Snowmaker

Snowmaking Crew Member

Assist in daily snowmaking production with assigned crew.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide a guest experience that exceeds the guest's expectations.
• Supports Telluride Ski & Golf sustainability initiatives.
• Adheres to Telluride Ski & Golf policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of and adheres to Skier Responsibility Code and Colorado Skier Safety Act.
• Set up air-water and fan snowmaking guns.
• Operate snowmobiles that may be towing snowmaking equipment or pulling hoses.
• Hook up and clean out snowmaking hoses and equipment regularly.
• Check and adjust air and water hydrants to maintain snow quality regularly.
• Stays in contact with Lead, Foreman, Techs, and Manager/Director while spotting Snowmaker II and up in confined spaces.
• Reports to work as scheduled for any and all shifts, day or evening, and remains "on-call" throughout the snowmaking and ski season.
• Able and willing to follow direction given.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience: Mechanic or Technical schooling helpful. No snowmaking experience necessary – will train.

Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills: None applicable

• Ability to access the Snowmaking Department areas of the mountain.
• Ability to work on steep terrain.
• Must be skier or snowboarder.
• Must be able to work nights, weekends, holidays and overtime.
• Must be able to function effectively at elevations of 10,000 or higher.
• Must be able to work in inclement weather conditions.
• Must have a valid Driver's License.
• Must be able to use: snowmobile, pickup truck, ATV, air and water guns, fan guns, snow hose and various hand and power tools.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; extreme cold; risk of electrical shock and high-pressure air and water. The employee is exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

The pay rate range for this position is $20.00 - $28.00/hr. DOE and level I, II, or III

Benefits include paid sick leave, ski pass, dependent passes (for full time commitment), discounted lift tickets, lift tickets at other CO resorts, discounted employee shuttles and discounted meals and lodging and ski school discounts