Lifeguard Team Member

Description

A Note About Our Hiring Process

We're excited to be building the team at The Point Surf Park! As a new operation, we're developing our team and processes from the ground up. Our hiring process may take longer than you typically expect, and we appreciate your patience as we carefully review applications and prepare for opening.

Thank you for your interest in being part of The Point Surf Park. We look forward to connecting with qualified candidates as we move through the hiring process!

The Point Surf Park
Fellsmere, Florida
Full-Time, Part-Time, or Seasonal

The Point Surf Park is looking for alert, dependable, and safety-focused Lifeguards to help protect our guests and create a safe, professional, and welcoming water experience.

This is more than sitting in a chair and watching the water. Our Lifeguards actively monitor assigned zones, identify unsafe conditions before they become emergencies, enforce water-safety rules, respond to rescues and medical situations, and work closely with the rest of our Water Safety and Operations teams.

We are looking for people who can stay focused, respond decisively when needed, communicate clearly, and always put safety first.

• Maintain active and uninterrupted surveillance of assigned water zones, towers, roving areas, or support positions.
• Use approved scanning techniques and zone-coverage procedures.
• Identify distressed or missing guests, unsafe behavior, hazards, overcrowding, changing conditions, and rule violations.
• Intervene promptly and professionally before unsafe situations become emergencies whenever possible.
• Enforce water-safety rules consistently and provide clear instructions to guests.

• Perform rescues, first aid, CPR, AED use, spinal-management procedures, and Emergency Action Plan responsibilities within your training and certification.
• Activate additional resources immediately when a guest or employee may be in danger.
• Respond calmly and professionally during injuries, rescues, guest conflicts, and operational disruptions.
• Participate in missing-person response, severe-weather procedures, emergency drills, and other safety activities.

• Complete required pre-shift, opening, rotation, and closing checks.
• Inspect rescue tubes, backboards, oxygen equipment, AEDs, first-aid supplies, radios, towers, and assigned areas.
• Keep rescue and response equipment accessible, clean, and ready for use.
• Immediately report missing, damaged, depleted, or malfunctioning equipment.

• Maintain clear radio and face-to-face communication with Lifeguards, Water Patrol, Wave Operations, Operations, and leadership.
• Never transfer visual coverage without a confirmed handoff.
• Complete rescue, first-aid, incident, equipment, guest-removal, and near-miss reports accurately and objectively.
• Communicate unresolved safety concerns during shift handoffs.

• Current Lifeguard certification acceptable to The Point Surf Park, including CPR, AED, and First Aid credentials, required.
• Successful completion of company-required water skills, rescue skills, physical-readiness, certification, and park-specific competency assessments.
• Prior lifeguarding, aquatic safety, surf rescue, water patrol, emergency response, recreation, or comparable experience preferred.
• Strong situational awareness and the ability to remain focused during extended periods of surveillance.
• Calm and decisive response during emergencies and high-pressure situations.
• Clear verbal, radio, and written communication.
• Sound judgment and willingness to ask for help or elevate when safety is uncertain.
• Dependability, teamwork, coachability, and emotional control.
• Ability to…