Golf Maintenance Worker (PT Maintenance Support) - (Seasonal Position)

About the role

Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services seeks a Golf Maintenance Worker for the City's golf courses.

Job Type: Seasonal
Work Schedule: Work will vary based on the needs of the department but will typically be Monday through Friday from 5:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (some weekends and holidays required).

Work Location: Patty Jewett Golf Course 1150 E. Caramillo St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 or Valley Hi Golf Course 610 S Chelton Road Colorado Springs, CO 80910

Responsibilities

• Operate equipment such as tractors, riding mowers, hand mowers, weed eaters, edgers, blowers, and sand pros
• Load and unload mower baskets, utility vehicles, and pickup trucks
• Maintain driving range, clubhouse, and maintenance areas
• Change putting green cups; top dress green and turf areas
• Repair irrigation by digging up lines from ground level to four feet deep; replace pipe and sprinklers
• Load trucksters with sand and dirt
• Apply fertilizer by filling bin on spreader and pushing and walking behind spreader for long distances
• Pick up trash receptacles and load them into utility vehicles
• Clean golf course facilities and restrooms
• Clean and fuel utility vehicles, mowers, and other fuel-powered equipment after each use; report equipment mechanical issues
• Operate self-propelled mowing equipment

Requirements

• Various power and hand tools including blowers, chain saws, shovels, rakes, and post hole diggers
• Irrigation systems and turf maintenance
• Safely use riding and push mowers, aerifiers, edgers, trimmers, and blowers
• Safely use tools and equipment properly and safely
• Understand and follow oral instructions
• Work around the public in a safe and courteous manner
• Provide excellent customer service
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships

Qualifications

• Experience which demonstrates knowledge of golf etiquette

Skills

• Variety of power and hand tools
• Irrigation systems and turf maintenance
• Safely operate various equipment
• Follow oral instructions
• Work around the public in a safe and courteous manner
• Provide excellent customer service
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships

Benefits

• Worker's Compensation
• Medicare
• Unemployment Insurance
• PERA (Public Employees' Retirement Association)

Pay

• $15.16 - $23.94 Hourly

Schedule

• Work will vary based on the needs of the department but will typically be Monday through Friday from 5:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (some weekends and holidays required).