Hotel Maintenance, Snow Clearing & Fleet Management team – Nagano, Japan Full Time

We are hiring for the 2024/2025 season!

Madarao and Tangram are one of the fastest growing international resorts in Japan yet still offers small crowds on countless powder days with an annual snowfall of 10 to 14 metres.

Located in Nagano, with direct access from Tokyo on a 2-hour bullet train, the resort offers 20 chair lifts and easy access (within 40 mins) to neighbouring resorts like Myoko and Nozawa Onsen. Madarao is growing a reputation for openly encouraging inbound tree-skiing within its bowl-like terrain!

Active Life Japan owns and operates 4 hotels, 1-5 minutes walking distance to Madarao Kogen: Active Life Madarao, Hakken by Active Life, Xplore by Active Life and Space by Active Life. As one of Madarao’s largest employers, we offer an immersion into the Japanese winter resort lifestyle and a working-holiday unlike anywhere else.

In addition to wages, accommodation, food, discounted passes and commissions, Active Life also offers a free inter-resort shuttle to nearby resorts, Myoko, Nozawa, Lotte Arai, Kijimadaira and X-Jam until 16/2.

We’re looking for mature and authentic people with absolute respect for other cultures and people, a high level of emotional intelligence, a sense of humour and a strong work ethic.

If this truly sounds like you, send us  your CV and tell us why you want to work in Madarao, with Active Life, along with the role and your suitability.

Love playing in the snow on diggers? Enjoy driving? Are you an all-around handy person to have around?

We are after versatile, strong and hardworking staff to be part of the Snow Clearing and Fleet Management team. This small team will be in charge of operating our guest shuttle service (hotel transfers and inter-resort), clearing the relentless/amazing JaPow from all of the Active Life Properties as well general maintenance across all properties as needed.

Desired skills & attributes:

• Reliable and highly safety conscious
• Comfortable working out in the elements, including driving
• Able to handle early starts, daily snow clearing and the ability to operate snow clearing machinery (or willingness to learn)
• Physically able to manually dig snow if needed
• Strong communication skills (English) and great time management skills
• Proven knowledge and experience in a trade
• Happy to take direction and receive feedback
• Basic customer service skills and the ability to work as part of a team or solo
• Willing to help set-up and pack-down hotels at the start and end of the season
• Flexible, adaptable and open to cross-training across other functions and fill in other functions across the hotels as required

Requirements:

• Minimum 1-year experience in plumbing, heating, general construction and/or maintenance work
• Valid international drivers’ licence
• Proven experience driving vehicles in the Light Truck class and possess an “LR” or “MR” class license or equivalent
• Eligible for the Japan Working Holiday Visa (if not a Japanese Citizen)
• Must be able to provide 2 relevant references

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