Careers

At Outside Sports we're passionate about the outdoors, our stores are located on the doorsteps of the best adventure playgrounds in New Zealand. Do you have experience in Retailing Outdoor equipment and clothing, great energy and a genuine active love of the outdoors. Are you entitled to legally work in New Zealand? If you would like to join our team, we're always interesed in hearing from great people, so drop your CV into our stores.  Queenstown - Wanaka - Te Anau.

Current Positions Available:

Outside Sports is one of New Zealand’s leading outdoor retailers with an extensive set of summer and winter operations spread over 4 branches and online.

Experienced Ski/Snowboard Workshop Technician

New

Outside Sports

Wanaka, Otago

$20 - $24.99 per hour

Trades & Services Technicians

We are looking for an experienced ski and board workshop technician to join our Wanaka winter 2021 team.

Experienced Ski/Snowboard Workshop Technician

The candidate must have the following qualities and experience:

• Has at least 1 season experience in a ski and snowboard workshop
• Full understanding of safe workshop practices.
• Superior Customer Service skills.
• Able to work in a Team environment.
• Full understanding of Base Patching and P-Tex repairs.
• Full understanding of Edge Repairs, Edging and Waxing of Skis/Snowboards.
• Full understanding of Mounting Skis with bindings.
• Able to Mount Race plates to Race skis.
• Able to Mount the appropriate Race bindings to Race plates.
• Able to remove Sidewall material and shape sidewalls with Hand Held Tools.
• Able to Sharpen Race skis using Hand Held files and tools.
• Able to select appropriate Race wax's for Training and Racing based on Snow and Weather conditions.
• Have a passion for snow sports and the ski/snowboard industry

An ideal candidate will also have

• Experience operating a Montana Twister 2000 automated Tuning Robot.
• Experience in a ski and outdoor retail store with good knowledge on a range of outdoor products.

The candidate must be a New Zealand resident or hold a current visa allowing them to work in New Zealand.

Full Training will be given to the candidate that meets our requirements.

Employment is for the 2021 winter season. 

Experienced Ski/Snowboard Workshop Technician

New

Outside Sports

Queenstown, Otago

$20 - $24.99 per hour

Trades & Services Technicians

We are looking for experienced ski and board workshop technicians to join our Queenstown winter 2021 team.

The Role :-

The candidate must have the following qualities and experience:

• Has at least 1 season experience in a ski and snowboard workshop
• Full understanding of safe workshop practices.
• Superior Customer Service skills.
• Able to work in a Team environment.
• Full understanding of Base Patching and P-Tex repairs.
• Full understanding of Edge Repairs, Edging and Waxing of Skis/Snowboards.
• Full understanding of Mounting Skis with bindings.
• Able to Mount Race plates to Race skis.
• Able to Mount the appropriate Race bindings to Race plates.
• Able to remove Sidewall material and shape sidewalls with Hand Held Tools.
• Able to Sharpen Race skis using Hand Held files and tools.
• Able to select appropriate Race wax's for Training and Racing based on Snow and Weather conditions.
• Have a passion for snow sports and the ski/snowboard industry

An ideal candidate will also have

• Experience operating an automated Montana Snowcruiser.
• Experience in a ski and outdoor retail store with good knowledge on a range of outdoor products.

The candidate must be a New Zealand resident or hold a current visa allowing them to work in New Zealand.

Full Training will be given to the candidates that meet our requirements.

Employment is for the 2021 winter season. 

The application form will include these questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in New Zealand?
• Do you have customer service experience?

Rental Position

Our Queenstown and Wanaka stores are looking for experienced snow rental technicians to be part of our Snow rental operations for the winter of 2021.

Applicants must have proven experience working in a snow rental operation. The successful candidates will be assisting the rental manager in day to day operations including customer service and sales, equipment stock control and maintenance. The role also requires the applicant to have proven skills as a ski technician as equipment repair and maintenance is critical to the business. The applicants will be working alongside our workshop technicians to keep the rental fleet in perfect condition.

Applicant must be available to work evenings and weekends. This is a seasonal position from  early June through to October 1st 2021.

The role is seasonal and the pay rate will be from $20-$22 per hour.