EMPLOYMENT

This position is responsible for contributing to an exceptional Guest experience! From first point of contact, through the reservation process, travel, administrative processes, arrival & welcoming, friendly departures, daily activities, processed fish shipments, and gift shop sales for up to 32 Guests per day, for a 3-4 month operating season in Alaska and an 8-9 month administrative season in Montana.

Please click on the Full Description for more information including compensation details and if you would like to join our team, send in your Cover Letter/Letter of Interest and Resume to:  [email protected]

Fishing and adventure guiding which will include:

Fresh water vessels and occasional fly out operations (up to 6 guests) including salt water boat transfers to intertidal salt/fresh water fishing opportunities. Use of kayaks, canoes and inflatable whitewater rafts, outboard powered (prop and jet) boats and skiffs. Safe use of firearms and a professional knowledge of both spin cast and fly-fishing techniques is required.

Salt water vessel operations (up to 6 guests) including fishing for salmon, halibut,  gray cod, ling cod, black cod (sablefish) and 30 species of rock fish. Demonstrable knowledge of small boat operation (Diesel Inboard and single & twin Gas Outboard up to 35’ in length), including close quarter handling, anchoring (shore and deep water) and maintenance/cleaning is required.

Wildlife viewing and photography excursions (up to 6 guests) which may include Alaskan brown bears, eagles, humpback and killer whales, and other local wildlife are often requested by guests. A working knowledge of coastal mammals, birds and fish is required.

Job Requirements:

• Guides are required to have an applicable U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Credential.  A U.S. Coast Guard Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels (OUPV) License is a minimum requirement.
• Guides are required to have a current American Red Cross (or equivalent) First Aid and CPR card.
• Guides are required to have a current Transportation Workers Identification Card (TWIC), or have had one in the past (OUPV reduced requirement)
• Guides must have good communication skills, sound work ethics, be service oriented, self-motivated, and make every effort to work with the entire team of Whaler’s Cove Lodge.
• Guides must be healthy, physically fit, maintain a clean appearance, drug-free (pre-employment drug testing and random seasonal drug testing is required by U.S.C.G. regulations).
• The ability to lift 50 lbs. and be free of any mobility limitations is required to perform the duties of this job.
• Guides must be outdoor and nature enthusiasts.

Required Experience:

Alaskan guiding experience is preferred with a sound working knowledge of vessels (both salt and fresh water), minor mechanical maintenance, vessel and guest safety equipment maintenance, vessel electronics (GPS, fish-finder, VHF, Radar), firearm familiarity and safety, fishing, fishing terminal tackle, angling methods, techniques and skills. Salt water fishing (salmon and bottom fishing), fresh water fly fishing or spin fishing knowledge is required.

We require the following minimum experience:

• Salt water fishing in Alaskan waters – 2 years
• Outdoor guiding (not boat based) – 2 to 5 years
• Fly fishing – 5 years

Please click on the Full Description for more information including compensation details and if you would like to join our team, please send in your Cover Letter/Letter of Interest and Resume to:  [email protected]

Ready to get some fresh air and to stay fit?   

Working on our private dock in Killisnoo Harbor, you will be an integral part of Whaler’s Cove Lodge.  In addition to filleting fish, you’ll also be cleaning, trimming, and tracking the fillets for each guest, following our processing procedures to ensure each guest takes home the fish that they caught. You’ll be on your feet, in all sorts of weather, working with a variety of hand tools including knives, banding machine, box stapler, and vacuum packagers.  You’ll be doing heavy lifting too; each of our packed and wrapped fish boxes weighs 50 lbs.

You will be responsible for excellent customer service.  Our guests take home their fish and when it’s packaged professionally, they enjoy their catch up to 18 months later!  Our dock & fillet crew are an integral part of the guest experience.

Please click on the Full Description for more information including compensation details and if you would like to join our team, please send in your Cover Letter/Letter of Interest and Resume to:  [email protected]

You know what it takes!  Systematic scrubbing, stripping, soaking, sweeping, swiping, swishing, and sterilizing in a spotless fashion; it’s what you do!

Can you flip a room in 30 minutes?  Do you like fresh air and big trees and the smell of the ocean?  Our 30 ocean-front guest rooms on 5 acres are ready for your handiwork; we want housekeepers who take pride in assuring that the highest degree of quality guest care is maintained at all times.

Please click on the Full Description for more information including compensation details and if you would like to join our team, please send in your Cover Letter/Letter of Interest and Resume to:  [email protected]

We are looking for a Sous Chef who:

• Loves to cook!
• Will cooperate daily with the Executive Chef and will quickly amass an in-depth familiarity with the kitchen’s operations so that they may fill in for the Executive Chef when needed and assist them in leading the kitchen crew and resolving any problems that may arise on the job.
• Knows what it takes and is motivated.
• Is an optimist who seeks practical solutions.
• Has an understanding of every aspect of their trade through practice and education.
• Is willing to tackle the task of a seasonal lodge: opening, performing, wrapping up.
• Knows themselves well enough to enjoy living and working on a small island, in the middle of 17 million acres of wilderness, with 32 crew, and up to 32 guests.
• Is tenacious enough to work through all of the challenges working in a remote location brings, including limited labor force.
• Is encouraging to every person who works on their team: set the pace, establish the standard.
• Is willing to clean, including dishes.
• Is a planner. It takes two + weeks, multiple modes of transportation, and many hands to get supplies to our kitchen.  Planning starts in the fall for the next summer.
• Is willing to work with management and respect the culinary culture. The lodge has been successful for over 40 years in its unique location, in part due to standards developed by the founders, and systems developed by current ownership and management.  It takes a tremendous amount of collaboration to make this endeavor successful.

Please click on the Full Description for more information including compensation details and if you would like to join our team, please send in your Cover Letter/Letter of Interest and Resume to:  [email protected]

Whaler’s Cove Lodge servers are standard waiters and waitresses with assigned stations, zones, and tables to cover. Anticipating the needs of the guests and responding politely to their requests are common required tasks. The Server shall be responsible for providing prompt and courteous meal service and assistance to guests. Each server is responsible for maintaining work areas in a clean and orderly manner and assures that quality food service is provided at all times. Servers are the ambassadors between the kitchen staff and the guests. The Server’s primary functions are to interact with guests of the dining room and lodge, provide genuine warmth and hospitality, and to deliver world class service.

Please click on the Full Description for more information including compensation details and if you would like to join our team, please send in your Cover Letter/Letter of Interest and Resume to:  [email protected]