Greenskeeper

Greenskeeper

Salary Range $16.00 - $16.00 Hourly Position Type Seasonal

Description

Welcome to The Country Club of Birmingham, where tradition meets excellence. We're a private country club known for our outstanding amenities, personalized member service, and vibrant community. From golf and tennis to fine dining and seasonal events, our team is the heart of the member experience.

A greenskeeper maintains the turf, landscaping, and playing conditions of a golf course, ensuring greens, fairways, and bunkers are in optimal condition. Key tasks include mowing, watering, fertilizing, aerating, and repairing turf and alongside operating.

Pay Range: $16/hourly

Schedule:

Monday-Thursday 6:30 am - 3:30 pm

Friday, Saturday & Sunday: 6:00 am - 11:00 am

(This position requires to work every other weekend)

Key Responsibilities

• Mowing, edging, aeration, and fertilizing of greens, tees, fairways, and roughs.
• Raking sand bunkers, changing hole locations, divot filling, and repairing ball marks.
• Safely operating walking mowers, riding mowers, utility vehicles, tractors, bunker rakes, and powered debris blowers.
• Moving tee markers, changing hole locations on greens, and ensuring the overall, landscape is neat.

Working Conditions

• Often work early mornings, weekends, and holidays to minimize disruption to golfers.
• Outdoors working environment subject to pre-dawn hours and conditions such as heat, cold, rain and in confined spaces
• Complete manual labor for long periods of time, walking on uneven surfaces, bending, crouching, or kneeling, pushing/pulling of levers on equipment and machinery, reaching in all directions and prolonged periods of time.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Must be willing to work a flexible schedule to include early mornings, overtime and holidays if necessary.
• Able to work outdoors in various weather conditions, lift heavy objects (approx. 60 lbs.), and stand/walk for extended periods.
• Ability to operate motorized equipment and hand tools.
• Knowledge preferred but not required of operating outdoor grounds maintenance equipment
• Must be able to read chemical labels
• Meticulous approach to ensuring the course is visually appealing and highly playable.
• Perform quality work within deadlines
• Interact professionally with other employees, members and guests

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS:

• Have full range of mobility in upper and lower body.
• Must be able to lift at least 40 lbs. without restrictions
• Must be able to push and pull up to 40 lbs.
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time without breaks
• Requires long periods of time standing, walking, frequent bending, crouching, kneeling and reaching.
• Will be exposed to outside weather conditions including high temperatures
• Will be exposed to moving mechanical parts and equipment
• The noise level in the work environment is high.