320 Guest Ranch

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Job Duties:

• Independently working a fully stocked bar for banquet events and weekly BBQ events as a part of the banquet staff.
• Stocking the bar in the different locations for events; sometimes in outdoor locations  requiring heavy lifting (over 50 lbs)
• Knowledge of mixology and liquor, wine, and beer 
• Excellent customer service skills are a must
• Previous bartending experience preferred, also working knowledge of control methods
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including extended hours, weekends, and holidays
• Good communication skills with the event coordinator and/or dining room manager is a must. Must be a team player. 

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Set up & breakdown of dining room or banquet facilities including dishware, glassware, silverware, linens, tables and other amenities according to Dining Room Manager or Event Coordinator’s direction
• Maintains clean tables & service area
• Know the menu for dining room or the banquet function served and be able to explain the major ingredients and preparation methods
• Performs side work
• Uses a cash register of point of sale system as needed

Preferred Skills:

• Two years of experience as a server in fine dining and/or banquet facility.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both verbally and written, in English.
• Excellent hospitality skills.
• Ability to lift and carry up to fifty (50) pounds at a time.
• Ability to perform various activities such as constant standing, walking, frequent bending, reaching, kneeling and squatting.
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work well in a noisy environment as well as with people in a team environment.
• Ability to function in a fast paced environment, under short time constraints, and within established deadlines.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including extended hours, weekends and holidays

The 320 Guest Ranch, and more specifically Buffalo Horn Cafe, is searching for an engaging, courteous Barista who is passionate about food and beverage preparation and education. The barista will great customers, answer their questions, take orders and accept payments, and prepare and serve food and drinks. You will also maintain a clean ad well-stocked workspace and dining area, update displays, and continuously expand your knowledge of food and beverage quality controls, preparation methods, and presentation.

To succeed as a barista, you should be committed to providing excellent service. You should be positive, friendly, knowledgeable, and polite. 

Responsibilities

• Welcoming customers, informing them about specials or new items, answering questions, and accepting orders and payments.
• Preparing foods, such as sandwiches or baked goods, and grinding and blending coffee beans, brewing coffee and tea, and serving items to customers.
• Cleaning and restocking work and dining area, emptying trash, and sanitizing equipment and utensils.
• Learning about brewing methods, beverage blends, and food preparation techniques to improve food quality.
• Updating signage and displays to attract customers.
• Taking inventory and replenishing items in display cases, at tables, or behind the counter.
• Working as part of a fun, high-energy team.
• Adhering to all food safety regulations and quality controls.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in food and beverage preparation or customer service preferred but willing to train the right individual.
• Willingness to continue learning about food and beverage preparation.
• Exceptional listening and communication skills.
• Ability to walk, bend, and stand for extended periods.
• A polite, engaging personality.
• Commitment to customer satisfaction and service excellence.

This position is the face of our dining room for our guests in the morning. 

• Works our daily complimentary breakfast buffet refilling the buffet line, clearing plates, and serving guests
• Cleans up the dining room and resets for daily lunch buffet for employees
• Tends to lunch buffet by refilling the buffet line, clearing plates
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs
• Must be a team player, self motivated, and have a positive attitude. Being a morning person is a plus! 

• Set up & breakdown of the dining room or banquet facilities including dishware, glassware, silverware, linens, tables and other amenities according to Dining Room Manager or Event Coordinator’s direction
• Maintains clean tables & service area
• Know the menu for the dining room or the banquet function served and be able to explain the major ingredients and preparation methods
• Performs side work
• Uses a cash register of point of sale system as needed
   

Preferred Skills:

• Two years of experience as a server in fine dining and/or banquet facility.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both verbally and written, in English.
• Excellent hospitality skills.
• Ability to lift and carry up to fifty (50) pounds at a time.
• Ability to perform various activities such as constant standing, walking, frequent bending, reaching, kneeling and squatting.
• Self-motivated with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work well in a noisy environment as well as with people in a team environment.
• Ability to function in a fast paced environment, under short time constraints, and within established deadlines.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including extended hours, weekends and holidays

Working closely with our chef, daily skills could include proper rotation of product, ability to prep and ensuring quality of meals prepared, sharing line duties as well as working solo, and an all around knowledge of cooking, prepping & knife work. Must be strong on the grill and sauté. A flexible schedule is also a must as you have the potential to work morning and/or evening shifts.

