Are you a skilled rider who dreams about park features? We are looking to recruit a Terrain Park Lead Hand for the upcoming winter. You will work alongside the Terrain Park Supervisor and Operations Management to ensure Terrain Parks meets and exceeds safety regulations and quality standards. Are you a team player who has some supervisory experience? You will be training terrain park staff for standard operating procedures, proper maintenance techniques, and information recording. You are coordinating with grooming staff for night shift grooming tasks and with the Patrol/Duty Manager regarding proper fencing, hazard marking, and regular patrolling. Ensure Terrain Park staff have a constant list of tasks. Hands-on construction with Snow Cat in all Parks. If this sounds like the ideal work environment, fill out an application to work, live, and play where you belong.

Compensation Information:

$21.85 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:

• Always maintain Terrain Park - in radio contact with dispatch
• Ensure proper Risk Management for Terrain Park, signage, and feature marking
• Ensure Terrain Park is manned 7 days per week
• Work in co-ordination with grooming to ensure the park is maintained
• Daily maintenance reports completed before the end of the shift
• Keep Terrain Park Supervisor, Slopes Manager and Patrol Director advised daily of all activities in Terrain Park
• Maintain a constant presence in the Terrain Park while on duty
• Approved Ski Helmet required when working on snow
• Personal communication device used. Not Permitted during working hours

Ideal Candidate:

• Previous Terrain Park experience
• Knowledge of Terrain Park features, trends
• Knowledge of Risk management for Terrain Parks
• Terrain Park maintenance experience
• Able to always work with minimum supervision
• Supervise Terrain Park paid employees

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.