Do you have heavy machine operations experience? We are looking for a Grooming Lead Hand to join our team for the winter season. The Winter Grooming Lead Hand is a supportive role designed to assist the Grooming Supervisor in the leadership, training, and oversight of the Grooming Department’s Operations. We are looking for a team player with keen attention to detail. This full-time, seasonal position requires overnight shift work and may require overtime. If this sounds like the ideal work environment, fill out an application to work, live, and play where you belong.

Compensation Information:

$26.00 - $29.75 per hour

Physical Requirement:

Heavy, work activities involve handling loads of more than 20 kg; Predominately in an Outdoor Setting.

This job position requires physical presence at the designated location.

Accountabilities:

• Meet with staff at the beginning of each shift and review the grooming list, identify priorities and requests from other departments, and then delegate tasks to the crew
• Make decisions regarding all aspects of grooming operations, including maintenance, pre-start procedures, selection, and use of grooming implements, fueling, winch operations, pre-season trail building, heavy snowfall, damage, accidents, incidents, shut down and post-operational procedures
• Coordinate your plan with snowmaking and other on-mountain departments
• Delegate tasks to the crew during the shift as required
• During heavy snowfall events, follow these priorities: 1) lift ramps, 2) roads, 3) green, 4) blue, terrain parks, then black trails
• Monitor production and quality of grooming products
• Training of level 1 and 2 operators
• Give Feedback to all staff under their Leadership in the form of seasonal evaluations
• Accountable for the safety of both personnel and equipment
• Identify and contain fuel or oil spills immediately per our EMS
• (Environmental Management System) procedure
• Accurate, neat compilation of the grooming report (names of operators, time, and percent of runs groomed, machine hours and fuel tracking)
• Make sure that all staff has signed in and out of the ADP System for each shift
• Communicate all necessary information to the next Lead Hand at shift change
• Morning crew lead must call the snow phone in the morning to give a timely and accurate grooming report

Ideal Candidate:

• Minimum 5 years of grooming and snowmaking experience with proven strong supervisory abilities
• Mature person with a solid work ethic and interpersonal skills
• A team player, self-motivated, with proven leadership skills and the ability to motivate others
• Able to think, react and communicate under pressure
• Highly experienced operating all types of industrial equipment and implements
• Excellent working knowledge of the snowmaking systems at Sun Peaks
• A good listener, able to follow instructions closely
• An excellent communicator
• Excellent time management and planning skills
• Strong mechanical aptitude is an asset
• Must have a keen eye for detail while still dealing with a more extensive scope
• Able to complete daily reports neatly, concisely, and legibly
• Experience with special events venue preparation
• Must have a clean driver’s abstract
• Able to work shifts and odd hours with overtime when required

Why join us?

We are Canada’s second-largest ski area and a passionate team committed to providing the finest mountain resort experience to our guests.

Our people are at the heart of what we do, making a difference to our guests and our workplace every single day. That’s why we invest in the employee experience; to ensure everyone can be at their best and live our values.

No matter who you are, or your career journey to date, once you join the team at Sun Peaks, you’ll get to feel part of our special community right away. You and your wellbeing matter to us; you’ll have plenty of opportunities to grow and learn, as well as enjoy everything our beautiful mountain resort has to offer. In return, we expect you to be passionate about working together to create special memories for our guests, while taking care of our precious environment for others to enjoy into the future.

The perks and benefits you’ll get to enjoy:

• Winter/Summer Season Lift, Trail and Golf passes (varies by position)
• Access to our Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Dining discounts within our hotel & Resort-owned outlets
• Retail discounts in our Resort-owned outlets
• Friends and family rates at the Sun Peaks Grand Hotel
• Reciprocal programs with partnering ski areas & hotels

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.

We acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the traditional territory of the Secwépemc People.

This role is eligible for an incentive for successful applicants to receive $1 per hour worked based on completion of a full winter season contract. Conditions apply to this incentive and will be shared during the interview and onboarding.