Job Requirements:

• Culinary background 
• At least 2 years of experience working in a kitchen
• Hands on experience with breakfast & dinner
• Knowledge of cooking, prepping & knife work
• History of grill work
• Flexible Schedule
• Ability to cook food
• Service oriented attitude and good listening/communication skills
• Baking abilities are helpful

The assistant pastry chef works under the direct supervision of a head or executive pastry chef. As an assistant pastry chef, you assist in the day-to-day operations of a bakery or pastry kitchen. You collaborate with the head pastry chef on daily tasks and schedules and oversee other kitchen staff in the absence of the head pastry chef. In addition to making pastries and breads, other duties include assessing inventory and supplies, maintaining safe and sanitary working conditions, helping develop recipes and menus, and/or suggesting alternative baking methods.

320 Guest Ranch is seeking a pastry chef for the summer season. Position begins in April and ends in October and works night-shifts. We are looking for an experienced Pastry Chef to prepare a variety of desserts, pastries, bread, or other sweet goods. Your skill in baking high quality treats should be matched by your creativity to develop new amazing tastes and recipes. 

The ideal candidate will be well-versed in culinary arts with a passion for sweet and delicious creations. They must adhere to health and safety standards to provide clients with the best possible serving.

The goal is to enhance customer satisfaction so that we can maintain and expand our clientele.

Job Skills and Requirements:

• Creativity: You will be in charge of creating new and innovative breads and desserts that will bring in customers. Knowledge of ingredients and how to use them in a creative way will serve you well.
• Leadership Skills: You are in charge of the pastry staff of a kitchen. Being a good leader, who can assign tasks and motivate workers in a high stress environment will help immensely.
• Time Management Skills: Kitchens get busy quickly, food can get ruined easily if you cannot manage your time. Great time management will help you avoid burned or spoiled food.
• Business Acumen: Pastry chefs must understand the restaurant business. This means balancing expenses with profits, managing staff, minimizing waste, and more.
• Preparing a wide variety of goods such as cakes, cookies, pies, bread, etc, following traditional and modern recipes.
• Creating new and exciting desserts to nerew our menus and engage the interest of customers.
• Decorating pastries using different techniques to ensure the presentation will be beautiful and exciting.
• Monitor stocks for baking ingredients such as flour, sugar, etc, and make appropriate orders within budget.
• Check quality of material and condition of equipment devices used for cooking.
• Guide and motivate pastry assistants and bakers to work more efficiently.
• Identify staffing needs and help recruit and train personnel.
• Maintain a lean and orderly cooking station and adhere to health and safety standards.
• Proven experience as a Pastry Chef, baker or relevant role.
• Great attention to detain and creativity.
• Organizing and leadership skills.
• Willingness to replenish professional knowledge.
• In depth knowledge of sanitation principles, food preparation and baking techniques and nutrition.
• Working knowledge of baking with ingredient limitations (ex-gluten free).
• Certificate in culinary arts, pastry-making, baking or relevant field.

Working closely with our chef, daily skills could include proper rotation of product, ability to prep from lists  and recipes, working solo, and an all around knowledge of cooking, prepping & knife work.  We are a 100% scratch kitchen so must know how to cook scratch food. A flexible schedule is also a must as you have the potential to work morning and/or evening shifts.

Job Requirements:

• Culinary background 
• Hands on experience with breakfast & dinner
• Knowledge of cooking, prepping & knife work
• Flexible Schedule
• Ability to cook scratch food
• Service oriented attitude and good listening/communication skills
• Baking abilities are helpful

Our customer service agent is the first person that guests will meet when arriving at 320 Ranch. They are a key member of the hospitality team here. It is their responsibility to greet guests, assist with the check in process, register the guests, let them know about on-ranch activities and amenities. Customer Service Agents are also responsible for verifying credit cards, balancing accounts, and securing payment for any on-ranch activities or room charges. Customer Service Agents will need to have a working knowledge of how to operate a PC, and will use a reservation software daily to take new reservations, change existing reservations, and occasionally cancel reservations.  

Customer Service Agents are also a key part of the team by providing guests with knowledge about the area. We encourage our agents to get out and explore Big Sky and Yellowstone!

Both Summer Season and Year Round Positions available. Our customer service supervisor works closely with our Front Desk Manager. They are a key member of the hospitality team here. It is their responsibility to greet guests, assist with the check in process, register the guests, let them know about on-ranch activities and amenities. Customer Service Agents are also responsible for verifying credit cards, balancing accounts, and securing payment for any on-ranch activities or room charges. Customer Service Agents will need to have a working knowledge of how to operate a PC, and will use a reservation software daily to take new reservations, change existing reservations, and occasionally cancel reservations.  In addition to performing roles of Customer Service Agent, they will assist with taking On-Call shifts when the office is closed, be a member of leadership for support of the team, and other supportive roles under the Front Desk Manager.

