Mechanic

Full-Time Mechanic

The Lakes at El Segundo in El Segundo, CA is pleased to announce an excellent career opportunity for a Full-Time Mechanic! We are seeking a driven individual who is eager to learn, contribute, and grow within a fast-paced hospitality-focused property organization. As part of Troon, you will contribute to a global leader in golf and community management.

Compensation: $25.00 - $30.00 per hour

General Purpose: Performs major and mechanical repairs on a variety of gasoline and diesel power equipment; keeps all equipment in efficient and operable condition at all times. Organizes and maintains a clean and safe area and maintenance area; performs related tasks as required.

Essential Duties:

• Maintains a preventative maintenance program on all equipment, purchases repair parts and replacement supplies.
• Reviews expenses and purchases with department manager for approval.
• Places orders for parts/supplies as needed for equipment or service and tracks expenses and inventories for budget purposes.
• Inspects, adjusts, diagnoses and repairs mechanical defects in many types of golf course maintenance equipment.
• Performs mower grinding/sharpening, performs general overhaul of motors, reels, install and adjust braking systems.
• Performs machining or welding work in making fittings used in repair of maintenance equipment.
• Maintains records of preventative maintenance, repairs made, parts ordered.
• Maintains up-to-date working knowledge of light and heavy construction and maintenance equipment and automotive apparatus.
• Skilled in the use of a wide variety of equipment repair tools and in the making of various types of mechanical repairs.
• Knowledge of the theory, care and operation of internal combustion engines, hydraulic systems and mowing equipment maintenance such as grinding, sharpening and adjustment.
• Diagnoses mechanical troubles and schedules appropriate preventative maintenance work.
• Helps to control costs and expenses in the maintenance of the equipment fleet relating to parts purchases, inventory levels, service work, fuel inventories and related items.
• Incorporates safe work practices in job performance.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Performs other duties as required.

Education/Experience:

• Certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination and experience.

Physical Demands:

• Frequently stands and walks; uses hands; reaches with hands and arms; stoops, kneels, crouches or crawls.
• Occasionally sits, climbs or balances.
• Regularly talks or hears.
• Regularly lifts up to 10 pounds and occasionally may lift up to100 pounds.

Environment/Noise:

• Occasionally works in wet or humid conditions (non-weather); with toxic or caustic materials; in extreme cold or heat (non-weather); may experience vibration.
• Regularly works in outdoor weather conditions and may face the risk of electrical shock or encounter fumes or airborne pathogens.
• Frequently works in areas near moving mechanical parts. Noise level is loud.

Certificates/Licenses:

• Valid Driver's License.
• Mechanics Certificate from Gas and Diesel Engine Training Seminar.

Job Knowledge, Skill, and Ability Preferences:

• Ability to read and speak English may be required in order to perform the duties of the job (e.g. the associates may be required to communicate with English speaking customers or co-workers, the manuals for the equipment the associates may use are in English).

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that an associate in this position may be asked to perform from time to time.

About Troon: Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Troon is the world's largest professional club management company, that specializes in services in golf, hospitality, and residential communities. With more than 900 locations in 45+ states and 27+ countries, Troon is a leading employer in hospitality. Guided by values that emphasize being infectiously energetic, consciously kind, and humbly prosperous, Troon offers professionals the opportunity to grow and succeed within a globally respected organization.