Lift Operator Season

PART-TIME or FULL-TIME | SEASONAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE

This is where we’re supposed to give you a quick introduction about working at Jay Peak. Except there’s nothing quick about what your experiences will be or what our expectations are. In summary, we will expect you to work hard, to help fellow teammates, to service the guest and to have fun. In return, we will pay you fairly, let you know (and more importantly make you feel) that you are valued, and, if you’re so inclined, work with you to help create a career.

The Lift Operator 2 oversees daily operation of lifts. This position performs daily maintenance checks, records results and reports deficiencies to Lift Maintenance personnel. This position leads a crew of Lift Operator 1, coordinates with Patrol and other Mountain Operations departments, and keeps Lift Operator 1s on task throughout the day.

• Oversees daily operations of a lift
• Leads assigned attendants.
• Performs daily safety checks at the direction of the Lift Operations Manager or Supervisor.
• Ensures all lifts are closed correctly at the end of each shift.
• Fills out daily operation logs.
• Performs snow removal and maintenance of lift ramps.
• Checks guest lift tickets.
• Coordinates with Patrol and Mountain Operations.
• Other duties as assigned, which could be directly related, or unrelated to original position.

This job has no supervisory responsibilities. While this job may lead a crew, the crew will report to the Lift Operations Supervisor.

Education and/or

Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language

Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

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.

Physical Demands: The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift up to 100 pounds.

Work Environment: The employee is regularly working near moving mechanical parts, exposed to outdoor weather condition and extreme cold (non-weather). The employee is frequently working in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet or humid conditions (non-weather); fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The work environment for this position is usually loud.

Resort

Conditions:

This is a Winter Resort Area. It requires that work venues are varied, and in many cases include steep stairways, multilevel buildings and outdoor work areas, subject to very cold, sometimes wet or very sunny work sites. Some facilities are located at the base or bottom area and some are semi-remote and can only be reached by traveling via chair lift(s), skis or snowboards.

Walking surfaces are frequently frozen, sloped and slippery. Proper footwear is a must, indoors and out. Work days and hours, as well as the number of hours required will vary, with an emphasis on weekends and holidays.

We’re a team of good-natured folks at the heart and soul of a growing resort community. Our co-workers are our friends, so we happily go the extra mile for each other and our guests. We’re rewarded fairly for our collective efforts and encouraged to pursue…