE All Access Bike Haul Pass and discounted Golf Pass
• Discounted Golf and Mountain Biking for friends and family
• F&B/Retail discounts at all Boyne outlets
• Eligibility for affordable employee housing and lodging discounts for friends and family
• FREE Basecamp activities including zip line course
• Monthly employee events