What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bike Park Trail Crew position at Big Sky Resort?
Overview
Bike Park Crew is a fifteen person team tasked with building and maintaining downhill bike trails, and cross-country bike trails. This position works four ten hour consecutive shifts within a seven day week. The team works outside in all weather conditions. Schedule may vary, and working weekends could be required. Other Mountain Operation projects Bike Park Crew members participate in may include, but are not limited to: mountain and facility clean up, slope reclamation, burning slash piles, support for excavation, support for road construction and maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Responsible use of hand tools, chainsaws and other equipment
- Raking trail, digging dirt, tree falling, tree liming, tree bucking, and stacking slash piles.
- Working around heavy equipment.
- Building, maintaining, and inspecting wooden trail structures. This includes drops, jumps, bridges, and boardwalks.
- Building new trail tread to specifications and maintaining existing trails to keep them safe and enjoyable.
- Standing and walking for long periods of time on uneven mountainous terrain.
- Must work as a team and contribute to a team effort by good communication and sharing job responsibilities.
- Responsible for keeping trucks, equipment, locker rooms and the resort clean.
- Work concurrently with other Resort and Mountain Operations employees. Must coordinate and communicate heavily with Basecamp, Mountain Bike Patrol, Lift Operations, Lift Maintenance, Road Crew, and equipment operators.
- Use considerable judgement to adapt methods to meet new requirements. Must be able to complete jobs accurately with little direction and work independently.
- Position requires extreme physical exertion. Must be physically fit; must be able to lift, pull and push up to 50lbs unassisted, carry heavy equipment, and hike to job locations.
Qualifications
- Basic knowledge of trail structure
- Experience with chainsaws, in or around heavy equipment, and hand tools preferred
- Trail building experience and forestry awareness is preferred
- Must be an avid mountain biker, riding at an intermediate level or higher.
- Valid Driver’s license required
- Willing to work a flexible schedule and in all weather conditions.
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
