Court Maintenance Worker

Royal Oaks Country Club; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Oaks Country Club, Inc. in Houston, TX, is seeking a diligent Court Maintenance Worker responsible for daily upkeep of clay and hard courts and adjacent areas. You will operate and service tennis maintenance equipment, ensure nets, tapes, fences, and gates are in good order, and assist with groundskeeping and facility cleanliness.

The role requires physical stamina to work in varied weather, ability to lift up to 50 lbs, and reliable attendance as part of a team maintaining club facilities.

Qualifications

• Honesty and integrity required.
• Courteous and tactful demeanor.
• Effective communication with staff.

Responsibilities

• Waters, rolls, drags surface, and sweeps lines of clay courts.
• Blows debris and dust from surface of hard courts.
• Maintains court tapes, nets, fences, and gates.
• Repairs and tunes maintenance machines and equipment.
• Cleans shop windows and terrace areas.
• Replenishes supplies such as ice, towels, and cups.
• Cuts grass and maintains edges around courts.
• Performs general carpentry, plumbing or electrical repairs as needed.
• Keep court conditions informed to desk personnel.

Job description

Description

Job Summary: Maintain daily maintenance of courts and areas adjacent to courts; maintain and repair tennis maintenance machines.

Job Functions

• Waters, rolls, drags surface, and sweeps lines of clay courts.
• Blows debris and dust from surface of hard courts.
• Builds up low spots, shaves high spots, dusts, (plugs, feathers material) on clay courts.
• Keeps court tapes, nets, fences, and gates in good condition.
• Applies calcium chloride on clay courts.
• Blows sidewalks, empties trash from court and facility receptacles.
• Maintains court coolers, ice chest, and tennis shoe cleaners.
• Trims hedges, and plant growth around courts and tennis shop.
• Cleans shop windows.
• Blows and cleans terrace areas.
• Put chairs in neat order and empties trashcans.
• Replenishes supplies such as ice, towels, and cups.
• Trims grass at court edges and prevents weed growth at court edges.
• Cleans court drainage gutters, drains, and catch basins; installs, takes down, and repairs court windscreens.
• Keeps desk personnel informed as to court conditions.
• Performs any additional tasks needed to keep tennis courts and surrounding areas in good order.
• Tunes, changes oil, greases, and fuels maintenance machines and equipment.
• Repairs machines and replaces defective or worn parts of all maintenance machines.
• Arranges for any special machine maintenance or repair that requires outside resources.
• Orders and picks up maintenance machine parts and fuel.
• Delivers machines to repair shops for overhauls and picks up machines when ready.
• Orders and picks up facility supplies such as ice, towels, and cups.
• Resurface hard courts when necessary.
• Aides in carpentry, plumbing and electrical repair where necessary.
• Cut grass and rake leaves.
• Hand water grass, hedges, shrubbery, and clay courts.
• Preparation and painting of necessary structures and machinery.
• Perform all work-related duties as assigned by supervisor or General Manager

Working Conditions

• Must be able to work in extreme cold and heat.
• Conditions are often wet and humid.

Requirements

Special Requirements

• Must possess honesty and integrity.
• Must always be courteous and tactful.
• Must treat others with kindness and respect.
• Ability to effectively communicate with staff.
• Ability to appear for work on time.
• Ability to interact well with coworkers.
• Ability to understand and follow posted rules and procedures.
• Ability to follow directions from a supervisor.

Physical Functions

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to drive, stand, walk, climb stairs, balance stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and/or sit up to eight hours per day.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools and/or controls.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Hearing and talking sufficiently to communicate with members, guests, vendors, and co-workers.
• Specific vision abilities include close vision, vision sufficient to read, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to push, pull or lift to 50 lbs.
• Frequent lifting of up to 20-30 lbs.
• Independent mobility through clubhouse and tennis courts.