Silver Dollar City - Maintenance & Construction - Ride Mechanic/Machinist (Year-Round)

Full-Time Year-Round Position. Please submit a resume. 

Job Summary:  

As a Ride Mechanic/Machinist, you will be responsible for the accurate production of assigned projects with machining tools and equipment to produce metal and plastic components for a wide range of equipment. The Ride Machinist must be detail-oriented, accurate and safe while performing daily tasks. Also, you will be responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance for all assigned rides and/or attractions at Silver Dollar City.  

Our guests travel from all around the country to experience our internationally awarded 1880s-style theme park with over 40 thrilling rides and attractions. These range from family-friendly attractions to record-breaking roller coasters!  

We are looking for genuinely friendly, caring and outgoing people with whatever-it-takes attitude to join us in our mission of “Creating Memories Worth Repeating” for our guests, while being a “Great Place to Work for Great People.” 

Qualifications:  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

 Essential Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Set up, adjust, maintain and operate lathe, milling machine and all basic machine tools in order to perform precision machining operations.  

• Takes precise measurements for cutting and shaping of projects. 

• Calculate tolerances or dimensions, using precision instruments such as micrometers. 

• Monitors the feed and speed of machines during the machining process. 

• Maintains a safe and clean work area at all times. 

• Works from work orders, blueprints, charts and verbal instructions to fabricate a wide variety of standard and special component parts of above average complexity. 

• Must have the ability to read and understand complex multi-view blueprints. 

• Responsible for the inspection and preventive/corrective maintenance of individual or groups of rides and/or other attractions. 

• Assist in weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual maintenance requirements per the Ride Manufacturer’s instructions and SDC’s internal procedures.  

• Respond to downtime, repair and ride recovery issues immediately upon notification. 

• Troubleshooting and repair of assigned mechanical, electrical and special effects on rides and/or attractions. 

• Utilize manuals, technical drawings and other forms of documentation to perform the tasks above. 

• Document all work performed on a ride/attraction into the company’s Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including but not limited to: inspections, corrective actions, log book entries and any other applicable information required by the Silver Dollar City Log Book Procedure. 

• Effectively communicate with others on your team, other maintenance teams and all other divisional employees and leadership. 

• Ability to work independently, as well as cooperatively with other maintenance teams and all other divisional employees and leadership. 

• Performs all other duties as assigned by management. 

Required Skills and Abilities: 

• Must be at least 18 years of age. 

• Must pass a pre-employment drug test and a background check. 

• Must be able to work days, evenings, weekdays, weekends and holidays as needed.