Golf Course Groundskeeper

Job Title: Golf Course Groundskeeper I, II, or III

Department / Division: Golf Course Maintenance / Operations

Status: Regular, Full-time

Pay: $16.50 - $19.50 per hour (DOQ)

Reports to: Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

Benefits: Full Benefits eligible including health insurance, flex benefits, 12 paid holidays, vacation and sick leave accrual, amenities and parking pass.

Retirement: State Employee Retirement System - GSEPS (Pension plus matching 401k)

Closing Date: Open until filled.

Jekyll Island is dedicated to maintaining the delicate balance between nature and humankind through conservation, education, and preservation. Surrounded by salt marshes, expansive oceanfront, and ancient maritime forests, it is situated within the chain of the Golden Isles and just a few miles from St. Simons Island, Sea Island, and Brunswick. As a State Park, Jekyll Island is a coastal haven where nature and humans peacefully co-exist.

Under general supervision, Golf Course Groundskeeper I, II, or III is responsible for various golf course maintenance duties. All assigned tasks include the preparation and playability of all courses, the driving range, and clubhouse grounds daily for guest and member play. Essential functions include mowing greens, tees, fairways, collars, roughs, edging, raking, and smoothing bunkers. In addition, complete grass trimming around all trees, cart paths, hazards, or other objects;

rotating tee markers; and place cups and pins.

• Perform numerous essential functions, such as mowing greens, tees, fairways, collars, roughs, edging, raking, and smoothing bunkers.
• Complete trimming grass around all trees, cart paths, hazards, or other objects, rotating tee markers, changing cups, and maintaining ball washers.
• Bunker maintenance, including debris removal, raking, and edging
• Moving tee markers for daily play
• Operate light handheld machinery, including weed eaters, backpack blowers, and cart path edgers, to maintain cart paths, lake banks, yardage blocks, etc.
• Operate mowers to maintain rough and fairways; greens mower to maintain golf course greens and tees for daily play
• Ability to operate tractor and implements; blower, bush hog, etc.
• Maintain signs, ropes & stakes, bollards, timbers, and ball washers to ensure a positive golf guest experience.
• Perform general golf course maintenance, fill divots, and repair damaged turf.
• When applicable, remove limbs, straw, or other debris, and safely operate a chainsaw.
• Responsible for the repairs and maintenance of all structures and golf course accessories
• Perform general housekeeping of maintenance shop and storage areas.
• Perform all other job-related duties as they arise and as directed.

• Groundskeeper III position requires a minimum of three (3) years to five (5) years of relevant golf course, landscape, etc., experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, abilities of Golf Course Groundskeeper III
• Groundskeeper II position requires a minimum of two (2) years of relevant golf course, landscape, etc., experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, abilities of Golf Course Groundskeeper II.
• Groundskeeper I position requires a minimum of one (1) year of relevant golf course, landscape, etc., experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, abilities of Golf Course Groundskeeper I.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Must be self-motivated and reliable
• Must be available on rotating weekends and holidays.
• Willingness to learn unfamiliar but essential job functions
• Ability to work within a team.
• Regular and predictable attendance and punctuality are required.
• Successful completion of MVR and criminal background check is required.