Employment

Roundhill is a family owned and operated commercial ski area. We pride ourselves on providing an outstanding working environment. Roundhill is the kind of place where you make friends for life.

Roundhill prides itself on excellent customer service and a shared passion for the mountains. We are a small, close-knit and hard-working team. If this sounds like you, we look forward to hearing from you!

All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand for the duration of our season.

Benefits:

Subsidised shared accommodation if required.
Transport to and from the mountain from Lake Tekapo Village.
A staff season pass for Roundhill.
Discounted skiing and riding at most other ski areas in New Zealand during our operating season.
Free access to the pools at Tekapo Springs.
A complimentary barista-made coffee/hot drink each day, and a 25% discount off most products at our base lodge Cafe.

Please email your application to employment@roundhill.co.nz

Attach a cover letter and CV and please state the position/s you are applying for. Please feel free to send through an application even if a position you’re keen on is marked as filled. We will get in contact if anything comes up.

Positions:

Snowsports Instructor: –

Minimum Qualification: NZSIA Ski or Snowboard Level 1 or international equivalent.

Groomer Operator: 

Our grooming fleet consists of two modern well maintained PistenBully 400 snow groomers.

This is mainly a sole-charge position with grooming taking place from 4:30pm daily in most instances. Any additional workload is carried out by the senior management team.

This role includes free on-mountain accommodation based slope side in a two bedroom house with our Snow Safety Officer.

Key tasks are as follows:

• To groom daily all required slopes. Complete all work that is requested by management, and to liaise with management as necessary
• To push snow to areas required as directed by management and in cases of heavy snow, clear certain areas as directed
• To liaise with terrain park personnel with regards to what shaping is required in the designated park area.
• To grease and maintain groomers to specification.
• To report any machine problems or damage immediately to management

About You:
At least 2 seasons prior experience operating modern snow groomers essential as this is mainly a sole-charge position. Ideally this will have included grooming drag lifts lines and/or loading/unloading areas. We do not operate any winch cats.

School Holiday Staff: 

We require some hard-working casual staff to assist us during the July school holiday period (July 9-24), and (if available) at busy times later in the season. There are positions available in most departments. In most cases we are unable to provide accommodation for casual roles.