Golf Course Equipment Operator Ii

Golf Course Equipment Operator II, Golden Rain Foundation

Rossmoor, Walnut Creek

About Rossmoor

Rossmoor Walnut Creek is a nationally recognized community for active seniors who are 55 and older. With nearly 10,000 residents in 6,700 homes on 2,000 acres, Rossmoor is a beautiful, serene enclave about 25 miles east of San Francisco.

Rossmoor is fully developed with construction commencing in 1964 and concluding in the early 2000’s. The homes in Rossmoor are individually owned by residents who live in one of 20 homeowners associations, called “mutuals.” Rossmoor’s streets, open space and amenities are held in Trust. The Golden Rain Foundation (GRF) is the nonprofit Trustee that manages and operates the amenities in a manner similar to that of a small town council. One mutual is self-managed and the others are managed by GRF.

GRF employees provide a huge variety of services including maintenance, plumbing, carpentry, landscaping, Golf Course maintenance, recreation, lifeguarding, fitness training, vehicle repair, accounting, insurance and purchasing.

Most of GRF’s 250 employees are full time and are provided with vacation and sick pay, health insurance, dental, vision, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and a 401k with a matching component.

Position

Golf Course Equipment Operator II

The Golden Rain Foundation is seeking a Golf Course Equipment Operator II to join our GC Maintenance Department.

This position performs Golf Course maintenance, repair and renovation tasks on the two Golf Courses located inside Rossmoor Walnut Creek.

This is a union position (Laborer’s Local 324 AFL-CIO) with full medical/retirement benefits.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Raking and weeding.
• Raking and grooming sand bunkers including edging and maintaining edge definition.
• Trimming, edging and trenching.
• Operates small power equipment
• Digging with shovels, picks and hoes.
• Hand loading and installing landscape materials with shovels and pitch forks.
• Builds stairways, DG service roads and walkways.
• Applies fertilizers and pesticides.
• Adds cleaning solution to golf ball washers.
• Set up courses for play, including changing hole locations and tee placement.

Equipment used:

o All Levels: hand tools, small power equipment, utility vehicles, intermediate mowers (3 cutting units or less), compact tractors and loaders, utility vehicles towing blowers, leaf sweepers or small top-dressers.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years previous Golf Course experience required.
• Able to work for extended periods in varied outdoor conditions.
• Able to work weekends and holidays as scheduled.
• High school graduate or equivalent;
• Demonstrated ability to speak, read, and write business English well enough to handle radio calls and act on written work orders.

Additional Requirements:

• Clean and valid California driver license and satisfactory driving record are conditions of initial and continued employment.
• Ability to meet the Dept. of Homeland Security requirements confirming identity and right to work in the United States is required.
• Offer is contingent upon satisfactorily passing pre-employment background check, drug test, and physical capabilities assessment.
• Previous employment must be verifiable.
• This is a union position (Laborer’s Local 324 AFL-CIO).

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.42 - $25.24 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Golf Course maintenance: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person