Housekeeping Supervisors are critically important to ensuring a consistent, high-quality guest experience. Our primary goal is to provide our guests with exemplary, memorable service with maximum efficiency, consistent professionalism, and positive energy. You will be expected to demonstrate a high attention to detail, while meeting the high standards for individual and team performance set by the ranch and the Housekeeping Manager.

Housekeeping Supervisors will train new staff on our policies and procedures. You will supervise the work activities of entry-level team members to ensure clean, orderly, attractive guest-ready rooms and common areas. You will assign shift duties, inspect work, investigate complaints regarding housekeeping service and take immediate corrective action. You will also perform some clerical tasks, such as creating the weekly employee schedule, ensure cleaning supplies are fully stocked in department vehicles, caddies, and department spaces. You will conduct periodic inventories of supplies and recommend resupply orders. Since our ranch operates 24 hours a day, the Housekeeping Supervisor can sometimes find themselves working nights, holidays, and weekends. This is a physically demanding role. You will be expected to be able to regularly perform the many physical tasks that are normal part of your role. Daily responsibilities also include the cleaning of guest cabins, cleaning common use areas of the ranch, processing the lost and found items, turning in room keys, re-stocking department vehicles and caddies, preparing clean linen bags for the following workday, and other duties as assigned by the Housekeeping Leadership Team.

Applicants should be able to interact with guests in a professional, friendly, and helpful manner. The preferred applicant is self-motivated, self-disciplined, with an outgoing, positive, upbeat personality which helps them to be an excellent team player. Applicants must be able to lift weights up to and including 50 lbs. Applicants must be able to stand for long periods up to and including (5) five hours. Prior commercial housekeeping experience is preferred, but not required, as training will be provided.

The compensation package includes hourly rate, plus tip pooling, plus additional incentives based on individual performance.

Laundry Attendants are critically important to ensuring a consistent, high-quality guest experience, primarily by providing the team and the ranch with a steady supply of clean, guest ready linens. Our primary goal is to provide our guests with exemplary, memorable service with maximum efficiency, consistent professionalism, and positive energy. You will be expected to demonstrate a high attention to detail, while meeting the high standards for individual and team performance set by the ranch and the Housekeeping Manager.

Laundry Attendants maintain the overall appearance of our ranch linens, but may also be expected to join the team in the field, cleaning ranch properties/rooms. This is a physically demanding role. You will be expected to be able to regularly perform the many physical tasks that are normal part of your role. Daily responsibilities include the cleaning of linens, cleaning common use areas of the ranch, re-stocking department vehicles and caddies, preparing clean linen bags for the following workday, and other duties as assigned by the Housekeeping Leadership Team.

Applicants should be able to interact with guests, as well as other ranch employees in a professional, friendly, and helpful manner. The preferred applicant is self-motivated, self-disciplined, with an outgoing, positive, upbeat personality which helps them to be an excellent team player. Applicants must be able to lift weights up to and including 50 lbs. Applicants must be able to stand for long periods up to and including (5) five hours. Applicants must excel at time management, and be highly goal-oriented. Prior commercial housekeeping experience is preferred, but not required, as training will be provided.

Compensation package includes hourly rate, plus tip pooling, plus additional incentives based on individual performance.

Room Attendants are critically important to ensuring a consistent, high-quality guest experience. Our primary goal is to provide our guests with exemplary, memorable service with maximum efficiency, consistent professionalism, and positive energy. You will be expected to demonstrate a high attention to detail, while meeting the high standards for individual and team performance set by the ranch and the Housekeeping Manager.

Room Attendants maintain the overall appearance of our ranch properties. This is a physically demanding role. You will be expected to be able to regularly perform the many physical tasks that are normal part of your role. Daily responsibilities include the cleaning of guest cabins, cleaning common use areas of the ranch, processing the lost and found items, turning in room keys, re-stocking department vehicles and caddies, preparing clean linen bags for the following workday, and other duties as assigned by the Housekeeping Leadership Team.

Applicants should be able to interact with guests in a professional, friendly, and helpful manner. The preferred applicant is self-motivated, self-disciplined, with an outgoing, positive, upbeat personality which helps them to be an excellent team player. Applicants must be able to lift weights up to and including 50 lbs. Applicants must be able to stand for long periods up to and including (5) five hours. Prior commercial housekeeping experience is preferred, but not required, as training will be provided.

The compensation package includes hourly rate, plus tip pooling, plus additional incentives based on individual performance.

