Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

Job Title:                    Assistant Superintendent 

Department:             Golf Course Maintenance

Reports To:               Director of Agronomy

FLSA Status:              Salary/Exempt

SUMMARY: Assists the Director of Agronomy and the Golf Course Superintendent with the overall maintenance of Frenchman’s Creek Golf Course and upholds and assures compliance with all company and departmental policies and procedures.

 ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

Supervises and coordinates the activities of workers engaged in maintaining the grounds and turf of the golf course.

• Confers with the Director of Agronomy and the Golf Course Superintendent to plan and review work projects.
• Determines work priority and assigns workers to specific tasks, such as fertilizing, irrigating, seeding, mowing, raking and spraying.
• Tours grounds to assess work progress and condition of course.
• Orders and inventories supply and equipment when needed.
• Communicates and enforces safe work practices to employees.
• Monitors and maintains equipment and supplies. 
• Assists the Director of Agronomy and the Golf Course Superintendent with the discipline and guidance of the Golf Course Maintenance employees.
• Follow all instructions pertaining to the Golf Course Maintenance operations.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Directly supervises up to 20 employees. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities include training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, this individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/         or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or equivalent, college graduate or comparable school and/or work experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Good spoken and written English skills.  Ability to speak Creole and/or Spanish a plus but not required.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES REGISTRATIONS:

Maintain a current license for pesticide applications.

 PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands 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 regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop or kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust to focus.

 WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, extreme heat.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

 SAFETY:

Must be embraced by all employees. We need to always work safely and assist others to work safely by following departmental and company safety procedures.