
Operations Area Manager (Rides) - Salary: $70,304/yr
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Job overview
Six Flags is seeking an Operations Area Manager focused on the Rides Department to plan, organize, and supervise safe and efficient operations. The manager develops supervisors, leads, and team members; oversees scheduling, staffing, and performance; and helps ensure an exceptional guest experience. The role also includes ride supervision, training coordination, budget support, and responding to guest concerns.
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Overview:
Job Summary:
The Operations Division is currently seeking an individual to plan, organize and supervise the safe and efficient operation of the Operations Division. The Operations Area Manager is responsible for developing Supervisors, Leads, and Team Members - along with scheduling, staffing, and monitoring the operation to ensure we provide our guests with an exceptional experience. While specific duties will include all departments within the Operations Division, this position will focus on the Rides Department.
Responsibilities:
Duties & Responsibilities:
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Maintaining a Guest First approach in all areas of the Rides Department and Operations Division.
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Working to continuously improve employee
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Coordinating the training of all employees in
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Coordinating the operations orientation program.
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Managing the scheduling process for the operations division.
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Ensuring departmental and park goals are achieved.
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Maintaining high throughput and efficiency goals while constantly looking for ways to improve.
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Handling Guest concerns.
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Ensuring all training requirements and testing procedures are adhered to.
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Ensuring all department procedures and policies are followed and enforced including IROC
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Assist with budget preparation, monitoring, and forecasting.
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Maintain and update SOP’s and training materials.
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Maintaining continuous supervision of park rides to ensure cleanliness, safety, service capacity, and efficiency.
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Take duty shifts as assigned (including Rides Duty Manager and Division Duty Manager). Must be willing and able to respond to and conduct ride evacuations.
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Coach, lead and mentor all leadership positions below.
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Other tasks and projects as assigned.
Qualifications:
The Ideal Candidate Must Possess:
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Minimum of two years’ experience in Ride Operations Supervision or Management.
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Excellent communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal.
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Strong motivational, leadership, and team building skills.
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College degree preferred, but not required.
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Demonstrated ability to accomplish goals through motivation and delegation.
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Demonstrated leadership in driving change relative to improving the Guest experience.
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Computer literacy. Significant experience in Microsoft applications.
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Good organizational skills, creative, outgoing, detail oriented, and self-motivator.
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An enthusiastic, professional, and positive Guest First attitude and enjoy working with people.
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The ability to respond to and solve Guest concerns in a timely manner.
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Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays.
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The ability to stay late or come in early as needed.
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company is an equal opportunity employer. A work permit may be required for associates under the age of 18. Applicants must be legally eligible for employment in the United States and in accordance with state laws. Cedar Fair also conducts background checks on all applicants 18 years of age and older.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,946 open Operations Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70K/yr
- California median$115–150K/yr259 salary ranges
- US median$105–150K/yr2,218 salary ranges
This rate, $70K, is 48% below the California median midpoint ($135K) — in the lowest quarter of Operations Management salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 329 open Operations Management jobs in California and 3,946 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Operations Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 2,943 postings).
- Education
- 839 of the 3,946 open Operations Management jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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