Groundskeeper

Position Summary
Under general direction from the Golf Course Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent or Crew Foreman, the Equipment Operator safely utilizes a variety of tools, machinery and equipment to perform maintenance duties around the golf course and grounds. Responsibilities also include cleaning equipment after each use and performing minor repairs and routine maintenance on the equipment.

• Safely operate equipment and accessories as trained and assigned, including greens mowers, rotary mowers, flymos, gang mowers, tri‑plex mowers, vertical mowers, line trimmers, edgers, utility vehicles, back‑pack blowers, portable pumps, aerifiers, spikers, mechanical top dressers, sod cutters, mechanical bunker rakes, tractors, sweepers, blades, loaders, backhoes, trenchers, chain saws, and miscellaneous hand tools.
• Properly care for assigned equipment by inspecting machinery before and after each use, cleaning machinery after each use, making necessary minor adjustments to equipment and reporting machinery/equipment problems to the mechanic.
• Maintain maintenance and fluid use logs (gas and oil) on assigned equipment.
• Perform daily maintenance tasks on the golf course and grounds as well as the maintenance facility and clubhouse as assigned and directed. Duties may include loading and unloading materials, trimming trees, removing cuttings, laying sod, hand raking bunkers, drainage installation and repair, and repairing ball marks and filling divots.
• Perform golf course service and set up work as directed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or college degree, required or preferred.
• 1 year experience with equipment or in golf course maintenance or landscaping preferred.
• Valid driver's license. Driving record meeting company safety policies and guidelines.
• Demonstrated ability to operate golf course equipment.
• Demonstrated quality verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems; efficiently handle multiple duties under pressure with minimal supervision; work flexible hours as required including nights and weekends.
• Positive attitude, professional manner and appearance in all situations.

• Read and write English.
• Communicate verbally with staff members or customers, with or without two‑way radios.
• Give and/or follow verbal and written instructions.
• Visually inspect all work areas, golf course and grounds.
• See players on the golf course, and follow the flight of golf balls.
• Operate vehicles and equipment for several hours at a time.
• Perform mathematical calculations involving fractions, decimals, and percentages.
• Retrieve, read and interpret information from technical sources.
• Stand, sit, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, bend and kneel for up to 5 hours at a time.
• Lift up to 100 lbs occasionally; 50 lbs frequently; 20 lbs constantly.

Work hours may include days and evenings on weekdays and weekends. Subject to inside and outside environmental conditions. May be exposed to inclement weather, potentially dangerous chemicals, solvents, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, misdirected golf balls, sharp and rapid equipment movement. Injury may result as a result of exposure to the above if safety policies and practices are not properly followed.

Greens mowers, rotary mowers, gang mowers, tri‑plex mowers, vertical mowers, line trimmers, edgers, utility vehicles, back‑pack blowers, portable pumps, aerifiers, spikers, mechanical top dressers, sod cutters, mechanical bunker rakes, tractors, sweepers, blades, loaders, backhoes, trenchers, chain saws, and miscellaneous hand tools.

• Management and Manufacturing
• Golf Courses and Country Clubs

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