Lifeguard - Opening (5:40am)/Morning Shift

Description

About The Bridgewater Club

The Bridgewater Club is a private club with a fun work environment.

Description

We are looking to hire a responsible and energetic lifeguard to ensure the safety of members and guests in and around the swimming pools. The Lifeguard will have some additional duties that include swimming pool areas, locker rooms, and restrooms. To ensure success you need to create a safe and positive atmosphere that promotes member safety and engagement in accordance with The Bridgewater Club policies and procedures. Top candidates are professional, enthusiastic, dependable, excellent communicators, safety minded, love people, and love the water.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Able to start in early April
• Must be at least 18 years old
• Able to stand or sit for long periods of time
• Available to work flexible hours that will include weekday mornings starting at 5:40am and may include evenings and holidays
• Have reliable transportation

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform opening tasks before the pool is available for members.
• Supervise pool and pool area to ensure member and guest safety.
• Respond to and care for emergencies at The Bridgewater Club.
• Complete all required paperwork in a timely fashion.
• Secure all facilities upon periods where there will be no supervision by lifeguards.
• Administer age-appropriate discipline as needed with good judgement and respect of patrons.
• Ensure that all equipment malfunctions are reported in a timely manner.
• Have the ability to remain calm, personable, and professional while multitasking.
• Respond to questions and needs of guests and management.
• Effectively work within a group setting to ensure safety of patrons.
• Stay current with and effectively enact facility policies and procedures.
• Attend all training classes including (but not limited to): in-service training and organizational meetings.
• Maintain all safety training certifications.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Skills:

• Emergency Response Ability
• Professionalism
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Customer Service Skills
• Working Independently and with a team
• Strong work ethics and integrity
• Responsibility

Requirements

Education/Experience:

• Lifeguard experience Required

Qualifications/Certifications:

• Possess current certification in Red Cross or equivalent Lifeguard Training including First Aid, CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly see, walk, stand, sit, use hands and arms, talk, hear
• Occasionally reach, kneel, lift, bend over, climb, balance and/or move up to 50 pounds (higher limits in an emergency)
• Required to stay in a level of physical conditioning sufficient to complete monthly in-service skills and training goals as defined by management.
• Specific vision abilities required by the lifeguard are close vision, distance vision, depth perception and focusing ability.
• Able to withstand warm indoor pool air temperatures, averaging 85-87 degrees for 4+ hours per shift.

Position Available:

• Year Round

Pay Range:

• $16-17/hour depending on availability and experience

Perks and Benefits:

• Paid on-the-job training
• Flexible scheduling
• Employee recognition program
• Access to the pool and fitness center for physical conditioning