Lifeguard

Northgate Resorts; North Lawrence (OH); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Northgate Resorts in Ohio seeks a Lifeguard Staff for the waterpark season. This role can be full-time or part-time and reports to the Lifeguard Supervisor. It focuses on guest safety, rule compliance, and friendly service.

Responsibilities include wristband checks, capacity monitoring, emergency readiness, and coordinating with EMS when needed. The role also covers pool cleaning and routine maintenance as directed by management.

Qualifications

• Professional appearance and attitude with a high standard of customer service.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Maintain composure under pressure and work well with others.

Responsibilities

• Verify wristbands for guest entry.
• Check pool capacity and enforce aquatic facility rules.
• Maintain surveillance and respond to emergencies; administer first aid as needed.
• Clean and maintain pool area and equipment; assist with maintenance tasks.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Education

Valid Lifeguard (CPR, AED, and first aid) certification

Job description

Northgate Resorts owns and manages the most awarded Camp-Resort portfolio in the nation. Our passion is creating family camping memories for our guests – memories that will last a lifetime! We don’t do this as individuals, but as a passionate team that cares about making a difference in our guests’ lives. We endeavor to be a highly effective, lean, and fast‑moving organization.

Lifeguard Staff

This is a SEASONAL, full‑time or part‑time position and reports to the Lifeguard Supervisor.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Guest Interactions
  • Verify wristbands for guest entry
  • Check for glass containers for safety reasons
  • Check for pool capacity for safety reasons
  • Ensure compliance with all aquatic facility rules; enforcing the rules and regulations of the waterpark
  • Maintains constant surveillance of guests in the aquatic facility; acts immediately and appropriately to secure the safety of guests in the event of an emergency
  • Ensures the safety of patrons of an aquatic facility by preventing and responding to emergencies
  • Administers and coordinates emergency first aid as necessary
• Other Essentials Duties
  • Clean and vacuum pool, clean skimmer baskets and skim the pool as needed
  • Sweep pool deck, clean tables, pick up trash, and empty trash cans
  • Straighten pool furniture as necessary
  • Provides emergency care and treatment as required until the arrival of emergency medical services
  • Performs various maintenance duties as directed to maintain a clean and safe facility; performs daily routine chores and maintenance of waterpark to ensure neat and orderly appearance
  • Advises aquatics management of unsafe and unsanitary conditions
  • Participate in other projects and activities as assigned

Education/Training/Experience

• Valid Lifeguard (CPR, AED, and first aid) certification, or willingness to obtain. If not certified, training will be provided at no cost.
• Must be 15 years of age or older for certification

Qualifications/Requirements

• A professional appearance and attitude at all times and maintains a high standard of customer service
• Required to work nights, weekends, and holidays
• Excellent communication and problem‑solving skills
• Maintain composure under pressure
• Maintain a positive work environment by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, vendors, coworkers, and management

Essential Physical Demands

• Swimming Prerequisites
  • Complete a timed event within 1 minute and 40 seconds:
  • Starting in the water, swim 20 yards (Swim goggles are NOT allowed)
  • Surface dive feet first or head first to a depth of 10 ft to retrieve a 10lb object
  • Return to the surface and swim 20 yards on your back to return to the starting point with both hands holding the object and keeping your head above or near the surface of the water
  • Exit the water without using a ladder or steps
  • Swim 300 yards continuously, demonstrating breath control and rhythmic breathing using a front crawl, breaststroke, or a combination of both.
  • Tread water for two minutes using only legs
• Other Essential Demands
  • Able to move up to 50 lbs
  • Must be able to remain in a stationary position
  • Regularly move throughout the pool area, standing in water or submerged to the waist for extended periods
  • Able to perform strenuous physical tasks necessary for a water rescue
  • Continuously climb, balance, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch, and crawl
  • Use arms and hands to reach, lift, and operate life‑saving equipment
  • Constant exposure to outside weather conditions
  • Able to continuously scan all areas of the pool with a clear vision
  • Able to adequately hear noises and distinguish distress signals
  • Able to communicate verbally, including projecting the voice across distance in everyday and loud situations

Northgate provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Northgate is also a proud participant of the E‑Verify Program. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.