Our Jobs
Every year we hire nearly 200 seasonal employees to meet our summer seasonal needs. Some departments gear up in late March, while most job openings begin in early May and go through September, some extending into October. At a minimum, seasonal candidates are expected to be available through Sunday, October 3, 2023.
Positions in all of our departments will be available which include: Restaurants, Events, Hotel, Housekeeping, Retail, Spa, Marina, Guest Services, Grounds, Accounting and the Roche Harbor Market.
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Take inventory for all food items, paper items, beverage items, alcohol items and cleaning supplies. Must be able to meet each truck- food and beverage. Rotation of products (FIFO). Must be able to organize all products and keep storage areas clean.
Requirements include:
- Must be able to lift up to 50lbs, stand on feet for a prolonged period, climb stairs and easily bend at the waist
- Follow directions efficiently and effectively
- Maintain a positive attitude in a fast paced environment
- Quick paced and an active worker
- 21+ years of age
- Proficiency in Excel
- Work 5 days a week in off peak season and 6 days a week during peak season
Experience Required/Qualifications: Inventory and receiving experience 5+ years, coding and/or bar experience a plus.
Wage: $2-$23 per hour depending on experience
Season Completion Bonus: $1 per hour worked end of season bonus
Housing available: Yes
Start: April 10, 2023
End: October 8, 2023
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Description: Lime Kiln Café is Roche Harbor’s only breakfast, lunch, and dinner restaurant. It features a café style menu that serves donuts, northwest fare in a relaxed dockside setting. Renowned for their American style breakfast, Lime Kiln Café is also a great place to get a fast substantial meal with engaging, upbeat, and friendly service.
Requirements include:
- Efficient at taking orders, running food, restocking stations, and clearing tables
- Friendly and positive personality that makes guests feel welcome and relaxed
- Work well in a team environment and maintain workplace safety
- Able to learn quickly and handle pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Must be able to lift 20-30 pounds frequently, stand 7+ hours, climb stairs
Experience Required/Qualifications: 1 year as a cashier or serving in a fast paced café
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Wage: $16.50 + TIPS. $27 per hour guaranteed with Hourly and Tips
Housing available: Extremely Limited
Start Date: Beginning of March, Beginning of May and Beginning of June
End Date: Beginning of September (through Labor Day), Mid-September and Mid-October -
Lime Kiln Café is Roche Harbor’s only breakfast, lunch, and pizza restaurant. It features a café style menu that serves single entrees, in a relaxed dockside setting. Renown for their hearty American style breakfasts, Lime Kiln Café is also a great place to get a fast, substantial meal. Lime Kiln Cafés menu is made from scratch with high quality local products.
Responsibilities of Cook 2 include:
- Passion for cooking and the willingness to learn from others
- Sense of urgency and commitment to high quality
- Understands the importance of team in creating high quality guest experience
- Confident knife skills and an advanced knowledge of kitchen fundamentals
- Respects the importance of procedures, policies and recipes
- Show up to work each day refreshed and ready to take on new challenges
- Mastered cold line station and developing hot line stations
Experience Required/Qualifications: 1-2 year Breakfast and Lunch cooking experience
Wage Range: $17 per hour
Other Compensation: Tip pool system averages $5 to $10 per hour for all LKC staff
Season Completion Bonus: Bonus $1 per hour for each hour worked paid at end of seasonal agreement after meeting standards of employment agreement.
Housing available: Available
Start Date: April 28th 2023, May 15th 2023 and June 6th 2023
End Date: September 5th 2023, October 1st 2023 or October 29th 2023
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Description: Lime Kiln Café is Roche Harbor’s only breakfast, lunch, and dinner restaurant. It features a café style menu that serves single entrees, in a relaxed dockside setting. Renown for their hearty American style breakfasts, Lime Kiln Café is also a great place to get a fast, substantial meal. Lime Kiln Cafés menu is made from scratch with high quality local products.
