Assistant Superintendent: Edgewood Country Club

Golf Worldwide; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Holiday bonus

PTO

Job summary

Edgewood Country Club in Pittsburgh, PA seeks an Assistant Golf Course Superintendent for a full-time position. The role supports daily turf operations on a Donald Ross-designed course, with supervision of maintenance staff and coordination with management and members.

Salary ranges from $70,000 to $75,000 per year and benefits begin after probation. Responsibilities include irrigation management, turf health assessments, chemical applications, equipment maintenance, and winter operations.

Qualifications

• Two-year or four-year degree in turf management or a similar field.
• Maintains Pennsylvania pesticide license through testing and training.
• Experience with irrigation operation, fertilizer/pesticide calibration, and record keeping.

Responsibilities

• Support daily course conditioning: mowing, rolling, setup, watering, bunker care.
• Manage irrigation, water use, repairs, and hand-watering as needed.
• Oversee chemical applications, inventory, and equipment calibration.

Skills

Crew leadership

Course conditioning

Irrigation care

Turf-health checks

Education

Turf management degree

Tools

Irrigation systems

Job description

Assistant Superintendent: Edgewood Country Club

Company - Edgewood Country Club
100 Churchill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15235

Edgewood Country Club is hiring an assistant golf course superintendent for a full-time position in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . The role works from 100 Churchill Road and pays $70,000 to $75,000 per year. The position is available immediately and supports daily care of a private club's Donald Ross-designed championship golf course .

The assistant superintendent works with management, staff, and club membership on course conditioning and grounds operations. Daily work includes mowing, rolling, course setup, watering, bunker maintenance, irrigation care, and turf-health checks. The position also covers landscape beds, maintenance buildings, equipment storage, winter snow removal, and safety training. The role includes a stated path toward golf course superintendent work.

• Role: Assistant Golf Course Superintendent
• Employer: Edgewood Country Club

Course Conditioning And Grounds Care

The assistant superintendent identifies disease and turf-health issues across the golf course and grounds. Mowing, rolling, golf-course setup, watering, and bunker maintenance form the daily conditioning work. The position also maintains clubhouse grounds and plans or installs annual and perennial landscape beds.

The course team takes part in larger improvement projects throughout the property. Work includes aerification, drainage, tree removal and pruning, bunker renovation, tee renovation, and improvements to maintenance buildings. Donald Ross designed the championship 18-hole course.

• Mowing and rolling
• Golf-course setup and watering
• Bunker maintenance and renovation
• Aerification and drainage work
• Tree removal, pruning, and tee renovation
• Clubhouse grounds and landscape-bed care

Irrigation work runs from spring startup through fall winterization. The assistant superintendent manages water use on greens, tees, fairways, and rough, then troubleshoots components, repairs leaks, and handles hand watering when course conditions require it.

The job manages fertilizer and pesticide applications, inventory, records, and equipment calibration. The position handles herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and fertilizers safely, calibrates liquid and granular application equipment, and orders tools and materials from local and national vendors.

Winter operations add snow removal with trucks and skid-loader plows. Four separate maintenance buildings require organized equipment storage, and the role keeps those spaces ready for daily course work.

Team Training And Club Operations

The assistant superintendent communicates with management, staff, and membership about course operations and championship conditioning. The assistant superintendent trains personnel in daily maintenance activities and safety practices, so the position includes hands-on turf work and crew leadership.

Edgewood Country Club is a private club with a full-service clubhouse, fine dining, banquet facilities, a driving range, and a short-game practice area. The property also has a swimming pool, three tennis courts, and three platform tennis courts. The assistant superintendent coordinates grounds within this broader club operation, not only on the golf course.

Four assistant superintendents have become Golf Course Superintendents in recent years. At Edgewood, the assistant superintendent role works within that documented internal progression while participating in industry seminars and continuing education on turf products and management practices.

Qualifications For Pennsylvania Turf Work

The position requires a two-year or four-year degree in turf management or a similar field. The assistant superintendent obtains and maintains a Pennsylvania pesticide license through testing and yearly training, then applies that knowledge to regulated chemical handling and record keeping.

Course-maintenance experience includes irrigation-system operation, hand watering, fertilizer and pesticide calibration, inventory control, and safe operation of trucks and skid-loader plows. The job also requires organized records and careful handling of liquid and granular products.

The assistant superintendent's work draws on plant science, landscaping, business management, personnel administration, and public relations. Those areas form part of superintendent preparation in the GCSAA career preparation guidance .

Compensation And Advancement

Health, dental, and vision coverage begin after a 90-day probationary period, along with paid holidays, a holiday bonus, and 15 days of prorated paid time off at hire. Life insurance, short-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment coverage, and a 401(k) program begin after one year.

The advancement path connects daily course care with superintendent-level management. Continuing education covers regulations, management practices, new turfgrasses, and equipment, while professional development can lead to GCSAA Class A status or the Certified Golf Course Superintendent credential.

CGCS applicants must hold current employment as a golf course superintendent, meet GCSAA Class A requirements, apply online, pass an examination, demonstrate communication and leadership skills, and have the golf course attested. The CGCS credential requirements place certification after the superintendent stage rather than at the entry point for this assistant position.

At Edgewood, the assistant superintendent role joins immediate full-time employment with a broad operational remit. The position reaches from turf diagnosis and irrigation repairs to crew training, chemical records, building organization, and winter equipment work.

The employer's golf operations contact is Stanley Heidinger at 412-823-7300, extension 21. The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America marks its 100th anniversary in 2026 .