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CAREERS AT DESERT HIGHLANDS GOLF CLUB/ASSOCIATION!

Explore all of the employment opportunities available at the premier residential golf community in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Desert Highlands is a private residential golf community that offers only the finest amenities and exceptional service to our exclusive members. Desert Highlands has been recognized as a Five-Star Platinum Club, ranked as #11 in the top 100 Golf Clubs, a Distinguished Emerald Club and one of America's Healthiest Clubs. Our employees are trained to be the finest, service-oriented employees in the Club industry. No matter the position, each employee represents the Club to Members and prospective Members. We are more than just an employer; we are a family serving a family.

Mission: We provide exceptional experiences that instill pride in our community.

Vision: Desert Highlands strives to be recognized as the finest member owned club community in the Nation.

Core Values: Respect, Heritage, Dynamic, Community, Excellence, & Integrity

Come join our Desert Highlands Family!

NO experience required! Starting Pay $18.50 per hour!

Join our team and we'll teach you everything you need to know to become a professional Greenskeeper on one of the best golf courses in AZ!

You don't have to be a golfer to appreciate the highest level of conditioning we provide!

Do you like working outdoors surrounded by mountains, plant life, and wild life? Does working with your hands give you a sense of accomplishment? Do you enjoy having some degree of autonomy in your work while still experiencing a true sense of teamwork?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should consider working on a Championship Golf Course! We have just the right job for you!

Desert Highlands Association/Golf Club is looking to grow their Golf Course Maintenance Team and make it even more awesome than it already is! Must have a can do attitude and enjoy working outdoors in all of Arizona's elements!

Job Description

Primary Purpose:
This position performs semi-skilled grounds construction and maintenance work on the golf course under the supervision of the assistant superintendent. As the employee progresses in their skill set using various equipment and has become more proficient in their role, the employee will have the ability to grow in their career.

Essential Functions:

• Operates large mowers, tractors and other light equipment in a safe and efficient manner.
• Responsible for checking fluid levels before operating any machine.
• Responsible for reporting any abnormalities discovered while operating machinery to supervisor.
• Returns all equipment to the designated location at the maintenance facility; wash equipment at the end of each day.
• Maintain teeing ground.
• Weed tee surrounds and other turf areas.
• Plant bushes, shrubs, and other native plants.
• Edges, rakes, and maintains sand bunkers.
• Edges cart paths and around fairway yardage markers.
• Hand raking leaves and other debris.
• Operates turf vac, skip-loader, fairway and rough aerifier and boom sprayer.
• Pick up grass piles.
• Apply divot mix to driving range tee and other tees on the golf course.
• Fill divot bottles with divot mix.
• Clean restrooms and break room as assigned.
• Weed eating around trees, bunkers, and cart path curbs.
• Mow greens with walking greens mower.
• Compact golf course bunkers with vibratory tamper
• Lay Sod
• Mow trees with walking mower and green approaches with riding mower.
• Must be able to service the golf course. These duties include: changing green flags, putting cups, moving rope and barricades, and moving tee markers.
• Must be able to move directional barricades, ropes, and stakes.
• Must be able to drive turf vehicles and mowers.
• Blow cart paths with back pack blowers or riding blowers.
• Helps in project work; assists in the construction and seeding of new greens, tees and fairways.
• Perform all job duties in a safe and efficient manner.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Present a positive, professional image.
• Must be able to drive turf vehicles and mowers.
• Working knowledge of and ability to use hand and power tools and equipment.
• Must be self-motivated and customer service oriented.
• Strong interpersonal as well as written and oral communication skills.
• Reliable and predictable attendance.
• Ability to develop and maintain awareness of occupational hazards and safety precautions; skilled in following safety practices and recognizing hazards.

Preferred:

• Possession of a valid driver's license to drive company vehicles.
• Previous experience and knowledge of grounds work.

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Position is in the Golf Course Maintenance building located in a private residential community in North Scottsdale, AZ
• Must be able to frequently sit, stand, bend, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and walk.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs., and to lift overhead and push/pull, move lighter objects.
• The employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, outside weather conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock; and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to Arizona desert wildlife such as snakes, scorpions, spiders, bobcats, javelinas, etc.