Responsibilities of Cook 3 include:
- Passion for cooking and the willingness to learn from others
- Sense of urgency and commitment to high quality
- Celebrates the importance of team in creating high quality guest experience
- Exceptional knife skills and knowledge of kitchen fundamentals
- Respects the importance of procedures, policies and recipes and able to teach others
- Show up to work each day refreshed and ready to help the team with new challenges
- Mastery cold line station and hot line stations
- Developing leadership skills with expectations and inspection
- Developing motivational techniques and ability to personalize management skills
Experience Required/Qualifications: 3-4 years cooking in a fast paced bistro style restaurant
Wage Range: $20 per hour
Other Compensation: Tip pool system averages $5 to $10 per hour for all LKC staff
Season Completion Bonus: Bonus $1 per hour for each hour worked paid at end of seasonal agreement after meeting standards of employment agreement.
Housing available: Available
Start Date: April 28th 2023, May 15th 2023 and June 6th 2023
End Date: September 5th 2023, October 1st 2023 or October 29th 2023
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Description: Lime Kiln Café is Roche Harbor’s only breakfast, lunch, and dinner restaurant. It features a café style menu that serves single entrees, in a relaxed dockside setting. Renown for their hearty American style breakfasts, Lime Kiln Café is also a great place to get a fast, substantial meal. Lime Kiln Cafés menu is made from scratch with high quality local products.
Responsibilities of Egg Cook include:
- Passion for cooking and the willingness to learn from others
- Sense of urgency and commitment to high quality
- Celebrates the importance of team in creating high quality guest experience
- Exceptional knife skills and knowledge of kitchen fundamentals
- Respects the importance of procedures, policies and recipes and able to teach others
- Show up to work each day refreshed and ready to help the team with new challenges
- Mastery the physics of cooking eggs and how they reacts to heat
- Ability to work 8 active egg pans and poaching water for 4 hours
- Delivers high quality omelets, scrambles and call eggs in a fast paced environment
- Ability to teach others how to master egg cooking
Experience Required/Qualifications: 2-3 year breakfast cooking or culinary degree
Wage Range: $18 per hour
Other Compensation: Tip pool system averages $8 per hour for all LKC staff
Season Completion Bonus: Bonus $1 per hour for each hour worked paid at end of seasonal agreement after meeting standards of employment agreement.
Housing available: Available
Start Date: April 28th 2023, May 15th 2023 and June 6th 2023
End Date: September 5th 2023, October 1st 2023 or October 29th 2023
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Description: Madrona Bar & Grill is the summer dining hot spot of Roche Harbor Resort. With outdoor deck seating and our Pacific Northwest bistro menu, for lunch and dinner the kitchen is very active. Madrona’s menu features high quality local products, which are combined to create fresh appetizers, salads, sandwiches and entrees.
Responsibilities of Sous Chef include:
- Passion for cooking and the willingness to learn from others
- Sense of urgency and commitment to high quality
- Celebrates the importance of team in creating high quality guest experience
- Exceptional knife skills and knowledge of kitchen fundamentals
- Inspects all procedures, policies and recipes and shares expectations daily
- Show up to work each day refreshed and ready to lead the team to a successful shift
- Mastery of all stations and the ability to teach others
- Confident in leadership skills with expectations and inspection
- Confident motivational techniques and ability to personalize management skills
- Ability to evaluate food cost, labor graphs and sales predictions.
- Assures that all food meets/exceeds our recipe quality standards
Experience Required/Qualifications: 5+ year cooking experience
Wage Range: $26 to $30 per hour
Other Compensation: None
Season Completion Bonus: Bonus $2 per hour for each hour worked paid at end of seasonal agreement after meeting standards of employment agreement.
Housing available: Available
Start Date: March 20th 2023, April 11th 2023 and April 28th 2023
End Date: October 8th and October 30th 2023
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McMillin's Dining Room is a Pacific Northwest casual fine dining restaurant. The menu, food quality, and preparation at McMillin’s Dining Room has been bringing in regulars for decades. With water views and refined service, this is where our guests come to relax and enjoy fine dining at Roche Harbor Resort. McMillin’s features the small plate menu concept, with high quality Northwest products that are prepared from scratch and executed with exquisite detail.
