golf course superintendent

Silvertip Resort; Canmore; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Silvertip Resort is seeking a Golf Course Superintendent to manage landscaping and maintenance for their golf course. The ideal candidate should have a secondary school certificate and experience in landscaping projects. Responsibilities include overseeing outdoor tasks, managing crews, and ensuring the health of the golf course landscaping in all weather conditions.

Benefits

Dental plan

Health care plan

Group insurance benefits

Life insurance

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Qualifications

• Experience in landscaping projects and managing outdoor maintenance.
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members and clients.
• Capacity to handle physical demands of landscaping work.

Responsibilities

• Manage landscaping projects, including tree trimming and lawn care.
• Direct crews maintaining the health and appearance of golf courses.
• Assess the health of lawns and apply necessary treatments.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent oral communication

Organized

Reliability

Team player

Flexibility

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Tools

MS Outlook

Steel-toed safety boots

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• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  
  

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  
  

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Work site environment

• Outdoors
• All weather conditions
  
  

Work setting

• Golf course
  
  

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Read blueprints or other instructions to determine work requirements
• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
• Manage landscaping projects
• Survey and assess designated sites
• Prepare contracts and tenders
• Water and tend to plants, lawns and/or gardens
• Apply fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, pesticides and other lawn care products
• Apply various treatments such as pruning, spraying, repairing damaged areas and injecting with treatment solutions
• Assess the health of lawns
• Direct crews who maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
• Plan and co-ordinate the growth and use of plants for landscaping, ornamental uses and other purposes
• Plant and maintain private and public lawns and gardens
• Plant and move trees
• Tree removal
  
  

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Outlook
  
  

Landscaping experience

• Residential projects
• Commercial and/or industrial construction
• Park and recreation sites
  
  

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Ability to work independently
• Attention to detail
• Repetitive tasks
• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Ability to distinguish between colours
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
  
  

Own tools/equipment

• Steel-toed safety boots
  
  

Personal suitability

• Excellent oral communication
• Flexibility
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality
  
  

Benefits

Health benefits

• Dental plan
• Health care plan
  
  

Financial benefits

• Group insurance benefits
• Life insurance
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
  
  

Other Benefits

• Other benefits
  
  

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
  
  

Support for Indigenous people

• Develops and maintains relationships with indigenous communities, indigenous-owned businesses and organizations

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Golf Courses and Country Clubs

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