Golf Course Mechanic Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Rated “Best of the County” by Marin Magazine and located in San Rafael, 25 miles north of San Francisco in the heart of Marin County, Peacock Gap Golf Club has been a pillar of the golf community for decades. In addition to a championship level golf course, Peacock Gap has a full-service restaurant, the Range Café, plus the largest event center in Marin County, The Clubhouse, providing beautiful meeting spaces for groups from eight to twelve hundred.  For more information about us, visit our website https://www.peacockgapgolfclub.com  

POSITION SUMMARY 

The golf course mechanic reports to the golf course superintendent and oversees a comprehensive preventive maintenance program. This program includes the repair of failing equipment, keeping records of parts and labor needed to maintain each piece of equipment, and placing orders for parts and supplies needed for equipment or service. The golf course mechanic properly communicates any needs or problems relating to the maintenance or repair of equipment to the superintendent. The golf course mechanic places safety as a top priority and is responsible for maintaining a clean service area and maintenance building. 

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS 

• $27.00 - $30.00 based on relevant experience  

• Paid Time Off. 

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Account. 

• 401K, up to 4% company matching contributions. 

• Location discounts and free golf! 

JOB DUTIES INCLUDE: 

• Inspects, diagnoses and repairs mechanical defects/failures in various golf course maintenance equipment including, diesel-, electric-, and gasoline-powered vehicles, trucks, sweepers, rollers, mowers, and other mechanical equipment used in utility work. 

• Repairs and adjusts cutting mechanisms on various heavy and light mowing equipment. 

• Sets up and modifies new equipment as needed. 

• Prioritizes equipment repair and maintenance work. 

• Maintains a preventive maintenance program within budget on all equipment. 

• Spot checks equipment for performance on the course frequently makes emergency repairs to equipment on the course. 

• Oversees the shop maintenance area. 

• Detects, determines the cause(s) of mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic problems, corrects the cause(s) of the problems, and performs related repairs as necessary. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Must be at least 21 years of age. 

• 3 or more years of experience as a golf course mechanic. 

• Certificate in mechanics, small engine repair or other mechanical certifications preferred 

• Ability to work with little or no supervision. 

• Ability to manage time effectively and multi-task. 

• Operate a variety of automotive repair tools and equipment in a safe and effective manner. 

• Diagnose mechanical problems of small and heavy golf course maintenance equipment. 

• Knowledge of the operation and repair of both gasoline and diesel engines. 

• Knowledge of the operation and repair of manual transmissions, drive trains, brakes, suspensions, and steering in all golf course equipment. 

• Knowledge of hydraulic operations/repairs as related to pumps, controls, and transmission devices. 

• Knowledge of electricity and its components as it is related to vehicles and machinery.  

PRIVACY NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA JOB APPLICANTS 

Peacock Gap Golf Club and/or any affiliated entities (collectively, the “Company” or “we”) provide this California Privacy Notice (“Notice”) to describe our privacy practices with respect to our collection of Personal Information as required under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”). This Notice applies only to job applicants and candidates for employment who are residents of the State of California (“Consumers”) and from whom we collect “Personal Information” as defined in the CCPA. We provide you this Notice because under the CCPA, California residents who are job applicants qualify as Consumers. For purposes of this Notice, when we refer to Consumers, we mean you only to the extent you are a job applicant who resides in California. 

1.     Information We Collect from or About Job Applicants 

We may directly or indirectly collect Personal Information from you in a variety of different situations and using a variety of different methods, including, but not limited to, on our website, your mobile device, through email, in physical locations, through written applications, through the mail, and/or over the telephone. Generally, we may collect, receive, maintain, and use the following categories of Personal Information, depending on the particular purpose and to the extent permitted under applicable law: 

Personal Identifiers & Contact Information: Name, alias, home, postal or mailing address, email address, telephone number. 

Pre-Hire, Employment, and Education History Information: Information provided in your job application or resume including prior job experience and/or positions held, your salary expectations, educational history or records of degrees and/or certifications, information gathered as part of reference checks, information recorded in job interview notes by persons conducting job interviews for the Company, information contained in candidate evaluation records and assessments, information in work product samples you provided, and voluntary disclosures by you. 