Responsibilities of Cook 3 include:
- Passion for cooking and the willingness to learn from others
- Sense of urgency and commitment to high quality
- Celebrates the importance of team in creating high quality guest experience
- Exceptional knife skills and knowledge of kitchen fundamentals
- Respects the importance of procedures, policies and recipes and able to teach others
- Show up to work each day refreshed and ready to help the team with new challenges
- Mastery cold line station and hot line stations
- Developing leadership skills with expectations and inspection
- Developing motivational techniques and ability to personalize management skills
Experience: 3-4 years cooking in fine dining restaurant
Wage Range: $23 to $26 per hour
Other Compensation: None
Season Completion Bonus: Bonus $1 per hour for each hour worked paid at end of seasonal agreement after meeting standards of employment agreement.
Housing available: Available
Start Date: March 20th 2023, April 28th 2023 or May 15th 2023
End Date: October 1st 2023 or October 29th 2023
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You are an ambassador of the resort as you greet guests when they arrive, offer assistance and concierge services throughout the duration of their stay and settle their accounts as they depart. As the first and the last person a guest interacts with, you are the first and last impression of our resort. You communicate with the rest of the hotel staff to ensure that we exceed our guest expectations.
Ideal candidates:
- You are outgoing, friendly and can communicate professionally with our guests, your supervisor and your co-workers.
- You take pride in your work.
- You like working with a team of people just like you.
- You are actively engaged and passionate about where you work.
- Be able to communicate detailed information about the resort, points of interest within the resort and the island.
- You work with professionalism and integrity.
- Provide anticipatory guest needs to prepare a warm and thoughtful welcome and stay.
- Wiliness to perform a variety of tasks as needed.
Minimum 1 year seasonal hotel front desk or hospitality experience preferred.
Wage: $19 per hour
Start/End: April 3- October 31
Start/End: May 7- October 31
Housing is Limited
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Answer all incoming calls to the resort, filter and re-direct calls to the correct department per guest request. Receive, record, and relay messages accurately, completely, and legibly. Supply guests with directions and information regarding property amenities, services, hours of operation, and local areas of interest and activities. Additionally, supply to guest information about how to get to Roche Harbor. Contact appropriate individual or department (e.g., Guest Services, Front Desk, Housekeeping, Maintenance, Security) as necessary to resolve guest call, request, or problem. Follow up with guests to ensure their requests or problems have been met to their satisfaction. Secondary responsibilities include, confirming, creating, and canceling reservations as requested to do so by the Lodging Sales Manager.
Respond to special requests from guests with unique needs. Communicate VIP arrivals to designated personnel for escort and delivery of amenities. Travel into town for special requested items, VIP pickup, and item delivery on an as based need. Also, as an on-need bases back up Resort Reservations department when requested. An ideal candidate would have previous experience in hospitality and/or customer service and prior employment working with urgent and/or emergency situations. Additionally, a candidate must hold a valid driver’s license and either hold or be willing to obtain CPR/AED certification. Trainable attitude and willingness to drive golf carts on the main guest dock is a must.
Start: May 7th
End: October 31st
Housing: NO housing is offered
Hours: Part time
Roche Harbor Resort is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. Roche Harbor Resort does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws.
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Description: Guest services is a department that supports all operations at the resort. This position works nights, and is responsible assisting guests, transportation, and bell services. Also responsible for building security, grounds patrol, parking and responding to urgent situations. May perform some light maintenance.
- Shifts are from 9pm to 7am., weekend/holidays, some overtime
- Hospitality and guest-oriented
- Able to work long hours alone
- Motivated and willing to perform many different tasks
Experience Required/Qualifications: Currently hold or attain CPR/AED certification, valid driver's license, and prior employment working with urgent and/or emergency situations. Be physically fit to climb ladders and lift luggage.
Wage: $17
Housing: Very limited
Start Date: May
End Date: September
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Works in the hotel to clean guest rooms, public areas and process laundry. Must be able to work as a team player to ensure attention to detail and excellent guest experience. Lodging units range from single bed room without a bathroom, to four bedroom house with kitchen.
Requirements include:
- Ability to lift and move moderate weight
- Ability to bend at knees, climb stairs
- Remain on one's feet for extended periods of time
- Excellent attention to detail
- Dedicated to providing excellent levels of job performance at a fast pace (based on guest check out and check in times)
- Must be available to work days, nights, weekends and holidays
Experience Required: 1 year seasonal housekeeping or equivalent.
