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Come work and play in the mountains! Whether it’s your first-time seeing snow or you were born on the slopes, joining our team means discovering (or re-discovering!) a passion for the outdoors while building lifelong connections with teammates and guests from around the world.
With 40+ resorts across 3 continents, you can join our team for a season or stay to build a career. From day one, you'll receive some of the highest compensation rates in the industry, free Epic pass(es) along with free ski and snowboard lessons, 40% retail discounts, the chance to grow through Epic Service - our leading training and development experience, and wellness benefits to fuel your success.
Candidates for year-round positions are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applications will be accepted up to 90 days after the posting date, or until the position is filled (whichever is first).
Job Benefits
- Ski/Mountain Perks! Free passes for employees, employee discounted lift tickets for friends and family AND free ski lessons
- MORE employee discounts on lodging, food, gear, and mountain shuttles
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Excellent training and professional development
- Referral Program
Full Time roles are eligible for the above, plus:
- Health Insurance; Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, and Vision Insurance plans (for eligible seasonal employees after working 500 hours)
- Free ski passes for dependents
- Critical Illness and Accident plans
Job Summary:
The Senior Analyst – Planning & Scheduling is a centralized, remote role within the Maintenance Center of Excellence (COE) focused on ski lift maintenance planning across 37 North American resorts. The position develops annual maintenance plans, supports 5–10-year major maintenance and capital planning, strengthens CMMS-based work management, and builds performance metrics that provide visibility to execution and asset readiness.
Job Specifications:
- Starting Wage: $77,841.00 - $111,201.00+annual bonus
- Employment Type: Year Round
- Shift Type: Full Time hours available
- Minimum Age: At least 18 years of age
- Housing Availability: No
Job Responsibilities:
- Develop annual and seasonal lift maintenance plans that translate regulatory requirements, manufacturer recommendations, preventive maintenance, inspections, service bulletins, asset history, and local needs into executable work.
- Build 5–10-year maintenance and capital plans that identify major overhauls, component replacements, modernization needs, project dependencies, preliminary resource requirements, and future workload.
- Establish common planning standards, templates, milestones, labor assumptions, job-readiness expectations, and work-management practices while accounting for differences in resort assets and operating environments.
- Use MaintainX and other enterprise systems to improve preventive maintenance plans, work-order quality, asset information, maintenance history, backlog visibility, and planning data.
- Create metrics and dashboards that monitor annual plan progress, work completion, backlog, work readiness, labor demand versus capacity, major milestones, asset readiness, and emerging execution risks.
- Partner with resort lift maintenance leaders through influence rather than direct authority; facilitate planning discussions, provide coaching and training, share best practices, and help teams resolve workload, capacity, and execution constraints.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in maintenance planning, maintenance management, reliability, asset management, project planning, or a related maintenance role.
- Strong understanding of preventive and corrective maintenance, backlog management, job planning, labor capacity, work prioritization, and asset lifecycle planning.
- Experience with MaintainX or another CMMS/EAM system; ability to use maintenance data to support planning, reporting, and performance management.
- Ability to read and interpret maintenance procedures, equipment manuals, technical documentation, and mechanical/electrical schematics sufficiently to develop credible plans and communicate with technical teams.
- Strong analytical, organizational, facilitation, and communication skills, including demonstrated ability to influence experienced maintenance leaders without direct supervisory authority.
- Ability to work effectively across geographically dispersed locations and periodically travel to resort sites.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, or related field
- Experience in ski lift/ropeway maintenance is valuable but not required. Strong candidates may come from mining, utilities, energy, heavy equipment, transportation, forestry, field service, or other multi-site, asset-intensive industries where maintenance is performed in variable outdoor environments.
- Experience with long-range asset/capital planning, major overhauls, multi-site operations, maintenance KPIs
- CMRP/CMRT or similar certification
- Six Sigma certification or equivalent process improvement training
- Experience in a multi-site or enterprise maintenance environment
The expected pay range is $77,841.00 - $111,201.00+annual bonus. This is the pay range we reasonably expect to pay for this position. Individual compensation decisions are based on a variety of factors.
In completing this application, and when submitting related documentation, applicants may redact information that identifies their age, date of birth, and/or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
We follow all federal, state, and local laws including restrictions on child/minor labor. Minors hired into this position will not be asked or permitted to engage in any activities restricted to adult workers.
Vail Resorts is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable law.
Requisition ID 517387
Reference Date: 09/09/2026
Job Code Function: Mountain Operations COE
