Browns Lake Lifeguard

Salary: $19.83 Hourly
Location : 30326 Durand Ave, Burlington, WI 53105, WI
Job Type: SEASONAL
Job Number: 2025-161
Department: Public Works and Development Services
Division: Parks Division
Opening Date: 12/15/2025
Division: Parks Division


Job Summary
To protect the lives and well being of the public, to know and enforce County beach rules and policies, and to develop a professional attitude of concern and cooperation.

Salary:

• Year 1 Lifeguard: $19.83/hr.
• Year 2 Lifeguard: $20.22/hr.
• Year 3 Lifeguard: $20.62/hr.
• Year 4 Lifeguard: $21.03/hr.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and protect public through preventative life guarding practice.
• Rescue and provide emergency care to an accident victim.
• Enforce beach rules and regulations.
• Maintain beach, beach house, equipment and adjacent areas in a safe, clean and sanitary condition, including raking beach daily.
• Present a positive public image while on duty.
• Work cooperatively with co-workers, leads and supervisors.
• Attend required in-service training sessions,
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received: Receives supervision from Recreation Program Manager, Park Manager, and Lead Lifeguard.

Qualifications

• Must be sixteen (16) years of age or older.
• Must possess a current Red Cross Lifeguard, CPR-AED and First-Aid Certification and Waterfront Skills certification.
• Proficient in swimming and safety skills.
• Must be observant, safety conscious and able to react calmly and quickly to an emergency.
• Available daily, 10:00am-6:30pm, including weekends & holidays.
• Prompt and regular attendance.

Knowledge Skills & Abilities
Physical and Mental Requirements

• Must be mentally alert to dangerous situations in order to assure the safety of all swimmers.
• Physically and mentally able to respond to emergencies and administer CPR, Oxygen & First Aid effectively.
• Physical mobility to properly use aquatic equipment to rescue a 200 lb. person.
• Must be able to physically stand and sit for an extended period of time.
• Physically able to see, hear, and communicate clearly and be able to hear noises and distress signals in aquatic environment.
• Able to read, write and perform basic math to complete daily chemical logs.
• Swim with proficiency and endurance for possible rescues.
• Must be able to communicate clearly with members and staff.

Environmental Considerations

• Worker is exposed to chemicals (i.e., chlorine and cleaning materials).
• Worker is exposed to outside weather conditions 100% of the time, including extreme heat and humidity, cold and rain.
• Staff is encouraged to wear sunscreen, sunglasses, shirt and a hat, drink plenty of fluids.

Safety and Facility Requirements

• Assure a safe and hazard free environment by inspecting and taking the necessary action to correct and safeguard against potential problems and/or accidents.
• Must comply with all safety policies and procedures now in effect or adopted in the future.
• Worker must be able to follow directions with safe follow through and exercises good judgment and safety awareness.
• Worker will use all required PPE.
• All unsafe conditions are to be reported to your supervisor immediately.

Staff Incentives

• Free family membership to the SC Johnson Community Aquatic Center.
• $100 referral bonus for each new staff member referred and hired (awarded mid July)
• $200 end of season bonus for those averaging 25 hours for 10 weeks or $500 end of season bonus for those averaging 35 hours for 10 weeks.
• Will receive time and a half if scheduled to work on a holiday (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day).

*In order to receive any incentive bonuses, you must be an active employee at the time of distribution otherwise it will not be awarded to you.*

This description has been prepared to assist in properly evaluating various classes of responsibilities, skills, working conditions, etc., present in the classification. It is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and characteristic levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities. Nor is it intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his/her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind and level of difficulty.
Employee Benefits
On Call and Seasonal Employees

(For a complete list of benefits, refer to the Human Resources Policy Manual)

. Overtime Pay:

• Time and one half regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty hours per week.

. Wisconsin Deferred Compensation:

• WDC is administered by ETF, the same administrator as WRS, Wisconsin Retirement Systems. You can invest with Nationwide, WDC, or both as long as you do not exceed the annual contribution limit.

Employee Assistance Program : Racine County now has a new Employee Assistance Program that offers 6 free visits to employees and their dependents per issue. This is a wonderful benefit to anyone that is looking for help with life stresses and counseling, legal or financial assistance, and referrals to programs to assist with work-life balance.


Pet Insurance : Racine County now offers Pet Insurance. This is something you can enroll in at any time through our partner, FIGO.