Groundskeeper

Maintains Golf Course and Landscaping

• Trims and feeds shrubs and trees; removes cuttings.
• Maintains landscape beds around clubhouse and club grounds.
• Rakes and blows leaves.
• Mows greens and fairways by operating walk-behind turf equipment.

Essential Job Functions

• Operates machinery: triplex, fairway mower, rough mower, Sandpro and turbine blower;
• Executes hand watering and fertilization (excluding greens);
• Establishes plantings by seed or transplants.
• Maintains annual and perennial flowers in aesthetic arrangements.
• Rakes bunkers.
• Loads and unloads materials.
• Digs holes and trenches to maintain or construct irrigation and drainage lines.
• Installs pipe and backfills excavations.

Licenses & Special Requirements

• Valid driver’s license.
• Six months of experience in golf course grounds maintenance or greenkeeping.
• Flexibility to work weekends, holidays and occasional overtime.
• Hardworking, motivated person with positive attitude.
• Must be responsible and reliable.
• Understands and adheres to all directives within the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club Operating and Lake Nona Personnel Handbook.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Able to work in strenuous weather conditions including extreme heat, humidity, rain and cold.
• This position includes (long periods of) climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling and repetitive motions.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to navigate through rough and uneven terrain.
• Must be able to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Must be physically able to do assigned work as outlined above.