Golf Tractor Operator Leader
About The Position
This position is located at Sewells Point Golf Course, Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia. The Golf Tractor Operator Leader assists the supervisor with the daily training, guidance, and supervision of tractor operators, greenskeepers, and laborers. The team maintains the golf course’s shrubbery, irrigation systems, greens, tees, fairways, rough, and adjacent areas to keep them in good playing condition. The leader communicates the supervisor’s instructions, helps ensure work follows those instructions and safety standards, demonstrates proper work methods, may inspect work in progress and at completion, and reports work status and delays to the supervisor. The position also performs golf course maintenance and repairs. Duties include operating tractor-drawn and tractor-powered mowing equipment, trucks, pumps, utility mowers, and other heavy equipment; using hand tools; mowing and cleaning assigned areas; digging trenches and clearing ditches and weeds; applying fertilizers and pesticides according to directions; maintaining, repairing, and installing irrigation components; and performing preventive maintenance on machinery, equipment, and tools. Other related duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Read, write, and understand written and verbal instructions.
- At least one year of documented experience in golf course maintenance.
- Ability to lead a small staff and work independently.
- General knowledge of maintaining fine turf, trees, and ornamentals.
- Skill using power and hand tools and equipment relevant to golf course maintenance.
- Ability to operate manual-transmission vehicles and maneuver driver-operated machinery in small, tight, confined spaces, including areas with small turning radii, hills, and steep grades.
- Possess and maintain a valid state driver's license.
- Pass applicable records and background checks and successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check; resolve any discrepancies as a condition of employment.
Responsibilities
- Assist the supervisor with the daily training, guidance, and supervision of tractor operators, greenskeepers, and laborers.
- Relay supervisor instructions and ensure work is performed in accordance with instructions and safety standards.
- Demonstrate proper work methods and inspect work in progress or upon completion as needed.
- Report work status and causes of delays to the supervisor.
- Operate tractor-drawn and tractor-powered mowing equipment, including gang reel mowers, offset counter-balanced rotary mowers, sweepers, aerators, fertilizer spreaders, sod cutters, stump removers, front-end loaders, backhoes, and grading blades.
- Operate dump trucks, trucksters, portable pumps, utility mowers, weed eaters, and other heavy-duty equipment for maintenance, repairs, and tree work.
- Use hand tools such as axes, crowbars, wheelbarrows, sod edgers, sod lifters, shovels, spades, hoes, rakes, and pruning shears.
- Mow lawns at designated cuts; remove debris, dead grass, broken limbs, and leaves; and keep assigned areas clean and presentable.
- Dig trenches, clean ditches, and remove weeds around buildings, fences, trees, shrubbery, sidewalks, and other locations.
- Apply fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, and nematicides in accordance with manufacturer directions and instructions.
- Maintain, repair, and install irrigation lines, sprinkler heads, and low-voltage electric lines and switches associated with automatic irrigation systems.
- Perform preventive maintenance on gas- and diesel-powered machinery, mechanical equipment, and hand tools.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
