S07 Golf Course Grounds Worker

Cornell University • City of Ithaca, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

As a part of the SCL Office of the Vice President's unit, the SCL Facilities team supports the student campus experience, by ensuring safe, clean, and operational spaces for students to live, eat, recreate, connect, and engage with each other. With this mission in mind, the team is focused on helping our customers and end-users navigate critical decisions regarding the use and maintenance of their space. They do this through analyzing risks and associated costs, exploring additional services that add value, considering safety and security factors, and ensuring business continuity. Members of this group are passionate about helping customers, think critically about how small decisions can have large impacts, and have a knack for integrating people and physical places. This team is literally the “foundation” upon which the student experience here at Cornell is built.
The Golf Course Grounds Worker will operate a wide variety of golf maintenance and/or landscape construction equipment to support golf course maintenance activities for Cornell’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Course as well as other Cornell Athletic Facilities as needed. This role will perform manual labor for general property maintenance tasks, including tasks such as turf/shrub/tree maintenance, litter control, and other varies duties ensuring prompt reporting of unsafe conditions or damage to playing surfaces, landscape, equipment, or facilities.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent with at least 2 years of experience with golf course maintenance.
• Must possess a valid New York State driver's license with no major driving violations and be able to obtain & maintain Cornell’s driving certification.
• Experience or familiarity with turf grass pest identification and associated preventative and/or curative techniques.
• Experience operating a variety of power equipment (mowers, trimmers, tractors and others).
• Experience working directly with people from various socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. occasionally and up to 100 lbs.
• Must be able to reach over your head, and perform various lifting, pulling and pushing operations as well as stand for long periods of time, occasional squatting and bending.
• Must be able to negotiate stairs, ladders and perform rigorous physical work for sustained periods.
• Must be able to work in all weather conditions and extremes temperatures for extended periods.
• Must be free of debilitating dust, pollen or bee allergies, or have the ability to manage such allergy.
• Flexibility and willingness to work overtime is required.

Nice To Haves

• Additional education and experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operate a wide variety of golf maintenance and/or landscape construction equipment to support golf course maintenance activities
• Perform manual labor for general property maintenance tasks, including tasks such as turf/shrub/tree maintenance, litter control
• Ensure prompt reporting of unsafe conditions or damage to playing surfaces, landscape, equipment, or facilities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees