Job Description

Posting number: 202300735

Department: HENDERSON GOLF COURSE

Job classification: Grounds Maintenance Lead Worker

Posting type: General

Categories: Maintenance, Grounds & Landscaping, Building & Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance

Summary

Henderson Golf Course, part of Chatham County Parks and Recreation, has an opening for a Golf Course Maintenance-2nd Assistant. If you meet the minimum qualifications, you are encouraged to apply!

Examples of duties

• Perform skilled maintenance tasks in the care of landscaped areas and supervise a crew of unskilled or semi-skilled workers.
• Develop and maintain a year-round grounds and landscaping program based on accepted standards.
• Cultivate, water, and trim hedges, lawns, trees, and shrubs in planted areas in and out of buildings.
• Maintain underground sprinkler systems, lay sod, and mow lawns by hand or with power-driven equipment.
• Maintain a chemical herbicide program to control garden pests and undesirable vegetation.
• Serve as the lead worker and will be responsible for training and scheduling assigned employees.
• May operate medium-weight equipment such as a small backhoe, hole augers, or other grounds maintenance equipment.
• Work as part of the Critical Work Force Category 2, must be able to be on call on a 24-hour rotating basis, and must be able to work nights and weekends in emergencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, and
• At least three (3) years of experience in grounds or golf course maintenance, or
• Possession of a Turf Maintenance Certificate from a technical institution; or
• Any equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Must possess a Commercial Turf and Ornamental Herbicide and Pesticide Applicators License with the State of Georgia in Category 24 Ornamental and Turf.
• Must provide and wear approved steel toe protective footwear during regular working hours.
• Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Completion of the Master Gardener program.
• Supervisory or lead experience.