Trail Stewardship Crew Member

Job Title: OMBA Trail Stewardship Crew Member  (Download PDF)

OMBA’s vision is world-class mountain bike experiences throughout the Northern Front Range Region of CO & WY. OMBA’s Trail Stewardship Crew will provide the tools-to-the-ground service to make this vision a reality.  Do you want to join an amazing group and work in a fun, exciting, outdoor-environment?  Do you love mountain biking?  OMBA is creating a new seasonally full-time paid trail crew for 2024 to focus on several critical trail projects from May through October.

PRIMARY POSITION DUTIES AND GOALS 

Under the direction of the Trail Stewardship Crew Leader a Trail Crew Member performs trail maintenance and trail building tasks following current sustainability, construction and land agency standards. The Trail Crew Member is part of a 4-5 person crew assigned to various locations based on available grant funding and grant deliverable deadlines.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS 

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. 

Daily Physical Demands include: 

• Ability to stand for extended periods of time 
• Use of hands to finger, handle or feel objects 
• Reach with hands and arms 
• Walk, climb, or balance and stoop 
• Ability to lift and move objects up to 50 pounds 
• Ability to converse and exchange accurate information while working in the field 
• Vision ability requirements include the ability to inspect, identify, observe, and assess situational work environments both close up and at a distance and differentiate between orange, pink, and red marking flags.
• Endurance to conduct fieldwork in remote settings under strenuous conditions 

Work Environment 

• Fast paced, physically demanding work environment 
• Work with moving mechanical equipment as needed (i.e. tools, chainsaws, McLeods, pulaskis, pick mattocks, mini-excavators) 
• Ability to work in an environment with unpredictable weather 
• Ability to work in remote locations for extended periods of time

Volunteer and Event Support 

• Actively engages with volunteers during trail days and events to create a safe, positive, and memorable experience
• Participate in set-up and clean-up for assigned events and trail days
• Provide event support for assigned OMBA events

DESIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Contribute to a safe learning environment
• Effectively follow directions and ask questions for clarification
• Able to focus on tasks at hand without distraction
• Able to keep an eye out for potential risky, unsafe situations
• Desire to work as a team
• Willingness to address conflict or receive constructive feedback
• Live in a physically demanding and potentially remote environment
• Able to cope positively in a harsh climate or severe weather patterns
• Flexibility, adaptability, and capacity to work in a fluid, changing work environment
• Desire to learn and be a part of a dynamic community of peer leaders
• Must be adaptive, patient and able to maintain a positive perspective throughout
• Physically fit, able to work efficiently for long days, lift up to 50lbs, withstand adverse weather, and hike up to 5 miles with a 50 lb pack
• High school diploma or GED and valid drivers license
• Desire to work on a variety of conservation-based projects
• Background in hard driving, goal oriented, or accomplishment-focused positive mind-set
• Minimum of in-person or online first aid course and CPR (provided upon hiring)
• Experience working for a professional trail building crew or conservation corp
• Trail building experience and mountain bike oriented trail building experience
• Endurance sports, outdoor sports or work background – cross fit, mountain biking, trail running, hiking, backpacking, cross country skiing, climbing, mountaineering, hunting, construction, landscaping, surveying, excavation, farming, etc.
• College or Trade experience

The job responsibilities listed above are not an exhaustive list and OMBA may ask for additional tasks to be performed as part of routine employment. 

COMPENSATION, TERMS & REQUIREMENTS

• Starting pay rate: $20-22 per hour
• Benefits: Uniform shirts, some PPE (including boots), all tools provided, on the job training & needed certs

Job time frame: Seasonal, full-time (40 hrs/week); May to October (weather dependent) 

Location of work: Northern Front Range of Colorado & Wyoming land agencies within a 1.5-hour drive from Fort Collins