Start: May
End: End of September to Mid October
Employee Housing Available: Limited
Wage: Up to $18.50 per hour depending on experience and quality/quantity of work performed. Up to $1 per hour worked end of season bonus based off of review and must meet start and end date. Opportunity for full-time, year round employment, which includes benefits.
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Fuel Dock Attendants dock boats as they pull up to fuel dock, hands fuel hose and engage guest, work with cash register and facilitate fuel sales, balance transactions at end of day(reconcile inventory).
Fuel Dock staff must be:
- at least 18 years of age
- outgoing and energetic
- able to hustle while being on ones feet all day
- guest oriented(engaging and friendly)
- able to work as a "team" with their managers and peers.
- mature and respectful
Experience: None needed and is all trainable. Simple boating knowledge helps.
Wage: $16 + gratuities (gratuities vary upon individual and their ability to satisfy guests needs)
Start Date: June
- HOURS (40 per week, days off will vary week to week, and must be able to work weekends and holidays, hours of operation 8am to 7pm, seven days a week
End Date:Mid to End of September
Housing: Limited availability
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Collections Staff is responsible for the day-to-day operations of registering our marina guests. Walking from boat to boat registering our guests upon their arrival. Opening and closing procedures () and reconciling money every day.
- be a mature, outgoing, personable, and responsible young adult
- have good organizational skills and can calculate numbers
- be at least 18 years of age
- love people and are able to work well with others
- Able to hustle while being on your feet, walking for majority of the day
- Are able to have fun and help make the marina an enjoyable workplace!
Experience: None needed and is all trainable.
Wage: $18 + per hour
Start Date: May
End Date: Mid September. Must stay until Mid September to be considered for the position.
Housing: Limited
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Dock Staff -Welcome all resort guests and dock them upon arrival. Duties include tying up boats, helping them with power, and telling them about marina and resort amenities. Dock staff also help facilitate guest needs and are responsible for keeping dock tidy (garbage & recycling)
Dock staff must be:
- outgoing, energetic, and like to have fun
- able to hustle while being on one’s feet walking/hustling all day
- guest oriented (engaging and friendly)
- able to work as a "team" with their managers and peers.
- mature and respectful
Experience: None needed and is all trainable. Simple boating knowledge helps.
Wage: $16 + gratuities (gratuities vary upon individual and their ability to satisfy guests needs)
Start Date: May/June
- HOURS (40 per week, days off will vary week to week, and must be able to work weekends and holidays, hours of operation 8am to Sunset, seven days a week
End Date: End of September to Mid-October. Please note, you must stay until the end of September to be considered for the position.
Housing: Very Limited availability
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Office Staff is responsible for the daily operations of the marina office this includes: answering phone calls and returning messages, returning emails, making guest reservations, engaging guest as they come into office, answering general resort questions, and working with office supervisor to facilitate any general office needs (random/general office needs)
- be a mature, outgoing, personable, and responsible young adult
- have good organizational skills
- be at least 18 years of age
- love people and are able to work well with others
- Are able to have fun and help make the marina an enjoyable workplace!
Experience: None needed and is all trainable.
Wage: $18 + per hour
Start Date: Mid June
End Date: Mid September. Must stay until Mid September to be considered for the position.
Housing: Limited
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Marina Supervisor must be:
- motivated and enjoys people
- personable and friendly to ensure our guests have a great experience
- available to work during the dates stated
- a team player and can work well with your peers to ensure a pleasant work environment
- able to Have Fun!
Duties -
- Manage Dock Staff
- Open or Close Marina
- communicate with guests as they check in on VHF radio
- May be asked to do our nightly Colors ceremony/announcements
- Being the person of authority when managers are not available (early mornings or in the evenings)
Schedule & Pay
- May 3rd thru October 1st and must be able to work Mon. thru Sun. and holidays. The marina is open from 8:00 am to sunset. @40hrs per week. Schedule varies week to week, days off and hours per day fluctuate from 4 to 6 days a week and 8 to 10 hours per day.
