The Facilities at Surf Ranch must be maintained and kept in flawless order at all times. Under the direct supervision of the Surf Ranch Site Operations Manager and the Facilities Supervisor, the Full Time Facilities Technician will be responsible for the overall upkeep and maintenance of Surf Ranch facilities. This position will keep the facilities clean, stocked and sanitized at all locations of Surf Ranch. This position must have a thorough understanding of all facilities which require maintenance and an understanding of the Surf Ranch guest schedule is required so that facilities are maintained with minimal guest disturbance.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Ensure bathroom facilities are clean, stocked, and sanitized.
• Track the maintenance and cleaning schedule so that facilities are not overlooked.
• Clean and wash facility windows on a regular basis.
• Sweep and look over grounds to keep it free of debris.
• Maintain the guest facilities as well as employee facilities in the service yard.
• Maintain and clear shrubbery, tree branches, etc. around various parts of the property. Thorough knowledge of Surf Ranch facilities and locations is necessary.
• Thorough understanding of guest schedule is necessary.

Qualifications

• Must be able to work outdoors and in hot and cold climates
• Attention to detail is important
• Ability to work early mornings and evenings
• Previous facilities and/or maintenance experience required
• Previous experience in landscaping preferred

Personal Attributes

• Exceptional work ethic
• Action Oriented—enjoys working hard and looks for challenges; able to act and react as necessary
• Friendly and positive attitude
• Enjoyment in working autonomously and among a team

About Kelly Slater Wave Company (KSWC)

Kelly Slater Wave Company (KSWC) is an innovative wave technology company. The first company to develop a formula that combines cutting edge science, engineering, and design to create the longest, open-barrel, high-performance wave in existence. The Wave System can mimic the power, speed, and experience found in the best ocean waves. As envisioned by 11-time world champion Kelly Slater, WaveCo was created to evolve the sport of surfing by making it more accessible. The company is creating world-class, high-performance training centers where top athletes can perfect their talent. In addition, the company is looking at development applications for surfers of any level to enjoy the best man-made waves.

The General Counsel serves as a key member of the WSL’s Senior Executive Team; managing the legal department while ensuring that the WSL’s business units and regional offices are operating in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations worldwide.  In addition, this position serves as the primary business lead in various deal negotiations and manages the overall Enterprise Risk Management process. This position reports into the Chief Financial Officer and works closely with the business segments and commercial leaders. 

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Lead the in-house legal team and outside counsel in managing the overall legal function of the world's premier professional surfing league and its supporting business segments.
• Provide business and legal services on a broad range of corporate, transactional, intellectual property and business affairs, including: event licensing and operations; live event-related agreements;  sponsorship agreements;  brand and marketing partnerships;  content creation &  production services agreements, content protection and distribution across social, digital, broadcast and MVPD distribution platforms;  league operations, to include compliance with competition rules and athlete wellness (PED testing, etc);  human resources matters;  regulatory, compliance and governance matters;  acquisitions and other day-to-day legal initiatives.
• Serve as the key lawyer/legal advisor on all major business transactions, including corporate matters, acquisitions and global structuring of operations. Provide proactive counsel on strategic business initiatives while also providing practical, creative and timely advice on legal compliance and the resolution of tactical legal issues that arise.
• Partner with Business Leads to identify key needs and develop and implement systems, policies, and procedures designed to create process discipline and mitigate risk, in the most efficient manner possible.
• Ensure that WSL conducts its business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Structure departmental roles and responsibilities and oversee the career development and growth of the WSL’s internal legal function and staff.
• Manage departmental budget and key performance indicators.
• Oversee the selection, retention, management and evaluation of all outside counsel, with the aim of judicious, high impact and cost-effective use of such services.
• Support Human Resources in training initiatives to implement legal compliance guidelines.

Qualifications: 

• Minimum of 10 years of combined experience at a top-tier law firm, sports league, sports team or media company; media and/or sports league experience preferred
• Deep understanding of substantive areas of law related to live event operations, entertainment sponsorship, content production and distribution, intellectual property including copyright, trademark, right of publicity, and privacy
• Track record of consensus-building and partnership with business and service leads
• Knowledge of domestic and international media landscape
• Knowledge of digital media business
• Experience managing a team of attorneys and support staff
• Strong negotiation, communication and project management skills
• Strong work ethic and meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to handle diverse projects simultaneously for multiple stakeholders in a fast paced, high volume environment
• Direct experience with mergers and acquisition integrations preferred
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Highly effective interpersonal skills
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule and travel as needed
• Partners with his or her management team to drive teamwork and a progressively collaborative, transparent, entrepreneurial and people centric culture.
• Law Degree; Admitted to the California state bar, active and in good standing

Personal Attributes:

• Deep interest in surfing and/or love of the ocean and water-based activities is preferred
• Partners with his or her management team to drive teamwork and a progressively collaborative, transparent, entrepreneurial and people centric culture
• Above all, integrity and honesty
• An exceptional work ethic
• Optimism and energy for the brand and its future
• An open and collaborative nature
• Incredibly organized and capable of juggling multiple projects simultaneously
• A high degree of self-awareness of one’s own personal style, strengths and weaknesses and motivational triggers
• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced corporate environment
• Action Oriented—enjoys challenges; able to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available; willing to take unpopular stands when necessary

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

We are currently seeking Seasonal Hospitality Servers to work at our Lemoore, CA, Surf Ranch location during the 2019 Season, April through to October, 2019.

