Asst. Mechanic - Course Maintenance Tech
About The Position
This role involves performing major and minor mechanical repairs on a variety of gasoline, diesel, and electronic powered equipment. The position also includes inventorying parts and supplies, equipment maintenance and servicing, and related duties as required. The job is divided into two main areas of work: Mechanic and Course Maintenance Tech. As a Mechanic, responsibilities include inspecting, diagnosing, and repairing defects in golf course maintenance and construction equipment, keeping repair records, instructing operators on equipment use and servicing, grinding and adjusting mowers, maintaining shop equipment and tools, performing welding, inventorying parts, making field repairs, maintaining a preventative maintenance program, potentially doing body and paint work, keeping the shop orderly, testing repaired equipment, troubleshooting hydraulic problems, prioritizing safety procedures, and communicating effectively with the Equipment Manager and Golf Course Superintendent. As a Course Maintenance Tech, responsibilities include operating golf course maintenance equipment, washing equipment after use, inspecting equipment periodically, understanding correct cutting heights, exercising proper etiquette around members and guests, servicing and maintaining equipment per schedule, reporting turf or landscape problems, ensuring reels are cutting properly, maintaining and operating equipment safely and efficiently, reporting malfunctions, checking fuel and oil levels, fueling equipment after use, and using appropriate safety equipment.
Requirements
- Makes major and minor mechanical repairs on a variety of gasoline, diesel, and electronic powered equipment.
- Inventories parts and supplies.
- Equipment maintenance and servicing.
Responsibilities
- Inspects, diagnoses and repairs mechanical defects in golf course maintenance and construction equipment.
- Keeps records on repairs and maintenance.
- Instructs operators in use and servicing of powered equipment.
- Grinds, backlaps, sets and adjusts mowers.
- Maintains shop equipment and tools.
- Does welding.
- Inventories parts and materials.
- Makes field repairs.
- Maintains a preventative maintenance program on all powered equipment.
- May do body and paint work.
- Maintains shop in an orderly condition.
- Does related or other work as required.
- Test-operates repaired equipment.
- Troubleshoots and repairs hydraulic problems.
- Places safety procedures as number one priority.
- Effective communication with the Equipment Manager and Golf Course Superintendent.
- Operates golf course maintenance equipment including fairway mowers, ram lifts, sweepers, triplex, hand mowers and other equipment as needed.
- Washes equipment after each use.
- Inspects equipment periodically throughout the day.
- Becomes knowledgeable of the correct height of cut throughout the golf course.
- Must exercise proper etiquette around members and guests on the golf course.
- Services and maintains equipment per schedule.
- Observes and reports turf or landscape problems to supervisor.
- Must ensure that all reels are cutting properly at all times.
- Must maintain and operate all equipment in a safe, efficient manner.
- Must report any machine malfunction to golf course mechanic or supervisor.
- Must check fuel and oil levels before leaving shop.
- Must fuel equipment up at the end of each use.
- Must use appropriate safety equipment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