Inferences: Based on analysis of the personal information collected, we may develop inferences regarding job applicants’ predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes for purposes of recruiting and hiring assessments and decisions. 

Of the above categories of Personal Information, the following are categories of Sensitive Personal Information the Company may collect: 

1.     Personal Identifiers 

Personal Information does not include: 

• Publicly available information from government records. 
• Information that a business has a reasonable basis to believe is lawfully made available to the general public by the job applicant or from widely distributed media.  
• Information made available by a person to whom the job applicant has disclosed the information if the job applicant has not restricted the information to a specific audience.  
•  De-identified or aggregated information.  

2.     How We Use Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information 

The Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information we collect, and our use of Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information, may vary depending on the circumstances. This Notice is intended to provide an overall description of our collection and use of Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information. Generally, we may use or disclose Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information we collect from you or about you for one or more of the following purposes: 

1. To fulfill or meet the purpose for which you provided the information. For example, if you share your name and contact information to apply for a job with the Company, we will use that Personal Information in connection with your candidacy for employment. 
2. To comply with local, state, and federal law and regulations requiring employers to maintain certain records (such as immigration compliance records, travel records, personnel files, wage and hour records, payroll records, accident or safety records, and tax records), as well as local, state, and federal law, regulations, ordinances, guidelines, and orders relating to COVID-19. 
3. To evaluate, make, and communicate decisions regarding your job application and candidacy for employment. 
4. To communicate with you regarding your candidacy for employment. 
5. To evaluate and improve our recruiting methods and strategies. 
6. To evaluate job applicants and candidates for employment or promotions. 
7. To obtain and verify employment references. 
8. To engage in corporate transactions requiring review or disclosure of job applicant records subject to non-disclosure agreements, such as for evaluating potential mergers and acquisitions of the Company. 
9. COVID-19 RELATED PURPOSES

a. To reduce the risk of spreading the disease in or through the workplace. 

b. To protect job applicants and everyone else at Company workplaces from exposure to COVID-19. 

c. To comply with local, state, and federal law, regulations, ordinances, guidelines, and orders relating to COVID-19, including applicable reporting requirements. 

d. To facilitate and coordinate pandemic-related initiatives and activities (whether Company-sponsored or through the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, other federal, state and local governmental authorities, and/or public and private entities or establishments, including vaccination initiatives). 

e. To permit contact tracing relating to any potential exposure. 

f. To communicate with job applicants and other consumers (including employees and visitors to our workplace) regarding potential exposure to COVID-19 and properly warn others who have had close contact with an infected or symptomatic individual so that they may take precautionary measures, help prevent further spread of the virus, and obtain treatment, if necessary. 

10. To evaluate, assess, and manage the Company’s business relationship with vendors, service providers, and contractors that provide services to the Company related to recruiting or processing of data from or about job applicants. 

11. To improve job applicant experience on Company computers, networks, devices, software applications or systems, and to debug, identify, and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality of our systems.

12.  To protect against malicious or illegal activity and prosecute those responsible.

13.  To prevent identity theft.

14.  To verify and respond to consumer requests from job applicants under applicable consumer privacy laws. 

3.     Sale/Sharing of Information to Third Parties 

The Company does not sell your Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information for any monetary or other valuable consideration. The Company does not share your Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising. 

4.     Access to Privacy Policy 

For more information, please review the Company’s Privacy Policy at https://www.westwinddi.com/about-us/privacy-policy 

5.     Data Retention: 

West Wind Drive-In and Public Markets retains information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as otherwise permitted or required by law. In deciding how long to retain each category of Personal Information that we collect, we consider many criteria, including, but not limited to: the business purposes for which the Personal Information was collected; relevant federal, state and local recordkeeping laws; applicable statute of limitations for claims to which the information may be relevant; and legal preservation of evidence obligations. 

By submitting my resume and/or application, I acknowledge and confirm that I have received and read and understand this Notice and I hereby authorize and consent to the Company’s use of the Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information it collects, receives or maintains for the business purposes identified above.