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The opportunity

The Resort Operations Officer (Snow Operations) supports the delivery of snow grooming and snowmaking activities across Mt Baw Baw Alpine Resort to ensure ski areas, trails, village spaces, and snow play areas are safe, accessible, and well maintained.
  
This role is to ensure our slopes reach their maximum potential. Working mostly throughout the night our snowmakers run our snow Factories and Guns ensuring snow is produced in the correct locations. Our Groomers is tasked with moving and smoothing out the snow to ensure our staff and guests can move safely around the resort and enjoy the slopes.
 
As part of the snowmaking team you will be working outdoors so to keep you warm on those cold dark nights, we will kit you out with toasty warm snow pants, a jacket, and boots for the season!

Nestled only 2.5 hours from the heart of Melbourne, Mt Baw Baw is Melbourne’s closest downhill ski, snowboard, toboggan, and snow play resort....'make tracks' this winter for a unique employment opportunity. 

Key accountabilities:
  

• Run and monitor snow factories – regular checks to ensure efficiency and safety requirements are met
• Move snowmaking pipes to ensure coverage on the slope and help with groomer push out
• Monitor weather conditions and run snow guns when able.
• Safely operate, inspect & maintain plant, machinery and equipment in accordance with statutory requirements, ARV policies & safe work procedures
• Respond to emergency situations (including fire, medical, search and rescue and infrastructure threats) as directed and in accordance with the resort Emergency Management Plan. 

  
What amazing skills and experience will score you this role?  

• Demonstrated experience as a Snow Maker or Groomer
• Backhoe and loader tickets
• Experience working in alpine environments, including night and remote operations • Experience working safely in extreme and variable weather conditions
• Heavy Rigid Licence (Groomer) (Desirable)
• First Aid and CPR certification
• Laser sharp attention to detail attention to detail and safety consciousness at all times 
• A LOVE of the outdoors, including the rain, hail, and shine (and obviously SNOW) 
• Available from June - September 2026 (or declared snow season)

  
The successful candidate will be required to: 

• Have full Australian working rights. International applicants are required to obtain their own visa with valid Australian work rights. 
• Currently hold or be willing to obtain a Victorian Working with Children Check – Employee type 
• Have an Australian drivers licence (Victorian licence preferred)  
• Satisfactorily pass a police check and random drug & alcohol tests.  

  
  
Need more details? For a full list of the key responsibilities and performances indicators please contact careers@alpineresorts.vic.gov.au

Location: Mt Baw Baw, Victoria.
Hourly pay rate: From $30.51 - $34.85 per hour + casual loading assessed on skills and experience.

How to apply:
If you have the skills and experience listed above and are keen to experience a season of working at the snow, click on "Apply" and upload your resume, qualifications and cover letter, sharing with us your suitability for the role.

Close date: Friday, 20th March 2026

We recruit as we go, so don’t delay submitting your application. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

*Limited staff accommodation is available for successful applicants. Please discuss this with your hiring manager if you require accommodation.

Who will you be working for?
Established on 1 October 2022, Alpine Resorts Victoria brings a sector-wide focus and strategic leadership to the management of Victoria’s six alpine resorts: Falls Creek, Lake Mountain, Mt Baw Baw, Mt Buller, Mt Hotham and Mt Stirling. Each resort provides a unique experience of Victoria’s beautiful and remote alpine landscapes. Together they play an important role in supporting regional communities by attracting over one million visitors a year and sustaining ten thousand jobs.

For more information, visit the website www.alpineresorts.vic.gov.au or Mt Baw Baw – Melbourne's closest ski and snow resort

Alpine Resorts Victoria is an equal opportunity employer and supports diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
 

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