Chief Grounds & Landscape Leader for Private Golf Community

Bloom Golf Partners; Tennessee; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) match

Continued education and professional d

Job summary

Firefly Club, LLC is seeking an experienced Grounds Superintendent to lead the development and long-term management of the landscape and grounds maintenance program at our new private golf community near Nashville, Tennessee. This role offers the rare chance to establish standards, culture, and operating systems from the ground up under the Director of Golf Maintenance.

You will oversee ornamental beds, trees, shrubs, native landscapes, meadows, and common areas, while participating in landscape

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of progressive landscape management experience at a premier golf club, luxury resort, private estate, university campus, botanical garden, or similarly high-end property.
• Proven experience leading, supervising, training, and developing a team.
• Strong working knowledge of horticulture, including ornamental trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials, native plants, and landscape establishment.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, supervise, and mentor Grounds Department employees.
• Establish departmental expectations, operating procedures, and quality standards.
• Develop and manage daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal landscape maintenance programs.
• Oversee the establishment and long-term care of ornamental beds, trees, shrubs, natives, annuals, perennials, meadows, and the property’s apple orchard.
• Collaborate with the Director of Golf Maintenance, architects, contractors, ownership, and other stakeholders on plant selection, landscape installation, and long-term planning.
• Oversee landscape establishment and maintenance for new construction and development projects.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Budgeting

Horticulture knowledge

Irrigation knowledge

Project management

Team development

Driver’s license

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture or related field

Certificate in Landscape Management or Turfgrass

Tools

Irrigation systems knowledge

Landscape maintenance equipment

Job description

Firefly Club, LLC is seeking an experienced Grounds Superintendent to lead the development and long-term management of the landscape and grounds maintenance program at our new private golf community near Nashville, Tennessee. This role offers the rare chance to establish standards, culture, and operating systems from the ground up under the Director of Golf Maintenance.

You will oversee ornamental beds, trees, shrubs, native landscapes, meadows, and common areas, while participating in landscape