- Wage - $18-$22 (depending on experience)
- Bonus - Available and will be stated in job offer. This incentive is based on fulfilling your Roche Harbor agreement
- Housing - Limited Availability
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Pool Supervisor must:
- be a certified lifeguard with up to date credentials
- over the age of 21
- be able to engage guests in a fun and friendly manner
- be able to manage lifeguards and attendants
- facilitate the daily operations of recreational area (pool, tennis court, and playground)
- have the confidence to learn operating pool systems/chemicals (hands-on training at the time of employment)
- have a strong work ethic
AVAILABILITY, HOURS, PAY RATE, INCENTIVE, ETC.
- SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT (May 1st thru Oct. 1st)
- PAY ($20 per hr. w/ end of season bonus based on performance and employment agreement)
- HOURS (40 per week, days off will vary week to week, and must be able to work weekends and holidays, hours of operation 9am to 7pm, seven days a week
- Housing is limited
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Pool attendant must:
- over the age of 16
- able to engage guests in a fun and friendly manner
- check-in guests and hand out towels, keep pool area neat & tidy
- be motivated and ready to work every day
- have a strong work ethic
AVAILABILITY, HOURS, PAY RATE, INCENTIVE, ETC.
- SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT June-September
- PAY $16
- HOURS up to 40 hrs. per week, days off will vary week to week, and must be able to work weekends and holidays, hours of operation 9am to 7pm, seven days a week
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Description: Retail sales on the floor and stocking inventory in a clothing store.
- Engage guests to create multiple sales
- Restocking inventory
- Daily staging
Experience Required: Entry-level position
Wage: $16.00 per hr plus commission
Housing Available- No
Start Date: May
End Date: September
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The Bottle Shop...Roche Harbor Resort's newest retail shop. Love wine? This is the place for you. Love sharing your knowledge of wine? This is most definitely the place for you! Our new shop will offer wines from all over the world. It is not a tasting room. Come join us for the summer season and experience what Roche Harbor Resort has to offer.
Requirements:
-3+ years working in the wine industry
-1+ years working in retail
-Must be able to lift 30+ pounds, climb ladders and stoop
-Guest first
-Team player
Start: 4/1/23
End:10/1/23
Pay: $20-$24 per hour depending on experience
Housing: Extremely limited
Discounts: 20% Madrona and McMillins, 35% Espresso and Cafe, 20% Retail excluding alcohol, 20% Grocery excluding alcohol and tobacco, Free use of pool and tennis courts
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Job Description:
- Work approx. 30-40 hours per week with at least 2 days off
- Shifts range from 6-10 hours; receiving shifts early morning; weekend; evening shifts
- ‘Time’ trucks arrive can vary greatly; as will the shift to accommodate; must be flexible
- Staff required to wear a uniform shirt and name tag provided by Roche Harbor
- Traditional summer holidays are considered normal working days/no pay differential is given.
- Ability to safely lift up to 50 lbs; operate a pallet jack & cardboard baler; organize and prioritize your daily routine
- Process deliveries in dry storage areas, food and non-food, and the walk-in coolers and freezers
- Responsible for cleanliness of all area’s following the receiving & storing of product
- Rotate product in all areas to represent a First In, First out philosophy of product usage
- Work as part of a Team and complete assigned tasks with minimum supervision
- Other tasks as assigned by the Store Manager or Shift Supervisor
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Age 18+ - including a High School graduation or G.E.D.
- Successfully work early morning and/or late evening shifts; occasionally split shifts
- Meet all deliveries as scheduled allowing for irregularity in regards to arrival time
- Fluctuation in shifts with little or no notice; due to irregularity of truck delivery times***
- ***Includes, but not limited to MON & WEDS (weekly)
- Ability to work on one’s feet for extended periods of time
- Working knowledge of products: How to handle; store and rotate all product
- Demonstrate consistent work ethic with Positive Attitude
- Demonstrate ability to maintain positive working relationships with all co-workers
- Communicate clearly in written/verbal form with customers/guests; employees and management
- Ability to organize and prioritize your daily routine
- Enjoy a fast-paced atmosphere
- Maintain excellent attendance and punctuality
- Follow instructions received from Store Manager & Shift Supervisor’s
Experience Required: Previous shipping and receiving experience helpful
Wage: $15 per hour
Housing: Limited Availability
Benefits: Paid Lunch Break (30 min); employee discount
Start Date: June
End Date: September
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Job Description:
- Work approx. 32-50 hours per week with at least 2 days off; varies during Holidays
- Shifts range from 6-10 hours; receiving shifts early morning; weekend and evening shifts
- ‘Time’ trucks arrive can vary greatly; as will the shift to accommodate; must be flexible
- Staff required to wear a uniform shirt and name tag provided by Roche Harbor
- Traditional summer holidays are considered normal working days/no pay differential is given.
