Description

Company

A worldwide leader in endurance sports, Spartan is a high-growth, international organization that owns and operates mass-participation athletic events under the brands Spartan®, Tough Mudder®, Spartan Trail®, Hurricane Heat, and DEKA, and offers numerous related fitness, health and nutrition services and products. We create transformational experiences, products, and content to help people, companies and teams tear down boundaries and expand what they believe to be possible. Together with its many subsidiaries and licensees, Spartan Race, Inc. combines large scale global events with a vibrant digital content and community platform. With 250 events across more than 45 countries on six continents, Spartan Race, Inc. is the worlds leading extreme wellness and endurance brand.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Oversee a team of staff, local labor, and volunteers in order to construct or assemble obstacles according to specifications.
• Instruct inexperienced team members concerning the assembly process.
• Ensure crew completes tasks efficiently and effectively.
• Assist in the load-in/load-out phases of event production.
• Load/unload trailers using heavy equipment.
• Operate basic heavy equipment in the process of obstacle construction.
• Proactively address issues as they arise in order to complete assignments within preset time frames.
• Work in poor weather, long hours, and fast-paced challenging conditions.
• Oversee a zone on race course consisting of several obstacles and aid stations.
• Instruct volunteers concerning proper enforcement of obstacle rules.
• Provide support for volunteers in the form of education, food, and any assistance necessary.
• Proactively address and solve problems as they arise.
• Serve as a positive representative of Spartan Race, Inc.

*This description reflects managements assignment of essential functions, however, it does not restrict other tasks that may be assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Communicate and speak effectively before groups of volunteers, contractors, or employees.
• Minimum three (3) years experience in the construction industry.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measuring using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Hands on experience building houses, decks, cabinetry, working with truss or scaffolding, etc.
• Experience overseeing and managing crews.
• Basic computer skills, i.e. Excel, Google Docs, email, etc.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of volunteers, contractors, and employees (read and speak conversational English).
• Willingness and ability to travel 11 days at a time with approximately 100% travel.
• Frequently works 10-15 hour days outdoors, in adverse conditions for extended periods of time.
• Demonstrate full range of movement including but not limited to lifting, standing, bending, reaching, twisting, and crawling.
• Occasionally lifts, pushes, pulls, and moves equipment and material weighing up to 100 pounds.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• Must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints.
• Possess a valid drivers license without restrictions; clean driving record.
• Experience operating heavy equipment is preferred but not mandatory.
• Occasionally climb ladders and work off elevated surfaces as well as climb up onto and down from equipment.