Roads & Transport - Head of Department - Mt Hutt

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NZSki is seeking a seasoned Head of Roads and Transport for Mt Hutt, a full-time winter role May to October, leading about 18 staff across bus drivers, road crew and car parking. You will manage day-to-day operations to keep access roads and car parks safe and fully functional, recruit and develop your team, update SOPs and hazard registers, and partner with the Mt Hutt management team on policies and performance. The ideal candidate has alpine winter driving experience, NZ Class 2 with P endorsement, strong planning and contractor management, and a calm, motivating leadership style that prioritises safety and guest service. Tailor your application to showcase rostering, safety leadership, weather-aware planning, and examples of people development, and demonstrate resilience, outdoor fitness, and commitment to inclusivity.

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Are you fuelled by a passion for the outdoors? Is there something indescribable that draws you to the mountains? Let’s chat. Joining our crew is more than just working at a ski field - it’s a lifestyle, seasonal work is a rollercoaster but it’s one that creates lasting memories that you’ll talk about for a lifetime.

Our NZSki community has been growing since 1947 and continues to offer the best experience for our crew, locals, and guests alike. Everyone at Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Mt Hutt cares for the mountains and shares a passion for snowsports and the surrounding regions. Our success is due to our awesome customer service, first-class facilities, majestic scenery, and wild terrain.


A rare opportunity has become available to join the Mt Hutt team as our Head of Roads and Transport for the 2026 season and beyond.
Reporting to our Ski Area Manager, you will be leading a team of approximately 18 including bus drivers, road crew, and car parking crew, in a fast-paced environment that presents a diverse range of challenges.
Our Roads & Transport Head of Department is responsible for day-to-day operations of the department, with a focus on ensuring our access road and car parks are safe and fully operational for our guests.
Leading from the front, your role is to inspire and motivate staff members to deliver exceptional guest experiences and ensure they receive opportunities to further develop their skills and experience. The successful applicant will successfully demonstrate their capacity to thrive in an alpine environment, prior experience of driving busses and operating machinery in an winter conditions, and the ability to lead a culturally diverse team.
This is a full-time, fixed-term, winter seasonal employment contract commencing early May and ending mid/end-October.
About the Role
• Our team are fun loving, hardworking and exude a passion for winter and all that it entails. We pride ourselves on caring for our staff and our guests, operating in a safe and inclusive environment, and providing each other with support and respect whilst enjoying some awesome skiing and riding along the way.
• From the outset you will be responsible for the recruitment and training of your team, with a focus on setting them up for success by ensuring expectations are clearly communicated early on.
• You’ll also review our summer development programme and business plan, updating standard operating procedures, training manuals and hazard registers to ensure our documentation aligns to best practice. You will also be involved in regular meetings with the Mt Hutt management team to ensure policies, procedures, and practices (such as payroll, purchasing, reward & recognition and performance management and cross-utilisation) are well understood and consistently applied.
• Day-to-day, the roles across the department are varied, and you’ll be leading and motivating the team, ensuring they have the skills, knowledge, and equipment to be able perform their duties effectively– we want our teams to feel a sense of pride and job satisfaction.
• Managing our snow clearing and chain fitting contractors’ forms part of this role, and you’ll need to build relationships to help manage the day-to-day operational requirements that fall under this umbrella.
• Safety is key, and your team will need to have the knowledge and confidence to report hazards, speak up and ask questions as needed.
• Throughout the season you’ll oversee daily operations, set work rosters to ensure the department is adequately resourced for forecast weather conditions and visitation expectations, all whilst actively working alongside your team to ensure they are delivering a consistently safe and engaging service.
• Our Roads and Transport team are crucial to the overall success of our ski area operations and it’s vital the team are prepared every day to welcome guests as they will often be the first point of contact.
• A key challenge of this role will be managing the expectations and motivation of the team throughout the highs as well as the lows of the season. We are therefore seeking a planner, who can lead by example, prioritise effectively, and remain calm under pressure.
• If you have the attitude and desire to create a high performing team, you are an excellent communicator and you pride yourself on quality and safe work practices then we would love to hear from you.
• Our ideal candidate will be an inspiring leader, with a proven can-do attitude and commitment to excellence in all aspects of their work.
Skills & Experience
• An in-depth understanding of winter alpine driving techniques, ability to interpret weather and assess road conditions is essential.
• Demonstratable prior experience driving passenger vehicles in an alpine environment is also required.
• Ability to plan ahead to ensure the right vehicles and personnel are in the right place at the right time
• Adaptable and responsive to the demands of our seasonal business and changing environment
• Dedicated, flexible and willing to take ownership of the staff and guests experience
• Be committed to learning and self-development
• Excellent customer service & communication skills and willingness to lead others in these areas
• Demonstrated ownership of Health & Safety in the workplace
• Comfortable working outside in variable conditions, and available for early/late shifts as required
• A large part of this role involves working outdoors on your feet all day in all types of weather, so a reasonable level of fitness is required.
• A practical problem solver, able to remain calm under pressure and plan ahead
• Ability to develop effective on-going relationships with staff, guests, and other stakeholders
• Ability to develop, interpret and enforce policies as required
• Ability to extract, interpret and analyse data to make recommendations for ongoing improvements.
Qualifications
• New Zealand Driver’s License Class 2 with P endorsement


As Kaitiaki of the mountains we have an enduring commitment to our environment, people, and communities to ensure they benefit from our presence and as proud supporters of Winter Pride we’ve pledged to continue to provide a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.

Uniform for all roles is provided (just bring your own base layers)

A few other reasons to join our Coronet Peak, The Remarkables and Mt Hutt crew:
• 3 Peak winter season pass (Full Time crew)
• Discounted day passes at other ski areas
• Transport to/from mountains.
• Fantastic wellbeing support for all staff
• Nutritional hot crew meals each day (Discounted)
• Discounts at many local eateries, bars, breweries and retail outlets
• Discounts on mountain
• Regularly organised social activities off mountain
• Cool recognition programmes with prizes
• Earn and learn – free ski lessons (Full Time crew)