- Ability to safely lift up to 50 lbs; operate a pallet jack & cardboard baler; organize and prioritize your daily routine
- Process deliveries in dry storage areas, food and non-food, and the walk-in coolers and freezers
- Responsible for cleanliness of all area’s following the receiving & storing of product
- Rotate product in all areas to represent a First In, First out philosophy of product usage
- Work as part of a Team and complete assigned tasks with minimum supervision
- Other tasks as assigned by the Store Manager or Shift Supervisor
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Age 21+ - including a High School graduation or G.E.D.
- Successfully work early morning and/or late evening shifts; occasional split shifts
- Meet all deliveries as scheduled allowing for irregularity in regards to arrival time
- Fluctuation in shifts with little or no notice; due to irregularity of truck delivery times**
- **Includes, but not limited to MON & WEDS (weekly)
- Lead team of 2-4 back of house staff
- Ability to work on one’s feet for extended periods of time
- Working knowledge of products: How to handle; store and rotate all product
- Demonstrate consistent work ethic with Positive Attitude
- Demonstrate ability to maintain positive working relationships with all co-workers
- Communicate clearly in written/verbal form with customers/guests; employees and management
- Ability to organize and prioritize your daily routine
- Enjoy a fast-paced atmosphere
- Maintain excellent attendance and punctuality
- Follow instructions received from Store Manager & Shift Supervisor’s
Experience Required: Previous shipping and receiving experience helpful
Wage: $15-$16 per hour depending on experience
Housing: Limited Availability
Benefits: Paid Lunch Break (30 min); employee discount (excluding the Market)
Start Date: May 1
End Date: September 30
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Job Description:
- Work apprx. 32-50 hours per week with up to 2 days off; excluding Holidays
- Shifts range from 6-10 hours/5-6 days per week and cashiers will be trained/scheduled to work any shift (ie AM opening, PM closing, mid-day)
- Staff required to wear a uniform Shirt and name Tag provided by Roche Harbor
- Traditional summer holidays are considered normal working days and no pay differential is given.
- Success in this position requires outstanding guest/customer service skills, ability to process sales transactions using a computerized, Point of Sale (POS) cash register, accurate cash handling with an attention for detail.
- Accept cash, check or credit card payments; complete daily cash reports
- Work as part of a Team environment
- Other tasks as assigned by the Assistant Manager or Shift Supervisor
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Age 18+ - including a High School graduation or G.E.D.
- Accept direction/coaching from Shift Supervisor
- Ability to work in a standing position for extended periods of time
- Ability to proficiently use a computerized, Point of Sale (POS) cash register
- Ability to accurately handle cash and complete daily closing reports
- Demonstrate consistent work ethic with Positive Attitude
- Demonstrate ability to maintain positive working relationships with all co-workers
- Enjoy a fast-paced atmosphere
- Maintain excellent attendance and punctuality
- Willing to assist with Product Receiving & Merchandising as assigned
- Attend Alcohol Training Class, provided by Roche Harbor
Experience Required: Previous retail sales experience helpful
Wage: $16 per hour
Benefits: Paid Lunch Break (30 min); employee discount
Housing: No Housing Available
Start Date: April/June
End Date: Labor day weekend or later
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Food and Beverage - Administration
Food and Beverage - Lime Kiln Cafe
Food and Beverage - Madrona Bar & Grill
Food and Beverage - McMillin's Fine Dining
Front Desk
Guest Services
Housekeeping
Marina - Fuel Docks
Marina - Guest Docks
Marina - Pool & Recreation
Retail & Gift Shops
Retail - Company Store
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