About the Role
COTA is hiring initial Grand Opening CREW Members to shape the operations of COTALAND before its gates open. This role involves commissioning rides, preparing facilities, stocking inventory, and running practice scenarios, influencing future operational standards. You will also receive training in guest experience and operational support.
Responsibilities
- Commission rides
- Prepare kitchens, dining rooms, and retail stores
- Stock inventory
- Run practice scenarios
- Influence operational standards
- Prepare and serve high quality coffee and specialty beverages
- Deliver friendly, efficient service in a fast-paced theme park environment
- Maintain speed, accuracy, and consistency during high traffic operating days and special events
Requirements
- Must be at least 16 years of age
- Ability to stand, sit, use hands to handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Ability to squat, bend, twist, push/pull
- Ability to stand/walk for long periods
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision and distance vision
- Work in extreme environments outdoors throughout the year
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud during events
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job
Skills
- Guest experience
- Training others
- Working with people
- Team environment
- Making someone's day brighter
- Hands-on training
- Coffee and specialty beverage preparation
- Speed
- Accuracy
- Consistency
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- On-site
- Flexible schedules, including evenings, weekends, holidays, rehearsals, special events, and seasonal peak operating periods
Experience Level
- Entry-level
Salary/Compensations
- $16.00 per hour + Tips
Benefits
- Complimentary park admission
- Employee discounts
- Training and development opportunities
- A fun, team-oriented work environment
About the Company
- Circuit of The Americas (COTA) is a 365-entertainment destination for world-class events located in Austin, TX.
- The sports and entertainment portfolio at COTA is unmatched in the country with Formula 1 US Grand Prix, NASCAR and MotoGP attracting global fans during championship races on the famed Circuit and Live Nation producing over 30 headline concerts every year at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater.
- COTALAND is an amusement park with over 30 attractions and experiences, including first-of-their-kind roller coasters.
- At COTALAND, we're creating more than a theme park, we're creating memorable experiences for every guest who walks through our gates.
- Working at COTALAND means being part of a team where every role matters because every interaction matters.
- At COTALAND, our CREW Values shape how we work together, serve our guests, and support one another every day. They define the experience we strive to create—for our guests and for each other.
- CREW Values: Committed, Reliable, Excellence, Wins Together
Equal Opportunity
- COTA strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state and federal law.
