The Best Summer Job of Your Life!

Laurel Highlands River Tours & Outdoor Center is looking for enthusiastic outgoing employees for a wide variety of positions. Check out all the positions we currently have available below.

Become a member of the Laurel Highlands River Tours & Outdoor Center family today!

The Best Summer Job of Your Life!

Become a Raft Guide!

Job Summary: Lead fun and safe whitewater rafting trips down the Youghiogheny River. Supervise, instruct, and ensure the safety of our rafting guests on the river. No previous whitewater skills needed. Full training program provided and required.

Benefits: We offer a benefits package no other outfitter in Ohiopyle provides including:

FREE CPR and First Aid certification
FREE 6-day Whitewater Safety Program
FREE Rafting trips for your friends and family
FREE Housing
25% all merchandise in our Retail Store
Opportunity to lead 2 rafting trips per day (which means double tips!)
Competitive pay for trips
Opportunity to spend your summer outside and on the river

Submit Initial Application

Raft Guides

Job Summary: Supervise, instruct, and ensure the safety of our rafting guests on the river. No previous whitewater skills needed. Full training program provided and required.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Interact and communicate appropriately with guests and co-workers
Prepare necessary equipment for river trips
Assist other guides with safety equipment
Maintain safety procedures for all guests
Communicate appropriately with guests and co-workers
Carry out any duties assigned by Trip Leader or Manager

Job Requirements:

Must have a professional attitude at all times
Have a love for the river
Have the ability to make appropriate decisions during stressful or critical situations
Have strong communication skills

Minimum Qualifications:

Enthusiastic personality
Ability to successfully swim through all rapids
CPR and First Aid certification (we provide)
Attendance at River Guide Applicant Orientation (see below)
Successful completion of Whitewater Safety Program (see below, we provide)
Meet or exceed state guide qualifications (skill assessment completed at the close of the Guide Training Program)

River Guide Applicant Orientation and River Trip

When: Saturday, April 22nd, 9:00am.

Where: Laurel Highlands Outdoor Center Ohiopyle, PA (directions)

River Trips and Training Runs: River trips and training runs are not mandatory. You are greatly encouraged to attend as many of these trips as possible so you can get a feel for our operations. You get to run the rivers we love, and work towards the required 15 river trips required to be a certified guide. Attending these sessions greatly enhances your skills as a guide. The dates below are subject to availability. Please call ahead if you plan to attend.

Saturday, April 22nd and Sunday, April 23rd
Saturday, April 29th and Sunday, April 30th
Saturday, May 28th and Sunday, May 29th
Saturday, June 3rd

Whitewater Safety Program

Full attendance is mandatory for one of the whitewater safety program sessions. Each training session is a six day course.

Session #1: Weekends starting May 6th through May 21st. Each training day will run from 9am through 5pm. (5/6-5/7, 5/13-5/14, 5/20-5/21).

Session #2: Full week long starting June 4th through June 9th. Each training day will run from 9am through 5pm.

Where: Laurel Highlands Outdoor Center Ohiopyle, PA (directions)

Guide Training Welcome Letter and Information

For information about guide training or if you have any questions, please drop us an email at employment@laurelhighlands.com.

Activity Guides

Job Summary: Supervise, instruct, and ensure the safety of our guests participating in rock climbing and/or mountain biking.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Interact with guests and co-workers
Prepare necessary equipment
Assist other instructors with safety equipment
Maintain safety procedures for all guests
Communicate appropriately with guests and co-workers
Carry out any duties assigned by Trip Leader or Manager

Job Requirements:

Must have a professional attitude at all times
Have a love for outdoor sports
Have the ability to make appropriate decisions during stressful or critical situations
Have strong communication skills

Minimum Qualifications:

Enthusiastic personality
CPR and First Aid (we provide)
Meet or exceed state guide qualifications (skill assessment completed at the close of the Guide Training Program)

Submit Initial Application

Outdoor Center Staff

Bike Mechanic

Summary of position: Performs preventative maintenance and repairs of a fleet of 100+ rental bicycles. Maintains maintenance logs, orders parts, and maintains inventory. Maintains a clean and organized repair area. Issues bikes to customers and performs fit adjustments. Provides repair services for any privately-owned bicycle. Briefs customers on bicycle operations and safety, and provides trail information.

Essential Functions:

Maintains all bicycles in a safe working order
Adjusts each bicycle as needed to fit customers, including but not limited to seat height, etc.
Instructs customers on bicycle operations, operating safety, and trail information
Performs bicycle preventative maintenance
Makes all needed repairs to our fleet or customer’s personal bikes
Maintains appropriate inventory levels of replacement or repair parts.
Orders parts and documents on-hand inventory
Keeps repair area clean and organized
Insures bicycles are clean and ready for rental

Minimum Requirements:

Basic to advance knowledge of bicycle repair and maintenance
One year experience in bicycle repairs recommended
Enthusiastic personality

Working Conditions:

Indoor and outdoor working environments
Employment from Spring until late Fall
Flexible scheduling
Highly trafficked tourist area adjacent to the Great Allegheny Passage and other mountainous trails
Weekday/weekend work
Full-time and part-time positions available

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Customer Service Representative

Job Summary: Answer phone calls, sells and reserves outdoor activities and lodging, interacts with customers in person, files information, opens/closes office, general office duties.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Answers phone calls promptly in a fast-paced office setting
Interact with customers in a friendly and helpful manner via telephone or in person
Process reservations for outdoor activities or lodging

Job Requirements:

Must have good communication skills
Experience with typing, filling, computer skills, and general office duties recommended

Minimum Qualifications:

Enthusiastic personality
Available weekends, holidays. Evening shifts available.

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Check-in Clerk

Job Summary: Interacts with guests upon checking in for outdoor activities, answers guests questions, reviews release forms for completeness, sells and reserves outdoor activities, rents wetsuits, sell souvenirs, maintains inventory, completes necessary paperwork, responsible for sales money, opens and closes check-in booth or store.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Interacts with guests checking in for outdoor activities
Sells and reserves outdoor activities to guests walking in without reservations
Rents wetsuits or other foul weather gear
Accompanies guests to launch area
Sells souvenirs after guests return from activities
Maintains inventory
Counts sales money for accuracy
Open and closes check-in booth or store
Performs other duties that may be assigned by management

Job Requirements:

Cash register knowledge helpful, but not required. We provide training.
Ability to remain calm under pressure
Must have good communication skills

Minimum Qualifications:

Current Driver’s License
Enthusiastic personality
Available weekends and holidays

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Outdoor Retail Sales Clerk

Job Summary: Interact with guests, answer questions about outdoor equipment, assist guests in finding merchandise, sells and reserves ooutdoor activities, sells related souvenirs, maintains inventory, rents bicycle and rafting equipment, completes necessary paperwork, responsible for sales money, receives and prepares new inventory, opens and closes store.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Interacts with customers and answer any/all questions they may have
Sells and reserves outdoor activities to guests walking in without reservations
Assists guests in finding merchandise
Sells souvenirs
Rents bicycles and rafting equipment
Maintains inventory, prepares new inventory for sale
Counts sales money for accuracy
Open and closes check-in booth or store
Performs other duties that may be assigned by management

Job Requirements:

Cash register knowledge helpful, but not required. We provide training.
Ability to remain calm under pressure
Must have good communication skills
Knowledge of outdoor sports, i.e. biking, hiking, kayaking, etc. helpful but not required

Minimum Qualifications: