Director of Agronomy

About Lubbock Country Club

Founded in 1921, Lubbock Country Club is the premier private Club in the South Plains of west Texas, just north of Lubbock, Texas. An oasis of lush, rolling fairways, mature trees and beautiful ponds amid the cotton fields. Lubbock is a metropolitan area with a population of just over 330,000 and is the home to 40,000 students enrolled at Texas Tech University.

Lubbock is known as the "Hub City" primarily because of its economic, educational, health care and cultural influence in the region.

Lubbock Country Club’s 18-hole course is known as the oldest and finest championship golf course in the South Plains and is laid out in beautiful terrain and has beautiful tree-line fairways routed across lush, rolling landscape. The golf course has changed little from its original design including redesigns and renovations overseen by overseen by golf course architects George Williams (1995) and Craig Schreiner (2008).

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The Director of Agronomy will be a key member of the Club’s leadership team and will have full responsibility in maintaining the courses’ long-standing reputation as being one of the best and continually striving to elevate course conditions and the overall maintenance operation. The Director of Agronomy will accomplish these objectives by developing and implementing sound agronomic programs, overseeing and assisting in course maintenance and improvements and leading, managing, overseeing, training, developing, coaching the grounds maintenance team.

• Provide a hands-on leadership approach through effective hiring, leading, managing, overseeing, training, developing, coaching and assisting the team.
• Set goals and expectations, measure performance and ensure all goals and objectives are met or exceeded.
• Implement a comprehensive safety program for staff, members and guests and conduct regular safety meetings to continue to mentor, coach and develop team members to make safety a priority.
• Oversee equipment repair and maintenance, ensuring all grounds and golf course maintenance equipment is maintained and operational.
• Manage staff schedule and work hours, making necessary adjustments for absences, missed punches, etc. according club budgets, policies and procedure and entering updated weekly schedules on Fridays for the upcoming week.
• Coordinate, plan and oversee all planting, fertilizing and proper care of turf plants, shrubs and trees.
• Maintain and care for all structures, facilities and buildings on the golf course.
• Document, record and log all daily maintenance activities including: weather, course conditioning, cultural practices, equipment maintenance, fertilizer and pesticide applications, fuel usage, etc.
• Maintains accurate and complete HR records for all personnel in the department
• Must possess excellent communication skills and use these skills to ensure staff and members are fully informed on the operations of the maintenance department.
• Communicate with the golf and tennis professionals to discuss conditions of the facilities, maintenance plans and scheduled events.
• Communicate with grounds, golf, house and other applicable committees.
• Make presentations to the Board, Leadership staff and Committee members to keep them informed of maintenance department projects and activities.
• Attend staff and management meetings representing the agronomic department.
• Attend turf conferences, equipment shows, workshops and other educational seminars and programs to stay abreast of the latest innovation and technology in the field of golf course maintenance and recommend opportunities that would improve ground maintenance/golf course.
• Prepare annual budget for the agronomy department that is in compliance with the Clubs procedures, policies and deadlines taking corrective action as necessary to help ensure that all budget goals are met or exceeded.
• Complete all administrative duties including: performance reviews, accounting procedures, payroll, scheduling and daily recording documentation.
• Manage water usage to maintain the golf course at the highest possible level…