Owned and operated by Cherokee Metropolitan District (CMD), Cherokee Ridge Golf Course has been a staple to the community since 1971, welcoming golfers from throughout the region. Our team includes people who have been here for decades and others who work for a season or two then go on to their next professional goal. With benefits like free golf and merchandise discounts, Cherokee Ridge is an appealing place to work!

This position is for weekends only including any holidays that may fall on a weekend.
A grill staff position at Cherokee Ridge Golf Course will have a wide range of duties as it pertains to the daily operation of the grill. The duties of this position start with the important task of customer service and customer satisfaction as it pertains to the beverages and food served here at the golf course. The main areas a grill staff member will be working is at the counter in the Grill on the Green, as a food runner which will be responsible for quality and consistency assurance, cooking detail or providing service on the beverage cart.

As a recreational business, our operation depends on the free time of our patrons. Our hours of operation can very vastly depending on the season, weather and scheduled business. The majority of our busy days and higher volume business fall in the warmer months and on the weekends so it is expected that, for the most part, our employees are available to work a schedule that will fluctuate. The operation itself in the peak time of the year is open fourteen or more hours per day which makes for a myriad of shift start and end times as well as shifts available every day.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. The employee is required to balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, talk, hear, and make repetitive motions. This position is mostly light work; exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. The employee is required to have close visual acuity and is subject to working in both inside and outside environments.

Our shifts and needs vary every day and the golf course is open seven days a week the majority of the year. Weekend and holiday work are a given as it is some of our busiest periods and the staffing is maximized to handle volume.

There is also a golf benefit included in your employment at Cherokee Ridge that starts after your first two weeks of employment. The details of the golf benefit will be covered after acceptance of a position at Cherokee Ridge.

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Supervisory Classification: No

Probationary Period: 90 days

This job description is not intended to list every function of the position, does not constitute an employment agreement or contract, and is subject to change. It is not intended to limit management’s rights to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

Work is mainly performed inside. Work may require significant walking and standing on a regular basis. Work often can call for lifting, pulling, or pushing of items weighing 50 pounds or more. The employee may be subjected to working near mechanical parts and in outdoor weather conditions.

To ensure the safety of the public and reduce the risk for loss, background screenings and pre-employment drug testing are completed on applicants selected for employment. This position is subject to a screening process including but not limited to criminal history search, and pre-employment drug screening.

Interested applicants should submit an application to Human Resources, no later than 5:00pm on the close date. Applications are available online at www.cherokeemetro.org or by contacting Human Resources Administrator, Connie Hughes (chughes@cherokeemetro.org). Applications are also available at the District’s office located at 6250 Palmer Park Blvd. Résumés will not be accepted in lieu of an application and resumes submitted via job search websites do not satisfy the requirement to complete the application found at www.cherokeemetro.org.

 To comply with regulations by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), the principal duties in job descriptions must be essential to the job. To identify essential functions, focus on the purpose and the result of the duties rather than the manner in which they are performed. The following definition applies: a job function is essential if removal of that function would fundamentally change the job.