Guide​/Firearms Instructor​/Mechanic

Seasonal Full-Time During Peak Season / Off-Season Work Available Estimated Annual Earning Potential for Strong Performers: $45,000 –$70,000 consisting of $20 Hourly Pay + Tips + Performance Bonuses Desert Wolf Tours is a top-rated outdoor adventure company offering guided Tomcar UTV tours and live-fire machine gun experiences in the Sonoran Desert.

This is a seasonal, high-earning lifestyle job for the right mechanically inclined, firearms-competent person who wants outdoor work, rugged equipment, guests, UTVs, machine guns, and seasonal hospitality — not a desk job.

This is not a “fun outdoor job” where you simply entertain guests. Our guests are here to have fun. Our team is here to deliver a safe, clean, organized, professional experience every time.

The people who do best here are practical, dependable problem solvers with common sense, mechanical aptitude, firearms discipline, attention to detail, and the ability to work with guests.

If you are a “Mac Gyver type” who can keep your head, figure things out, follow procedures, and take care of equipment and guests, this may be a great fit.

Important:
This Is Seasonal Hospitality Work

Our business is seasonal, like many Scottsdale/Phoenix tourism, resort, and hospitality businesses.

During peak season, the workload is heavy. Weekends and holidays are required. Vacations may not be available during certain high-demand periods. When guests are here, we are working.

During the slower summer months, the workload is much lighter. Tour volume drops significantly, and desert shooting shuts down during the hot summer months due to Bureau of Land Management restrictions. That means no machine gun shoots during that period.

The default model is seasonal: guide/instructors work hard during the busy season, earn strong tips, and then have a much lighter summer schedule.

Some people are fine with that. They manage their money, take time off in the summer, travel, pick up other work, or enjoy the slower schedule.

Off-season work may be available, but only for people who are truly productive and useful in the shop. We cannot provide hours just for the sake of providing hours.

If you are a real contributor with mechanical ability, off-season work may include UTV maintenance, repairs, detailing, bodywork, painting, cleaning, organization, facility work, firearms maintenance, and operational support.

The more useful you are when tours slow down, the more valuable you are to the company.

• Adventure Guide — Lead guests on guided Tomcar UTV desert tours
• Firearms Instructor — Safely instruct guests during machine gun experiences
• Field Mechanic / Operations Support — Help inspect, clean, maintain, repair, prep, and troubleshoot vehicles, firearms, tools, equipment, and facilities

During the busy season, this is primarily a guest-facing guide/instructor role. During slower periods, available work shifts toward maintenance, cleaning, detailing, repairs, shop work, bodywork, painting, organization, and operational support.

This is a “fish when the fish are biting” job. When the season is busy, we are busy. When the season slows down, the schedule gets lighter unless you bring real off-season value.

Our tours operate on rugged Sonoran Desert trails. Our UTVs, firearms, radios, tools, and support equipment are used hard in dusty, rocky, real-world conditions.

Things can and do happen in the field.

The difference between a professional off-road guide and a “Disneyland” off-road guide is equipment competence.

We need someone who can recognize problems early, troubleshoot simple issues, make smart field decisions, and keep the guest experience moving whenever possible.

If you are not good with mechanical equipment, tools, vehicles, firearms, and…