The 320 Ranch is a large campus including 320 acres and over 90 buildings that include guest cabins, common areas, meeting spaces, a restaurant and dining room, employee housing and more.  The maintenance and groundskeeping crew are an integral part of the team that help maintain guest satisfaction. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Mowing, edging, and trimming of lawns
• Keeps all public areas free of trash & debris
• May be asked to fell trees and block firewood
• Trim and Maintain bushes, mulch, and landscaping
• Occasionally may be asked to drive guest shuttle to various places around Big Sky
• Assist with luggage delivery and pick up 
• May be asked to help with banquet set up and tear down
• Moving picnic tables for events
• Help with set up and tear down of sprinkling systems
• Maintains flower boxes throughout the property
• Maintenance and cleaning of all lawn equipment
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements: 

• Pleasant demeanor with ability to smile.
• Ability to handle internal and external clients with high degree of tolerance, diplomacy, and tact.
• Ability to kneel, bend, carry, walk, stoop, climb, and lift items, in addition to possessing manual skills.
• Knowledge of lawn equipment maintenance - especially cleaning mowers, changing blades, oil changes, spark plugs, etc
• Ability to lift 75 lbs
• Knowledge of chainsaw operation a plus; not required 

This position works under our Maintenance Manager to help maintain the exterior of our nearly 70 log buildings as well as log jack rail fence around our beautiful property. 

Job Duties/Requirements:

• Knowledge of the requirements for exterior care and staining of log structures including washing, prepping including taping off windows and doors, sanding, and staining
• Knowledge of basics of using a sprayer to apply exterior stain
• Good brush staining skills for trim/touch-up as well as fence staining
• Self starter and able to work with minimal supervision 
• Able to manage project to fit inside of allotted time allowed for each building
• Must coordinate with maintenance manager on schedule he has set for buildings and progress on current projects - keep in tune with the weather forecast. 
• Flexible schedule due to inclement weather
• May be asked to help with other maintenance projects as they arise

Prerequisites: 

• At least 1 year previous experience with painting and/or log home exterior maintenance
• At least 18 years of age

The 320 Ranch is a large campus including 320 acres and over 90 buildings that include guest cabins, common areas, meeting spaces, a restaurant and dining room, employee housing and more.  The maintenance and grounds keeping crew are an integral part of the team that help maintain guest satisfaction. 

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Responds to guest calls in a prompt and effective manner
• Keeps all work areas in a neat and orderly condition
• Keeps all public areas free of trash and debris
• Offers basic maintenance and repairs services to common areas, guest rooms, office buildings, restaurant, and banquet areas
• Engages in flexible work schedules for appropriate shift coverage
• Assists in construction and staining projects
• Helps with luggage pick up and delivery
• Occasionally may have to drive guest shuttle to places throughout Big Sky
• May be called to help with banquet set up and breakdown
• May help in moving picnic tables and wedding arch
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements: 

• Pleasant demeanor with ability to smile.
• Ability to handle internal and external clients with high degree of tolerance, diplomacy, and tact.
• Ability to kneel, bend, carry, walk, stoop, climb, and lift items, in addition to possessing manual skills.
• Commendable ability to manage stressful working situations.

Looking for a reliable ranch hand for assistance with the horse operations.  Duties are subject to what is going on on ranch, but can/will include:

• general ranch maintenance (separate for the maintenance of the lodging side of the guest ranch)
• mending fences as need
• trail maintenance
• flagging traffic for trail rides crossing the road 
• prefer experience working on cars
• prefer experience working around horses

The historic 320 Ranch is looking for a passionate, hard-working winter sleigh driver with an extensive horse background. The main duty is driving a draft horse team for our sleigh rides, but also cleaning out stalls, feeding horses, and saddling horses are part of the duties. Ensuring that the horses and guests are safe is priority along with ensuring the guests have a great ranch experience.

Knowledge of driving draft horse teams required.

Chopping wood, stacking wood at cabins, and snow removal are also apart of the position. If you would like to be considered for the position please attach your resume or give the ranch a call and ask for Marce.

We are looking for wranglers with guest ranch wrangling experience as well as extensive horse background. The main duty is the care and upkeep of our herd of trail and draft horses and overseeing the animals and guests on the trails. The ranch takes out thousands of trail rides in a summer and ensuring that the horses and guests are safe is priority number one along with ensuring the guests have a great ranch experience. Knowledge of driving draft horse teams is a plus.  Cleaning out stalls, feeding horses, saddling horses and going out on trail rides are part of the duties. CPR and first aid certification are required for this position. In the winter, chopping wood, stacking wood at cabins, snow removal and driving the sleigh teams are also a part of the position. If you would like to be considered for a position as a wrangler, please send us a video of your riding abilities along with your application or resume.