Hospitality Servers ensure guests are comfortable and provide food and beverage service. They ensure the ranch house service is at a quality at all times while preserving a level of guest privacy. Hospitality Servers complete all cleaning and preparation to ensure a smooth service at all times.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• To prepare and carry out food and beverage service to guests in a courteous and efficient manner. This includes offering service to guests, regularly checking the floor, this includes all ranch house, decks and surrounding areas.
• To keep back of house and ranch house areas tidy at all times and to regularly clean all associated equipment.
• Mix ingredients to prepare cocktails and other drinks for guest and wash utensils after each use.
• Pour all drinks to the recommended legal standard (correct measure) in the appropriate glassware.
• Clean up after food service including with appropriate chemicals.
• To notify the Manager, F&B Operations Manager if you observe a particular item of stock is running low.
• To attend training sessions and courses and to assist with the ‘on-the-job’ training of new staff, as required.
• To handle minor complaints in a professional and courteous manner and to provide appropriate solutions. To immediately inform the F&B Operations Manager of all cases.To read all relevant company literature, notices and other correspondence and to regularly observe ranch and departmental notice-boards.
• To uphold good housekeeping practices, ensuring a safe, clean, tidy and pleasant working environment.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a F&B or hospitality setting responsible for servicing of guests
• Experience in or around the food industry
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills
• Demonstrate ability to work with all levels of employees and management, and willingness to give assistance to co-workers
• Demonstrate ability to work independently under pressure; proactive thinker/self-starter

Personal attributes

• Exceptional work ethic
• Ability to multi-task and be flexible is essential
• Action Oriented—enjoys working hard and looks for challenges; able to act and react as necessary even if limited information is available; willing to take unpopular stands when necessary
• Strong team player

Physical Requirements

• The employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping and crouching. 

The Product Designer plays an integral role on our Product team and reports directly into the SVP, Digital. This role outlines the voice of our fans and it will be up to this individual to lead the product team to ensure they are always meeting our user’s expectations and desires. The Designer will be developing solutions across our digital platform. Supporting the needs of our loyal fans, our surfers and the tools and processes we’ve developed to produce and broadcast compelling surf competitions from remote corners of the world.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Be the voice of the customer. Collaborate with engineering to ensure we’re shipping quality experiences that represent the inspirational power of surfing.
• Lead by design. Define problems and goals, conduct user research, develop customer profiles, create user journeys, produce lo-hi fidelity designs and prototypes.
• Collaborate across teams. Consider the product needs of our content teams, event teams, marketing and the fan experience.
• Inspire the team. Influence the company culture to understand why design is important and why the details matter.
• Create compelling user experiences across mobile apps, tv apps and web.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5-7 years relevant experience
• Must be able to prioritize tasks effectively
• Detailed knowledge of workflow within a Product department
• Expert organizational skills and the ability to prioritize, monitor, and manage workload
• Proven experience shipping products or features where you’ve managed the design process, defined tasks and ensured design requirements are achieved.
• Excellent communication skills, as you’ll be expected to plan and lead discussions with product managers, engineers and other teams within the World Surf League.
• Proficiency in design and prototyping tools like Sketch, InVision, Framer, etc.
• Cross-platform design experience (native, web & connected tv’s).
• An understanding of technical constraints across platforms.
• A passion for designing and using digital products. Got a favorite app? We want to hear about it.
• Conducted research, synthesized findings and executed on the feedback.
• An understanding that tone and voice is important, experience working on product copy is a plus.

Personal Attributes:

• Above all, integrity and honesty
• Passionate about content
• Self-motivated with an exceptional work ethic
• Optimism and energy for the brand and its future
• An open and collaborative nature
• Incredibly organized and capable of juggling multiple projects simultaneously
• A high degree of self-awareness of one’s own personal style, strengths and weaknesses and motivational triggers.
• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.
• Enjoys working in a fast-paced corporate environment
• Action Oriented—enjoys working hard and looks for challenges; able to act and react as necessary, even if limited information is available; willing to take unpopular stands when necessary.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

The Project Engineer will be accountable for maintaining the design of the Wave System at the Surf Ranch in Lemoore, California, and will primarily be based at the facility. Additional travel will be required. The Project Engineer will develop and implement improvements to the system, providing input to the product engineering team for the development of new products and adapting designs from new products for use at the Surf Ranch as appropriate.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Identifying potential design improvements to quantifiably improve the reliability, maintainability and cost-effective operation of the system
• Conducting research to evaluate potential equipment and process changes or improvements
• Create detailed plans and manage the effort for design, test, and implementation of any changes to the system
• Recruit, evaluate, and coordinate with vendors for engineering, fabrication, test, installation of any system modifications
• Provide ongoing technical support to the site maintenance team
• Provide technical review and input to the design process for new equipment for all of the company equipment/sites
• Ensuring that all as-build documentation is accurate by reviewing drawings against equipment, making updates in AutoCad and following the established documentation control process
• Cultivating relationships with design, fabrication, test, and implementation partners

Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years in a professional engineering role ideally working with systems in current operation, of which 3 years are in a lead engineer or project manager role
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent, preferably electrical or electronics
• Ability to create and maintain proposals, plans, schedules, and reports to manage work
• Highly disciplined maintenance of documentation and adherence to procedures
• Experience with large industrial systems, preferably including:
• Complex networked process control systems; particularly with Siemens products
• Hydraulically actuated mechanisms
• Large motors and VFDs
• High power electrical distribution
• Electrical Controls skill set
• Knowledge of Autocad and drafting systems

Personal Attributes

• Above all, integrity and honesty
• Keen attention to detail and insistence on accuracy of information
• Unafraid to point out deficiencies and ask for help
• Demonstrate resourcefulness when resources are scarce
• An open and collaborative nature
• Effective and proactive communication style
• Ability to work with all team members at varying levels, providing in-depth explanation, coaching, and reminders as required for effective collaboration

About KSWC

Kelly Slater Wave Company (KSWC) is an innovative wave technology company. KSWC is the first company to develop a formula that combines cutting edge science, engineering, and design to create the longest, open-barrel, high-performance wave in existence. The Wave System can mimic the power, speed, and experience found in the best ocean waves. As envisioned by 11-time world champion Kelly Slater, KSWC was created to evolve the sport of surfing by making it more accessible. The company is creating world-class, high-performance training centers where top athletes can perfect their talent. In addition, the company is looking at development applications for surfers of any level to enjoy the best man-made waves.

The WSL team is looking for passionate go-getters to help us engage in the fight to protect our ocean with PURE! This will be a two-week assignment working alongside our Marketing team on a grassroots marketing campaign.

Responsibilities:

• Help the Marketing team print posters/flyers and distribute along Main Street (surf shops, coffee shops, libraries etc.) in the Santa Monica and Venice area
• Reach out to US college surf teams and surf schools, encourage PURE pledge and paddle out participation and distribute materials, such as posters for on campus comms (WSL will provide email lists)
• Suggest different ways in which we can engage other local communities in and around LA to support the PURE campaign
• Create your own individual PURE pledge content piece to post on your social channels

Qualifications: 

• Undergraduate or Graduate Student at an accredited University pursuing a Bachelors degree
• Professional communication skills with ability to articulate thoughts and concepts fluidly; both written and verbally
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Highly proficient using all Microsoft products including Excel and PowerPoint; ability to quickly learn software and tools
• Passion for sustainability initiatives
• Ability to work 20 hours per week from May 28^th to June 7^th

Personal Attributes:

• Above all, integrity and honesty
• Willingness to work independently
• An exceptional work ethic (No job is too small)
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Masterful organizational skills
• Optimism and energy for the company and its future
• An open and collaborative nature
• A high degree of self-awareness of own personal style, strengths, key areas for improvement.
• Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

We are currently seeking a Part-Time Security Guard to work at our Leemore, CA, Surf Ranch location. The overall safety and security of Surf Ranch is critical to the site, staff, and guests visiting Surf Ranch, and the Security Guard is responsible for this undertaking. Under the direct supervision of the General Manager, the Security Guard works to keep Surf Ranch safe and secure at all times. This position is responsible for all vehicles and patrons that arrive and depart Surf Ranch daily. The security of Surf Ranch is critical and can directly affect the overall guest experience. The Surf Ranch Security Guard must have a thorough understanding of the Surf Ranch property lines and all entrances and exits on site. The Security Guard must understand areas of the property that are less secure than others and to monitor those areas accordingly. 

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):

• Interface with guests and employees as they enter Surf Ranch through the service and main entrances.
• Identify guests as they arrive and ensure that they have an invitation to be onsite.
• Patrol Surf Ranch on a consistent basis.
• Monitor the perimeter fence throughout the day and night.
• Intervene and resolve security threats or issues as they arise.
• Guard position will most likely be the first visual touchpoint upon guest arrival so friendliness, and good attitude are important per Surf Ranch ‘guest service trail’.
• Understand the Surf Ranch property lines, easements etc.
• Understand the Surf Ranch security/emergency evacuation plan.
• Knowledge and understanding of facility locations.

Qualifications

• Ability to resolve conflict when necessary
• Ability to activate the 911 system and request local law enforcement if necessary
• Ability to work different hours of the day including overnight shifts
• Basic Security training
• Prior Security experience preferred

 Personal Attributes

• Team player
• Action Oriented—enjoys working hard and looks for challenges; able to act and react as necessary
• Friendly and positive attitude. Able to interface with guests on a regular basis

Physical requirements

• Physically able to sit, stand, reach, lift, bend, kneel, stoop, climb, push and pull items weighing 75 pounds or less. 
• The position requires manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures.