Specialist, Golf Course Grounds

Austin Community College; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 48,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Austin Community College in Austin, TX is seeking a Specialist, Golf Course Grounds to support day-to-day operations as backup to the Golf Course Grounds Supervisor.

The role involves applying pesticides, insecticides, and fertilizers, supervising the grounds crew in the supervisor's absence, and performing groundskeeping tasks plus equipment operation. This position emphasizes safety and flexible scheduling to meet course maintenance needs.

Qualifications

• Two years related work experience.
• High school diploma or educational equivalent.
• Knowledge of safe pesticide and fertilizer application.

Responsibilities

• Assist Golf Course Grounds Supervisor.
• Apply pesticides, insecticides, and fertilizers as needed.
• Supervise crew in supervisor's absence.
• Perform groundskeeper duties when required.
• Operate grounds maintenance equipment and vehicles.
• Maintain safety and attend development courses.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Team building

Customer service

Planning and organization

Communication skills

Problem solving

Confidentiality

Equipment operation

Fertilizer insecticide application

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Specialist, Golf Course Grounds

Austin Community College

Job Posting Closing Times

Job postings are removed from advertising at 12:00 A.M. on the closing date e.g., at midnight on the day before the closing date.

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. - AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title

Specialist, Golf Course Grounds

Job Description Summary

To support the day-to-day golf course grounds operations serving as a backup and assistant to the Golf Course Grounds Supervisor.

Description of Duties and Tasks

1. Serves as an assistant to the Golf Course Grounds Supervisor.
2. Applies applications of pesticides, insecticides and fertilizers as needed.
3. Supervises the golf course grounds crew in the absence of the Golf Course Grounds Supervisor.
4. Assumes groundskeeper duties as needed.
5. Operates large power and field mowers, hand tools, power tools, and large vehicles associated with grounds maintenance and landscaping activities.
6. May perform minor maintenance and repair on equipment and tools, as required.
7. Complies with all applicable health and safety regulations, policies, and established work practices.
8. Attends professional development courses.

Knowledge

• Serving as a backup supervisor.
• Proper pesticide and fertilizer application.
• Fertilizers, insecticides, and herbicides used in grounds care and gardening.
• Equipment, tools, and procedures used in grounds care.
• Safe work practices.

Skills

• Effective supervisory and delegation skills, team building, and ability to collaborate well with others as well as working independently.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
• Strong customer-service orientation when working with employee, community, and partner populations.
• Effective planning, organizing, implementation, communication (both written and verbal), problem-solving, and interpersonal skills including use of tact and discretion and the ability to meet deadlines.
• Reliability to maintain an established but flexible work schedule.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of employee and work-related information.
• Operating grounds maintenance equipment and tools.
• Applying fertilizers, insecticides, and pesticides.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Required Work Experience

• Two years related work experience.

Required Education

• High school diploma or educational equivalent.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a variety of settings including indoor and outdoor. Subject to temperature extremes.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling and at times subject to stooping and climbing ladders or stairs.
• May need to lift heavy objects of up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.

Safety

• Supervise safe operation of unit. Facilitate safety inspections. Take reasonable and prudent actions to eliminate identified hazards. Ensure employees receive appropriate safety training and foster a workplace safety culture.

Salary Range (PG 2)

$47,840 - $51,189

Number of Openings

1

Job Posting Close Date

October 26, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr. You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ([e-mail]). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.