Vehicle Logistics Specialist – SM Racing
About Spring Mountain
Begin with a diamond in the rough, extend it, shape it, and polish it into one of the finest road courses in the world. Owners John Morris and Brad Rambo wanted a place where family, friends, and colleagues would enjoy time spent both on and off the track. Morris and Rambo purchased the facility in 2004, with a 2.2-mile track and two storage tents situated on 193 acres. Spring Mountain Motor Resort and Country Club is now the longest racetrack in North America and second-longest in the world at over 9-miles across its 933 acres. It is much more than a racetrack, it is the ultimate driver’s paradise, where anyone can enjoy the wonder of motorsports just outside the neon of Las Vegas. Whether guests visit the facility as members or as driving students associated with our OEM sponsored programs, we strive for their customer experience to be second to none.
As Spring Mountain continues to expand, finding employees who believe in our vision is imperative. It is through a dedicated team effort that we have achieved success and continue to grow. It is important that our employees share a passion for excellence and a commitment to our customers. Together, we strive to innovate, excel, and provide unparalleled experiences for our guests, ensuring that Spring Mountain remains at the forefront of the motorsports community.
Job Description
The Racing Shop Porter plays an essential role in supporting the daily operations of the Racing Shop by assisting with vehicle movement, shop organization, cleanliness, and general operational support. Working closely with the Shop Foreman, Shop Technicians, Service Advisor, Parts Department, and Engine Builder, the Racing Shop Porter helps maintain a safe, organized, and efficient work environment while ensuring vehicles, equipment, and work areas are prepared to support daily operations, member programs, Race Weekends, and special events.
A Racing Shop Porter is an entry-level position responsible for moving, cleaning, and maintaining vehicles and facilities to support the shop’s daily operations. A porter generally assists technicians, parts staff, and customers to ensure the shop runs smoothly.
Key Responsibilities
- Move cars, trucks, UTV’s, and motorcycles within the property to and from the racing shop and member garages and homes.
- Assist technicians by pushing/driving vehicles in and out of service bays as needed.
- Assist with loading and unloading of transport trucks and trailers.
- Detailing and maintenance
- Thoroughly cleaning vehicles interiors and exteriors, often detailing them to showroom standards.
- Keeping vehicles fluids replenished and batteries charged
- Inspect vehicles for any damage and reporting issues to management.
- Shop and facility upkeep
- Maintaining the cleanliness and organization of the shop, services bays, and showroom.
- Perform general cleaning tasks, such as sweeping, mopping, and taking out trash.
- Handling other basic building maintenance as needed.
- General shop support
- Running of errands relating to racing operations.
- Assist in preparing cars for test drives or customer delivery.
- Mounting tires for race cars after being trained.
- Must have ability to work in a time-sensitive environment and under pressure.
- Must have intermediate level of mechanical understanding.
- Have the ability to work both on your own initiative and as part of a team.
- Driving a large pickup truck and pulling a trailer carrying high value loads.
- Develop foundational skills relating to truck and trailer maintenance. Have an understanding of transportation regulations.
- Maneuvering and handling: wide turns, braking and acceleration, anticipatory driving, managing trailer sway, and smooth steering.
- Advanced skills: backing up, mirror usage, parking and tight spaces.
- Safe towing practices: weight management, load securement, and hitch inspection.
Required Skills & Abilities
- Support the daily operations of the Racing Shop by assisting the Racing Manager, Shop Foreman, Shop Technicians, Service Advisor, Parts Department, and Engine Builder with operational and logistical needs.
- Safely transport race cars, street vehicles, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles, and other company vehicles between the Racing Shop, member garages, member residences, storage facilities, transport trailers, and designated locations throughout the property.
- Stage, move, and position vehicles for service, maintenance, inspections, detailing, testing, delivery, Race Weekends, and special events.
- Assist with loading, unloading, securing, and transporting race vehicles, equipment, and materials while following all company safety procedures and transportation guidelines.
- Wash, detail, and prepare vehicle interiors and exteriors to Spring Mountain Racing presentation standards, ensuring all vehicles are clean and ready for member delivery or track activities.
- Perform routine vehicle readiness tasks, including checking and replenishing fluid levels, maintaining battery chargers, verifying tire pressures, and reporting any damage or maintenance concerns to the Shop Foreman or Racing Manager.
- Maintain the cleanliness, organization, and overall appearance of the Racing Shop, service bays, storage areas, garages, and surrounding workspaces.
