Lochsa Lodge

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Currently recruiting for the season that runs from May 1st, 2025 to October 20th, 2025.

    Maintenance

    Maintenance & Renovation

    $15.00 / hour

    Lochsa Lodge has countless construction, renovation, and maintenance projects planned for 2024!  From renovating employee housing, building new construction, and maintaining/repairing existing structures.   

    Work may include:  painting/staining, roofing, carpentry, framing, decking, fencing, drywall, plumbing, painting, electrical, flooring, heavy equipment operation, and lots of handy-man style repairs & maintenance.

    Hourly wage starts at $15/hr and up - wage is contingent on skills & experience.  We offer meals from our restaurant at 50% off menu pricing, flexible full-time schedules, and cross-training/training.   

    Hotel & Lodging

    Front Desk Clerk

    $14.00 - $15.00 / hour

    The face and voice of Lochsa Lodge.  Front Desk agents greet arriving guests, host/hostess for the restaurant, and cashier for the gift shop.   Front Desk agents manage the incoming phones, daily guest arrivals/departure, coordinate with housekeeping, and inspect clean cabins prior to guest arrival.   It's a great place to be!   We also offer cross-training for Front Desk agents to do some restaurant server shifts, country store clerk shifts, and possible shifts in other departments.

    Maintenance

    Landscaper/Groundskeeper

    $14.00 / hour

    Lochsa Lodge located on 19 heavily forested acres within the Clearwater National Forest.  The lodge is a log building and most of our cabins are log constructed as well.   There are countless groundskeeper tasks & responsibilities!   From lawn mowing, irrigating, snow shoveling, leaf raking, gardening, planting trees & shrubs, flower baskets & planter boxes, cutting firewood, stocking firewood, bagging ice for the country store, and many other outdoor chores.   If you love to be outside and independent, this is a great option for you.    

    Hotel & Lodging

    Housekeeping & Laundry

    $14.00 / hour + tips

    Lochsa Lodge has 19 different cabins & lodge rooms.   We stay very busy from Rafting season in early May through Hunting season in mid-October.    Winter sports & snowmobiling season end of Dec to mid-March is also a busy seasonal option.   

    Housekeepers clean cabins, change linens & towels, vacuum, and perform other janitorial tasks around the lodge as needed.   We have a great laundry facility with commercial grade washers & dryers.  Work is full-time and we even offer shift meals from the lodge restaurant!  It's a great place to work & live.

    Restaurant

    Line Cook / Prep Cook

    $15.00 - $16.00 / hour + tips
    Lolo

    Full time positions in our busy lodge kitchen. We focus on good old home cooked style lodge food with home made soups, burgers, steaks and pasta's. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days per week.  Check out our current restaurant menus on our website:  lochsalodge.com 

    We are looking for prep cooks & line cooks, plus a few helping hands with Dish & Cleaning.  Full-time work!  Pay rates vary based on skill & experience levels.   Line & Prep cooks are also in a gratuity pool, in addition to hourly rate.   

    Restaurant

    Restaurant Servers

    $9.00 / hour + tips

    Busy full service positions available for experienced servers.  Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner shifts.  Opening/Closing shifts.   Excellent tip potential and a great place to meet amazing guests.  We take pride in paying our servers $9.00/hr plus tips!   

    Lodge

    Store Clerk / Stock Person / Retail

    $14.00 / hour

    Lochsa Lodge has a Sinclair Fuel Pump and a Country Store - with 2 possible shifts per day - 7 days a week!    The store sells firewood, camping equipment, food, beverage, supplies, propane, bagged ice, basic hunting/fishing supplies, and we're an Idaho Fish & Game vendor selling licenses & tags.  

    Store clerk shift work, plus stocking & inventory merchandising.   Possible cross-training and work in other departments as well to keep things interesting.   If you love organizing & doing inventory, that'd be a great help as well.   Customer service/cashier skills are required.

    Restaurant

    Dishwasher / Night Cleaner

    $14.00 / hour + tips
    Lolo

    The ideal candidate loves to get down & dirty with dishes until they're put away spot free & shining clean.  This position is primarily dishwashing & cleaning nightly.  

    Responsibilities

    • Oversee the dish pit and kitchen cleanliness.
    • Operate dish machine.  Put clean dishes away.
    • Maintain a regular cleaning schedule for all kitchen areas and equipment
    • Dining room support; occasionally bussing tables and assisting with ice and restaurant supplies as needed.


    Qualifications

    • 1+ years' of dishwashing & kitchen janitorial experience
    • Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills
    • Easy personality for everyone to get along with.
    • Not afraid to have some fun while doing dishes!

How to Apply

Send your resume and introduction to: matt@lochsalodge.com

Please tell us a little bit about yourself, what you're looking for, expectations you have, a summary of what skills & experiences you bring to the table, what you may want/need for housing, and when you can start and how long you're hoping to work at the lodge.

Please email your current resume!    Thanks!!!

Do not telephone the lodge, as we do not take applications over the phone.    PLEASE EMAIL ONLY!

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