Snow Cat Operator Jobs in Oregon (NOW HIRING)

Location: Bend, Oregon
Are you interested in delivering memorable experiences, enhancing people's lives and having fun while doing it? This shared mission of POWDR and Mt. Bachelor creates a fun and inspiring culture that we live every day. We look for employees who are passionate about sharing mountain culture, have a positive attitude, are problem solvers and care about winning as a team. Our vision drives us to deliver exceptional experiences and it's our employees who become the true moment makers here at Mt. Bachelor.
This role comes with amazing perks & benefits because we want our employees to Work Where You Play!

• Free employee season pass and free or discounted dependent(s) season pass
• Free and discounted friends & family day passes
• Free transportation to & from Bend, Sunriver, and La Pine
• Discounts across the resort (food & beverage, retail, rentals, lessons & more)
• Winter season employee housing program & Summer season camping program
• 401k with up to 5% company match & immediate vesting
• Discounted daycare onsite at Mt. Bachelor
• Local & national discounts (YETI, Burton, Dell, Subaru, Nokian, Sunriver Golf, Mammut, & more)
• Free reciprocal access for employees to other POWDR resorts & 50% day passes at IKON pass resorts

Position Summary
To work directly with the Terrain Park Grooming Supervisor, Terrain Park Manager, and Terrain Park Day Crew Supervisor to develop and maintain Woodward Mt Bachelor's terrain parks. You will help implement strategies within the terrain park that will maximize efficiency and encourage continuous improvement to terrain park construction, maintenance, and its employees' growth.
Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities

• Be able to groom an entire terrain park from start to finish.
• Be able to easily understand grooming patterns for different park layouts and features.
• Be able to shape, reset, or dig out terrain park features efficiently with all types of snow.
• Understand specific building concepts.
• Be able to complete a large amount of work in an 8-hour shift.
  
  • Be able to build a wide variety of terrain park features from a blank canvas, such as but not limited to: Small/ Medium and Large parks. (Can build and maintain all sizes of park features without assistance.)
• Can build all Medium/Large jumps and jibs.
• Can build and maintain all Peace Park features.
• Shows mastery of all size park rebuilds.
• Can build any size of park from start to finish.
• Builders are expected to know how to set various features by hand or alone with a snowcat.
• Builders are expected to have mastered the controls of various models of Pistenbully and Prinoth park cats.
• Builders are expected to know how to remove various implements that a cat may use for terrain park construction and maintenance. Including the blade, the tiller, and the Zaugg.
• Be able to carry diverse types of terrain park features on the blade (boxes, rails, walls, signs, shacks).
• Be able to pick up, reset, operate, and lay out snowmaking guns and hoses.
• Understand general grooming machine maintenance (oil, hydro fluid, coolant, tracks, belts, fuses, wipers, hoses)
• Able to fix and rebuild hydraulic hoses.
• Shows strong knowledge of winch cat operations.
• Understands grade of landings and can build landings of all sizes.
• Knowledge of all Zaugg functions.
• Can cut and maintain features in peace parks.
• Can maintain transitions in all parks and in 13' pipe.
• Responsible for making sure grooming logs are filled out and dated at the end of each shift.
• Able to handle a larger workload than a level 2 operator.
• Advanced perception and skill set with snow cat blade and tiller functions.
• Maintain 100hrs of training time with lower-level operators.
• Maintain 100hrs of training with higher-level operators.

Job Scope
The job operates within the established parameters. The terrain park groomer is accountable for their on-hill actions, including the safe build and grooming of terrain park features on a nightly basis, and for the safe operation of the snow cat.
Interpersonal Contacts
Converses daily on park matters with ski patrol, park manager, park grooming staff, and grooming staff.
Shows strong time management skills and communicates in advance on timelines. Can meet timelines set out by supervisors/manager.
Specific Job Skills

• Technical: Be able to build, groom, and maintain all terrain park features in all types of snow, understand the difference between bad and good jump to landing transition.... safe and unsafe features.
• License/Certifications: Current and valid Driver's License.
• Physical Capabilities: Advanced Skiing or snowboarding ability, Ability to lift 50 pounds

Education/Related Experience

• Minimum education required: High School or equivalent.
• Minimum time in related position: 3 to 4 seasons of terrain park snow cat operations expert cat skill level.

Job Conditions
In addition to the specific conditions below, every position at Mt. Bachelor requires the ability to shovel snow, lift up to 10 pounds, and walk on steep and uneven surfaces.
Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Such accommodation requires an interactive discussion with the Human Resources Department before such accommodation can be made.
  
  • In addition to the specific conditions below, every position at Mt. Bachelor requires the ability to shovel snow and walk on steep and uneven surfaces.

Current Hiring Rate: $25/hr
Minimum Age Requirement: 18+
Come Work Where You Play!
Please be aware incomplete applications will not be accepted or reviewed. Mt. Bachelor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Mt. Bachelor is committed to creating a quality work environment which makes full use of the talents and contributions of all employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or citizenship status, sex, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, sexual orientation, age, disability or military status.