Assistant Manager, Slope Maintenance -Winter- Full Time
Top Benefits
About the role
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!
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.
About Blue Mountain Resort
Blue Mountain is Ontario's largest four season resort nestled on the shores of Georgian Bay, located 90 minutes north of Toronto. With thousands of yearly visitors, 43 ski and snowboard trails, and over 30km of hiking trails, there's no shortage of fun all around our mountain. Visit us to explore our welcoming pedestrian village, our summer Adventure Park with over 15 outdoor summer activities, or our over 365 acres of skiable terrain in the winter.
As a proud member of Alterra Mountain Company, we are driven by a commitment to excellence and have a passion for creating an environment where life-long memories are made. Whether you're seeking a seasonal job or year-round career, Blue provides the platform for you to succeed. Here, your office can be the ski hill or hiking trail, and your colleagues become lifelong friends who share in your passions. Blue offers more than just tasks and shifts- it's about building connections and working in a space where you can thrive both personally and professionally.
We are consistently searching for talented people to join our seasonal or year-round teams. For a full list of employee benefits, including free skiing for you and your crew, career advancement opportunities, and student support programs, please visit our website to apply today.
Assistant Manager, Slope Maintenance -Winter- Full Time
Top Benefits
About the role
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!
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.
About Blue Mountain Resort
Blue Mountain is Ontario's largest four season resort nestled on the shores of Georgian Bay, located 90 minutes north of Toronto. With thousands of yearly visitors, 43 ski and snowboard trails, and over 30km of hiking trails, there's no shortage of fun all around our mountain. Visit us to explore our welcoming pedestrian village, our summer Adventure Park with over 15 outdoor summer activities, or our over 365 acres of skiable terrain in the winter.
As a proud member of Alterra Mountain Company, we are driven by a commitment to excellence and have a passion for creating an environment where life-long memories are made. Whether you're seeking a seasonal job or year-round career, Blue provides the platform for you to succeed. Here, your office can be the ski hill or hiking trail, and your colleagues become lifelong friends who share in your passions. Blue offers more than just tasks and shifts- it's about building connections and working in a space where you can thrive both personally and professionally.
We are consistently searching for talented people to join our seasonal or year-round teams. For a full list of employee benefits, including free skiing for you and your crew, career advancement opportunities, and student support programs, please visit our website to apply today.