Position: River Operations Assistant
Location: 3734 King Street East, Kitchener ON
Canoeing the Grand is a customer focused team that has been proud to service the surrounding area since 1991. We rent a variety of canoes, kayaks, tubes and river rafts from May to November with drop-offs at various locations along the Grand River. Our team members are passionate about the outdoors and everything the Grand River has to offer.
If you are looking for a seasonal position with the ability to be working outdoors, we are looking for enthusiastic employees who are punctual, reliable and prepared to work in a team orientated environment.
Job Description
River Operations Assistants are a vital role to our operation. They assist with almost every aspect of the customer experience. This position has a lifting and carrying requirement of boats (minimum 70lbs).
Responsibilities include:
- start of day preparing of equipment – canoes/lifejackets/safety kits/paddles
- checking in customers at customer reception
- handing out safety equipment to customers
- help maintain flow of traffic in the parking lot
- carry canoes and kayaks overhead (weighing minimum 70 pounds)
- transport boats throughout the day from storage to trailers and river edge to trailers
- loading and securely strapping boats to the transportation trailers
- cleaning boats and all equipment used by customers (lifejackets, paddles)
- cleaning vans and maintaining trailers
- other general duties as assigned
The River Ops Assistant will often assist large groups on their trips which includes joining drivers to the drop-off site, providing safety information to the groups, unloading boats at the drop off point and sending customers off on their trips.
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