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Overview
At Boyne Mountain Resort, first impressions are everything - and our grounds team makes sure every guest's arrival, every walk between venues, and every view from the slopes is something worth remembering. We're looking for a team-oriented, hard-working team member to help us keep Boyne Mountain looking its absolute best, season after season.
This is a physical, hands-on, outdoors-every-day kind of role. If you're someone who finds satisfaction in a clean walkway, or a flower bed that just looks right - we'd love to have you on the team. Everything we do at Boyne Mountain is guided by our core values, L.E.A.D.S.: Long Term Thinking, Excellence in Execution, Attitude is Everything, and Serve First. You will bring these values to each shift and to all you do at the Mountain. As a Boyne Mountain team member, there are so many awesome perks for you to take advantage of, such as: ski passes, golf passes, waterpark passes, and discounts for food, beverages, retail, daycare, and so much more! To learn more about Boyne Mountain Resort, employment perks, and employee testimonials, click here - Boyne Mountain Employment!
"Work Where You Love To Play!" at Boyne Mountain Resort.
Responsibilities
• Long-Term Thinking - Care for the resort grounds with an eye toward long-term health and appearance - planting grass, shrubs, and bushes; applying fertilizer to enhance growth; pruning trees and shrubs to keep the landscape thriving for seasons to come.
• Excellence in Execution - Maintain Boyne Mountain's irrigation systems, ensuring lawns, plants, and landscaping are properly watered and healthy. Monitor and perform minor repairs on groundskeeping equipment so nothing sits broken and forgotten.
• Attitude is Everything - You're often one of the first faces a guest sees on property. You take pride in your work and bring a positive, can-do energy to the job every day - whether the sun is shining or the weather has other ideas.
• Cut lawns using hand, power, and riding mowers; trim and edge around walks, flower beds, and walls.
• Use hand tools and landscaping equipment to maintain and improve the appearance of resort grounds.
• Remove litter, rake debris, pull weeds, and backpack-blow walkways to keep all areas clean and guest-ready.
• Identify and safely remove tree limbs that pose a safety hazard.
• Other duties as assigned by the Grounds Supervisor and Superintendent.
Qualifications
• You are at least 18 years old.
• You genuinely enjoy working outdoors and don't mind putting in the work whatever the weather brings.
• You're available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays
• You hold a valid driver's license.
• You're comfortable with a physically demanding job, including occasional lifting of 50+ pounds.
• You take pride in the details - a clean edge, a healthy shrub, a walkway that looks like nobody even had to think about it.