Zamboni Driver

City of Eagan; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

City of Eagan seeks a Zamboni Driver for Goat Hill outdoor rink. This seasonal, part-time role involves driving the ice resurfacer, maintaining ice quality, and engaging with local skaters. Evening, weekend, and holiday hours are required, with shifts from November to March depending on winter weather.

18+ with a valid license and 6 months experience preferred. Applicants should be able to work independently, handle minor maintenance tasks, and assist with warming shelter upkeep.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years or older.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Minimum 6 months of volunteer or paid work experience.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and school release days.

Responsibilities

• Drive the ice resurfacer during scheduled times.
• Maintain ice quality and safety at Goat Hill outdoor rink.
• Assist with cleanliness and maintenance of the warming shelter and rink area.
• Prevent damage to buildings and equipment.
• Report incidents and facility concerns in writing or verbally.
• Work with rink attendants to manage crowd and order.

Skills

Ice resurfacer driving

Public interaction

Independent work

Job description

Zamboni Driver

Pay: $20.92 per hour

Part-time, Seasonal, Not Benefit Eligible

Join the City of Eagan as a Zamboni Driver at the Goat Hill outdoor rink!

In this exciting seasonal role you'll get to drive the resurfacer, maintain the ice, and engage with our vibrant community of skaters. If you're passionate about outdoor work, enjoy connecting with people, and are ready to contribute to a fantastic recreational atmosphere, we want to hear from you! Hours include weekends, holidays, and school release days, and is dependent on winter weather conditions from November 2 - March 14.

• Create and ensure wholesome recreational atmosphere.
• Assist Rink Attendant with maintaining order at the Goat Hill rink site.
• Drive the ice resurfacer during scheduled ice making times.
• Responsible for prevention of damage to the building and equipment, such as light fixtures, doors, and windows.
• Responsible for checking on the ice making machinery.
• Assist Rink Attendant with cleanliness and indoor/outdoor maintenance of the Goat Hill warming shelter during assigned shift and at the end of night. This includes and not limited to shoveling, vacuuming, cleaning restrooms, removing hockey rink sideboards and pushing goals out of the hockey rinks.
• Pick up trash outside the building and grounds, assist with set up and take down tasks.
• Responsible for his/her own transportation to winter outdoor facilities.
• Prevent/mediate/resolve conflicts that may arise during scheduled facility hours.
• Provide written and/or verbal reports on all incidents and facility concerns no matter how minor.
• Inspect and monitor weather conditions to ensure a safe environment.
• Wear the appropriate staff attire during your shift.
• Provide cleaning and building supplies request forms to supervisor.
• Ability to work independently.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Must be 18 years of age or older by the first day of employment.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Minimum of 6 months of volunteer or paid work experience.
• Ability to perform all essential position functions under the working conditions as described.
• Available for scheduled work hours including evening, weekend, holidays, and school release days.

Desired Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of experience driving an ice resurfacer.
• Previous experience and knowledge of mechanical equipment and repairs.
• Previous work experience in winter outdoor facilities.

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• General cleaning and maintenance

Be self-motivated and hard-working.

Effectively communicate with the public and co-workers both verbally and in writing.

Work independently and complete assigned duties in a productive and efficient manner.

Maintain a positive, polite, considerate, and cooperative attitude.

Physical Requirements:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, and write for extended periods of time.
  • The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, run, walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distant vision, color vision and peripheral vision.
  • Ability to climb a ladder and operate a vehicle with multiple hand and foot operations.
  • Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Must have the ability to walk on the ice surface.

Working Conditions:

This is a temporary/seasonal position, part-time, up to 24-hours per week. Shifts include evenings, weekends, holidays, and school release days and are dependent on winter weather conditions. For 2025/2026 this position will run from November 1 – March 30. FLSA non-exempt; not benefit eligible.

• 50% outdoors; 50% indoors
• Employee will be required to do physical work in any weather, specifically winter conditions, including air temperatures to -15 F, wind-chills as low as -20°F
• Snow and ice must be traversed constantly when outdoors.
• Exposure to loud noises for varying periods of time.
• Exposure to cleaning and maintenance equipment and chemicals.
• Must be able to perform all essential position functions under the working conditions as described

Located in the Twin Cities metro area, Eagan is home to about 68,000 people. The City operates under a Council-Administrator form of government, employing 300 regular full-time employees, and up to 400 seasonal and part-time employees. Regarded as a great place to live, work and play, the City of Eagan prides itself on exceptional customer service and employs a stable workforce with experienced and professional staff. Areas of employment include finance, engineering, law enforcement, fire safety, parks and recreation, forestry, public works and utilities, community development, sports and fitness, arts and preschool education, etc. Visit our website to learn more at www.cityofeagan.com!

The City of Eagan is an Equal Opportunity Employer