golf course superintendent

Guildford Golf Course; Surrey; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the golf industry is seeking a Golf Course Superintendent to manage landscape maintenance and crew operations. Ideal candidates will have a background in horticulture, experience in maintaining golf courses, and leadership skills. This role is physically demanding and requires reliability, organization, and teamwork, with comprehensive benefits including paid training and free parking.

Benefits

Free parking available

Learning/training paid by employer

Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)

Team building opportunities

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of experience in horticulture or landscape maintenance.
• Ability to handle heavy loads and perform physically demanding tasks.
• Experience in tree care, pest management, and directing maintenance crews.

Responsibilities

• Interpret blueprints to plan operation methods.
• Water and tend to plants, lawns, and gardens.
• Examine trees/shrubs for problems and manage crew activities.

Skills

Reliability

Organized

Team player

Punctuality

Education

College, CEGEP or non-university certificate/diploma (1 to 2 years)

Tools

Valid driver's licence

Job description

• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Golf course

Tasks

• Interpret blueprints or other instructions to plan methods or sequences of operation
• Trim trees to achieve the desired pruning objective such as crown cleaning, thinning, raising, reduction, restoration, espalier pruning, vista pruning
• 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
• Direct crews who maintain the health and appearance of golf courses and their surrounding landscapes
• Examine trees and shrubs to diagnose problems and disease
• Tree removal

Area of specialization

• Horticulture

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Handling heavy loads
• Physically demanding
• Combination of sitting, standing, walking
• Standing for extended periods
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Punctuality

Experience

• 1 year to less than 2 years
• Disability benefits
• Bonus
• Life insurance

Other benefits

• Free parking available
• Learning/training paid by employer
• Other benefits
• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)
• Team building opportunities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

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