- Perform general facility support duties, including sweeping, mopping, trash removal, organizing work areas, and assisting with minor housekeeping and maintenance tasks.
- Assist with parts deliveries, inventory organization, shop errands, and other operational support activities as assigned.
- Mount and balance race tires after successfully completing required training and demonstrating competency.
- Safely operate company trucks, including dually trucks and vehicles towing trailers, while transporting high-value race vehicles, equipment, and materials.
- Perform pre-trip inspections of trucks, trailers, hitches, tie-downs, and towing equipment to ensure safe operation and proper load securement.
- Demonstrate safe towing practices, including weight distribution, trailer maneuvering, backing, parking, defensive driving, and compliance with applicable transportation regulations.
- Support Race Weekends, member programs, track events, and special events by assisting with vehicle preparation, transportation, staging, paddock setup, and general operational support.
- Demonstrate professionalism, reliability, accountability, initiative, and a positive team-oriented attitude while contributing to a safe, efficient, and organized work environment.
- Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Racing Manager.
Experience & Education Needed
- Support the daily operations of the Racing Shop by assisting the Racing Manager, Shop Foreman, Shop Technicians, Service Advisor, Parts Department, and Engine Builder with operational and logistical needs.
- Safely transport race cars, street vehicles, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles, and other company vehicles between the Racing Shop, member garages, member residences, storage facilities, transport trailers, and designated locations throughout the property.
- Stage, move, and position vehicles for service, maintenance, inspections, detailing, testing, delivery, Race Weekends, and special events.
- Assist with loading, unloading, securing, and transporting race vehicles, equipment, and materials while following all company safety procedures and transportation guidelines.
- Wash, detail, and prepare vehicle interiors and exteriors to Spring Mountain Racing presentation standards, ensuring all vehicles are clean and ready for member delivery or track activities.
- Perform routine vehicle readiness tasks, including checking and replenishing fluid levels, maintaining battery chargers, verifying tire pressures, and reporting any damage or maintenance concerns to the Shop Foreman or Racing Manager.
- Maintain the cleanliness, organization, and overall appearance of the Racing Shop, service bays, storage areas, garages, and surrounding workspaces.
- Perform general facility support duties, including sweeping, mopping, trash removal, organizing work areas, and assisting with minor housekeeping and maintenance tasks.
- Assist with parts deliveries, inventory organization, shop errands, and other operational support activities as assigned.
- Mount and balance race tires after successfully completing required training and demonstrating competency.
- Safely operate company trucks, including dually trucks and vehicles towing trailers, while transporting high-value race vehicles, equipment, and materials.
- Perform pre-trip inspections of trucks, trailers, hitches, tie-downs, and towing equipment to ensure safe operation and proper load securement.
- Demonstrate safe towing practices, including weight distribution, trailer maneuvering, backing, parking, defensive driving, and compliance with applicable transportation regulations.
- Support Race Weekends, member programs, track events, and special events by assisting with vehicle preparation, transportation, staging, paddock setup, and general operational support.
- Demonstrate professionalism, reliability, accountability, initiative, and a positive team-oriented attitude while contributing to a safe, efficient, and organized work environment.
- Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Racing Manager.
- All job offers are subject to acceptable reports for:
- Driver’s license history
- Criminal background checks.
General Physical Requirements & Work Environment
- Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Must be able to lift a minimum of 25 pounds unassisted.
- Climbing and ascending or descending ladders, stairs, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required by ordinary locomotion.
- Stooping or bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
- Kneeling or bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
- Crouching or bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
- Reaching or extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
- Standing, particularly for sustained periods of time.
- Pushing or using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
- Pulling or using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
- Lifting or raising objects from a lower to higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
- Grasping or applying pressure to an object with the fingers or palm.
- Feeling or perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
- Talking or expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
- Hearing or perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and make fine discriminations in sound. Able to use a two-way radio effectively.
- Smelling or perceiving or detecting the odor or scent of something. Ability to detect the odor or scent of something and make fine distinctions in smell.
- Repetitive Motions with substantial movement (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
- The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; viewing a computer terminal; expansive reading; visual inspection involving small defects; small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measured devices; and/or assembly of fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.
- The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment.
- The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside at times exposing the worker to extreme weather conditions.
- The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level. A noise level over 110db can occur during testing, racing and some equipment use.
- The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals, walking and working on slippery and uneven surfaces.
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position.
By completing the application below, I confirm that I do not have any health conditions that would preclude me from performing any of the job duties listed above.
