ASSISTANT GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT

Amarillo; Amarillo, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Amarillo is seeking an Assistant Golf Course Superintendent to assist with maintenance of a 36-hole course, oversee irrigation, fertilizer and chemical applications, and support supervision of up to 20 staff during peak season.

Reporting to the Golf Course Superintendent and Golf Professional/General Manager, you will help plan daily work, manage equipment, budget input, and ensure safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Requires a High School Diploma or its equivalent with some college level coursework and minimum five years of golf course maintenance experience.
• TDA Pesticide License, Texas Irrigation Tech License required or ability to obtain within the first year of date of hire.
• Valid Texas Driver’s License required.

Responsibilities

• Plans, schedules, assigns, and supervises golf course maintenance operations including greens, tees, fairways, irrigation, and inspections.
• Assists in directing crews in turf care, seeding, fertilizer, pesticide applications, and equipment maintenance.
• Helps prepare annual budget by submitting recommendations, cost evaluations, and justifications.
• Assists with training and interviews of new employees and enforces performance standards.
• Oversees contract work, schedules around tournaments, and ensures course readiness for daily use.

Skills

Irrigation

Fertilizing

Pesticide application

Supervision

Budgeting

Training

Equipment maintenance

Safety training

Irrigation scheduling

Education

High School Diploma

Turf grass maintenance education

Tools

Kronos Time Keeping

Irrigation computer system

Irrigation equipment

Job description

**JOB TITLE:** Assistant Golf Course Superintendent**JOB CLASS NUMBER:**TRD975**PAY GRADE:**G07**FLSA STATUS:**Non-Exempt**BUSINESS UNIT NAME:**Golf Operations**REPORTS TO:**Golf Course Superintendent**SUPERVISORY WORK:**Supervises**STARTING PAY:**$17.014 - DOQ **SUMMARY**This position is responsible for assisting with the general maintenance, special projects of golf course; condition and care of equipment; application of fertilizer, fungicide, insecticide required to operate a 36-hole golf course; assist with supervision and training of up to 20 employees during peak summer months; make recommendations on how to improve conditions of golf course and more economically operate the golf course to the Golf Course Superintendent.**ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES*** At the direction of the Golf Course Superintendent and Golf Professional/General Manager, plans, schedules, assigns, and supervises work in a variety of golf course maintenance operations including daily maintenance of greens, tees, fairways, irrigation, routine maintenance, and facility and grounds inspections.* Assists in the direction of crews in a variety of golf course maintenance operations consisting of, but not limited to, trash and debris clean up, restroom sanitation, mowing and specialized detailed turf care, dirt work, pesticide, fungicide, and fertilizer applications, seeding, irrigation, turf renovation, and the maintenance of all supporting equipment.* Assists Golf Course Superintendent and Golf Professional/General Manager in preparing annual budget by submitting recommendations, cost evaluations, and justifications for consideration and approval.* Assists with evaluation, training, and interviews of new employees.* Assists with the general efficiency and productivity of all golf course personnel by directing through subordinate supervisory personnel, and helping to establish and enforce performance standards, procedures, and policies as directed by the Golf Course Superintendent and Golf Professional/General Manager.* Inspects and supervises contract work and make recommendation for approval or disapproval at completion of project.* Participates in daily meetings with Golf Professional/General Manager to keep informed of all activities to have golf course prepared and presentable for each daily use.* Inspects facilities and grounds to determine maintenance or repairs needed.* Oversees Kronos Time Keeping.* Performs other job-related duties as assigned.**MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS**Requires a High School Diploma or its equivalent with some college level coursework and a minimum of five years of experience in golf course maintenance dealing directly with irrigation repair and scheduling, fertilizing, spraying chemicals, seeding, and working knowledge of golf course and golf course maintenance activities. Education in the field of turf grass maintenance may be substituted for experience. TDA Pesticide License, Texas Irrigation Tech License required or ability to obtain within the first year of date of hire. Valid Texas Driver’s License required.**KNOWLEDGE:*** Assists in scheduling and presenting training sessions for improving skills, performance, safety and MSDS safety training.* Assists Golf Course Superintendent in preparation and submits written daily work sheets, special project reports, vandalism reports, accident reports, etc. to Golf Professional/General Manager.* Coordinates maintenance activities around an aggressive tournament, corporate outing, and league play schedule.* Assists with the security of equipment, buildings, and grounds.* Keeps up to date on City policy and relays those to staff.* Assists Golf Course Superintendent daily with operation of course and tournament set ups.* Maintains the supply and equipment inventories, prepares and processes purchase orders, gathers information, and writes bid specification, obtains proposals according to competitive procurement guidelines, manages credit cards and makes purchases of up to $1,000 without supervisory approval.* Oversees inventory and property management. **SKILLS:*** Calculates all needed material for the completion of assigned duties.* Coordinates with other departments and agencies in scheduling assistance type related work and securing equipment.* Programs and implements irrigation schedules based on weather programs and parameters using the irrigation computer system* Applies pesticides following all safety standards and supervises pesticide application and irrigation repairs.* Ability to handle pressure from complaints, and recommendations by public; requests by supervisor to complete tasks and pressure of condition of golf course as greens are highly susceptible to disease-insects and fungus.* Knowledge of proper use of sodcutter, plugger, and other hand tools used on golf course.* Assists Golf Course Superintendent with watering systems performance seven days a week to make sure operating properly and timers are set for proper precipitation rate.**ABILITIES:*** Ability to use small office equipment, including copy machines, scanners, printers and/or multi-line telephone systems.* Ability and knowledge to operate loaders, greens mowers, out-front rotary mower, spray rig, pickup, tractor, front-end utility cart with aerifier and top dresser, fairway mower units, fringe and tee mowers, welder, and chain saw.* Ability to use computers for data entry and word processing.* Ability to use or repair small/light equipment, such as power tools.* Ability to use or repair medium equipment and machinery, such as vehicles or commercial mowers.* Ability to supervise employees using or repairing heavy or complex equipment.* Ability to establish policies for using, acquiring, and/or maintaining heavy or complex machinery. **ADA PROFILE**Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. The employee must also walk, balance, crouch, kneel, stand, sit, hear, feel, grasp, push, pull reach, handle, speak, see, and talk. Also requires the ability to make rational decisions and preform repetitive motions.The City of Amarillo is an Equal Opportunity employer and encourages applications from eligible and qualified persons regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information or protected veteran status, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. The City of Amarillo provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities on a case by case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact the Human Resources Office at 806-378-4294.