ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Operates a variety of hand tools, power tools and some heavy equipment including but not limited to shovels, McLeod’s, Pulaski axes, chainsaws, nail guns, circular saws, excavators, skid steers, ATVs, etc.
• Constantly monitors all areas of the bike park for potential hazards including but not limited to downed trees, limbs and branches, missing or damaged signage, soil or rock erosion, feature damage or degradation.
• Assists with and ensures the regular inspections and maintenance of equipment and tools is performed by operators or as set forth by the manufacturer's recommendations in order to optimize the crew's productivity and keep all equipment and tools in good repair.
• Conducts all trail building and maintenance to professional standards with the goals of stability, sustainability, and trail rating appropriateness.
• Ensures professionally designed and finished 'go-arounds' are built at all significant features on blue square and black diamond trails to provide an obvious and low risk alternative path for riders not confident in their ability to ride the feature. This will also be completed on double black diamond trails when and where it is possible to do so.
• Ensures all trail work areas are finished properly and aesthetically by removing, burying, or neatly stacking all trees and large limbs, seeding and haying all disturbed dirt and the sides and backs of berms, tables, etc.
• Ensures proper signage is installed on all new trails, features, and drops prior to opening.
• Ensures all new or redesigned trails, features, and or drops are signed off on by bike park manager and patrol manager prior to opening to the public.
• Maintains communication with bike patrol and makes arrangements for the maintenance and or repair of any trail sections or features reported to be in need of maintenance and or repair.
• Manages water drainage on trails by the use of drainage pipe, culverts, ditches and sustainable trail designs which minimize erosion and enhance the sustainability of trails.
• Required to assist with bike park events.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Education: High School Diploma or GED

Experience:

• Experience in felling trees and chainsaw operation preferred
• Experience of 1 year previous trail building and maintenance experience, preferably in a bike park environment preferred
• Must be a Downhill Mountain Biker and have the ability to ride all levels of trails in the Bike Park
• Must be able to operate a company vehicle including ATVs and trucks