Lift Maintenance Mechanic Assistant Summer 2025

Yellowstone Club is paradise in Montana. A private residential community in Big Sky, Montana, Yellowstone Club offers its Members the world’s only private ski and golf community. With fabulous skiing and snowboarding and the most gorgeous spring and summer weather to enjoy the 18-hole golf course, rivers, hiking, biking, and more, our Members love being a part of this exceptional community. Our employees make the Yellowstone Club experience come alive. If you would love being a part of the Montana charm and providing the highest level of guest service, ensuring no detail is too small to overlook, and being a part of creating experiences, then Yellowstone Club is looking for you.

Yellowstone Club’s Lift Maintenance department is currently seeking Lift Maintenance Mechanic Assistant.

This position is generally responsible for:

• M aintaining the safe and proper operation of the lifts to ensure the safety of the line mechanics.
• Assisting upper-level mechanics in performing preventative lift maintenance tasks.
• Cleaning and maintaining all lift maintenance equipment and tools to ensure dependability and safety.
  
  
  

POSITION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each job function satisfactorily, which includes:

• Performs all assigned painting duties in order to maintain high quality of visual impact on guests.
• Develops proficiently with the lifts and perform lift operation duties are required.
• Cares and maintains tools, vehicles and other equipment provided for lift maintenance use in order to facilitate more efficient time on tasks when equipment is needed.
• Performs all assigned record keeping, maintaining and improving our labor and material cost tracking capabilities.
• Assists other lift maintenance technicians in whatever areas possible to expedite summer maintenance.
• Attend all necessary training seminars and workshops pertaining to job description.
• Maintain effective communication to ensure effective inter-departmental relations to ensure a harmonious mountain operation for members, guests, and employees.
• Comply with all Yellowstone Club policies and procedures and assure that all subordinate employees do the same.
• Operate all Yellowstone Club motor vehicles, equipment and snowmobiles for safe and efficient transportation and work needs.
• Notify manager’s of any problems.
• Housekeeping to maintain buildings and facilities at a professional level.
• Perform all related duties as assigned.
  
  
  

SUMMARY OF EXPECTATIONS OF THIS POSITION:

• Adheres to Yellowstone Club’s and the Lift Maintenance Department’s policies and procedures;
• Performs duties as workload necessitates;
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude;
• Communicates regularly and effectively with all employees, supervisors, managers;
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload;
• Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position;
• Meets departmental productivity, organization and consistency standards;
• Complies with laws, ordinances and regulations;
• Performs work in a safe and high quality manner.
• Adheres to Employee Guidelines and Standards of Conduct at all times.
  
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge:
• The structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Resourcefulness, good judgment and self-confidence.
• General mechanical tool use.
• Ski lift operation, maintenance, construction, and ANSI code.
• Snowmobile safety and operation.
• Company safety regulations, OSHA regulations and any other safety rules and regulations that apply.
• Skills and Abilities:
• Reading and writing comprehension – understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents and communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Oral and written communication skills – speaking, listening, reading or writing and understanding information and ideas presented; talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active listening – giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical thinking – using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Active learning – understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Troubleshooting – determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Time Management – Managing one’s own time.
• Information ordering – The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain pattern according to a specific set of rules, i.e., patterns of numbers, pictures, and mathematical operations.
• Interpretive skills – ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and instruction manuals, blueprints, and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence.
• Education and Experience:
• High school diploma, GED or vocational training or job-related course work required
• Must possess a valid Montana’s driver’s license.
  
  
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Must have skiing/snowboarding ability
• Must have the ability to work in adverse conditions including, but not limited to outside weather conditions or near moving parts;
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk and hear;
• The ability to work at heights in excess of 20 feet using safety harness and fall protection;
• The ability to stand in a relatively stationary position for extended periods (2-4 hours) to perform specific maintenance functions. Elevated work platforms that limit movement during standard maintenance are part of the work environment;
• Wear protective or safety equipment such as safety shoes, glasses, gloves, hearing protection, or hard hats;
• Be exposed to hazardous equipment and substances;
• The ability to work exposed to sound and noise levels that are distracting and uncomfortable without hearing protection;
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The ability to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams.
• Must be able to safely lift 50lbs.
• The ability to safely operate company vehicles and machinery such as snowmobiles and light trucks.
  
  
  

Yellowstone Club offers great benefits including:

• Complimentary shift meals
• Two employee ski days at the Yellowstone Club each month
• Discounted Ski Pass to either Big Sky Resort or Bridger Bowl
• 401k eligibility and bi-weekly match
• Discounted Employee Housing in Big Sky or Bozeman
• Discounts to over 1000 retailers through ADP LifeMart
• End of season employee appreciation day and retail sale
  
  
  

For more information about the Club, visit www.yellowstoneclub.com .

To apply, please visit www.yellowstoneclub.com and click on "YC Careers" at the bottom of the homepage.