Lift Maintenance Journeyperson

Sugar Bowl is seeking an experienced Journeyman-level or Master Lift Maintenance Mechanic. This Full-Time, Year-Round position will join the Lift Maintenance team as a senior member of the department and will coordinate and conduct work relating to preventative scheduled maintenance and unscheduled maintenance activities on our ski lifts.

Sugar Bowl Resort has been proudly independent for over 80 years and is one of the oldest ski resorts in California. Situated atop beautiful Donner Summit, Sugar Bowl has a storied past with ties to Austrian ski culture, Hollywood and Walt Disney. This special community helped bring skiing to “sunny California” since December 1939. Since then, it continues to attract adventurous winter sports enthusiasts a like.

Who you are

• Minimum of 5 years of Lift Maintenance experience
• Must meet at minimum Lift Maintenance Journeyman Mechanic requirements
• Ability to lead and perform routine, emergency and preventative lift maintenance activities
• Team player
• Able to climb towers and work at heights
• Able to work outside all environments/conditions
• Must consider safety a high priority
• Valid driver’s license
• Able to lift 50 pounds
• Ability to work in a sometimes high stress, challenging environment
• Must consider courtesy and safety high priorities
• Self-starter who can determine on own what needs to be done

What you will do

• Ensure a safe and efficient lift system for all resort guests.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of maintenance programs and capital projects.
• Take a lead role in troubleshooting and repair of assigned lift machinery.
• Actively involved in lift mechanical emergency procedures and time-dependent repairs.
• Document repairs, labor and materials accurately on work orders.
• Coordinate the timely opening, service of and closing of all lifts.
• Perform and take lead on summer and winter preventative maintenance programs that include inspection of work performed to maximize lift safety and reliability
• Assure that all required records are maintained and kept up-to-date, including all mechanical and operational procedures, logs, lift failures, incidents, and downtime logs.
• Be an advocate for the Company mission, vision and policies. Protect the Company assets.
• Coordinate maintenance response to lift incidents. Assist Patrol and/or Lift Operations with the completion of Incident Reports

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• Employer sponsored 401k plan after 1000hrs (and 1-yr)
• Excellent medical benefits
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Additional voluntary benefits (AD&D, critical illness, etc.)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Telehealth urgent care
• Discounted prescriptions
• Excellent professional and training development
• Free ski and tubing passes for employees
• Free ski passes for dependents
• 50% off food at our cafeterias
• Free group ski and snowboard lessons for employees
• Employee discounted lift tickets for family and friends
• Lift ticket discounts at tons of resorts including 24 destinations thanks to the Mountain Collective Hotel discounts
• Employee ski reciprocal programs

Sugar Bowl Resort believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against its employees or applicants because of race, color, hair, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender orientation, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship, veteran status, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, layoff, recall, and termination.

Additional Information

Employee Type:
Year-Round, Full-Time