Bike Park Trail Crew - Skilled Operator
Posted by Angel Fire Resort on 03/08/2023
Job Basics
Industry Sector: Bike
Job Categories: Trail Management
Company Type: TravelandTourism
State: NM
City: Angel Fire Resort
Country: United States
Required Experience: 1 - 3 years
Job Type: Seasonal Full Time
Salary: Starts at $22 / hours DOE
Required to Relocate: Yes
Required to Travel: No
Employee May Telecommute: No
Job Seeker Must Live Within: 50+ miles
Job Description & Requirements
Bike Park Trail Crew Skilled Operator
Job Details:
Angel Fire Bike Park is in search of quality machine operators with experience and motivation to help continue building the 60+ miles of trail in the bike park. We are looking to expand with easier greens for beginners, blues for intermediate riders as well as maintaining and updating existing trails.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Safely operates machinery such as excavators, skid steers, dozers
- Uses hand tools such as rakes, picks, shovels
- Safely operates chainsaws
- Construct new single-track trails
- Maintain existing trails
- Re-build and create new sections for existing trails
- Create designs with Bike Park Manager
- Understand gravity-fed mountain bike trail layout, erosion mitigation, durability construction
- Have a keen eye for trail safety design on all trails and features construction (creating safe trails for all skill levels)
- Self-motivated individual who takes pride in constructing awesome bike trails with amazing flow
- Create trails with the skill level of the rider in mind: greens, blues, black diamonds
Qualifications:
- At least 3 years’ experience working on a trail crew running excavators, skid steers, dozers at a gravity park.
- Experience with creating new machine-benched trail with quality jumps, berms and features
- Must be able to ride a downhill mountain bike at an advanced level, maintaining control in all conditions and on all runs.
- Must have experience with hand tools, heavy machinery, and chainsaws as well as basic woodworking and maintenance skills.
- Must have a valid driver’s license with driving record insurable under resort insurance.
Other: Must provide own downhill mountain biking gear.
Minimum Age: 21 years old
About Angel Fire Resort:
Angel Fire Resort is a top year-round mountain resort destination in New Mexico. The resort is situated at over 8,600' elevation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, 30 minutes east of Taos and has views of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico. Angel Fire strives to offer the best value and choice for family outdoor recreation activities to its members, guests and visitors–including skiing, snowboarding, tubing, sledding, golf, mountain biking, golf, disc golf, zip lines, tennis, fishing, hiking, premium RV sites, dining and more.
Schedule: Seasonal Full-Time
Housing: Limited employee housing is available upon request. Employee housing is “dorm-style” and ranges from $400/month. A list of local rental resources is available upon request.
Estimated start date: May 2023
Pay: Depends on Experience
Benefits:
- Employee Assistance Program
- Season Pass
- Free and Discounted Buddy Passes
- Dependent Season Passes
- Free/Discounted Lift Tickets at Partnering Resorts
- Discounts at all Resort Restaurants
- Discounted Rentals
- Complementary rounds of golf
- Complementary use of driving range
- Reduced Golf Cart rental rates
- Tennis Court Privileges
- Discounted Zip Line tours
- Access to Fitness Centers
- Discounts on hundreds of brands of gear
- Study Areas for remote students
About Angel Fire Resort
Work and Play at Angel Fire Resort:
If you’re going to work, make good money! If you’re going to live somewhere, live in a great place! Earn good money and live better with lots of employee perks! Angel Fire Resort is a top year-round mountain resort destination in New Mexico with fantastic skiing (Numerous Best of Lists), “Biggest Mountain Bike Park” in the country, and one of the “Southwest’s Best” beautiful 18-hole golf course. The resort is situated at over 8,600' elevation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, 30 minutes east of Taos and has views of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in New Mexico. Angel Fire strives to offer the best value and choice for family outdoor recreation activities to its members, guests and visitors–including skiing, snowboarding, tubing, sledding, golf, mountain biking, golf, disc golf, zip lines, tennis, fishing, hiking, premium RV sites, dining and more. People that work at Angel Fire are happy people!
