Groundskeeper

Job Title: Groundskeeper

Classification: Non-Exempt

Role Description

Maintain landscaping around the course, clubhouse, and other club facilities, including parking lots.

Key Responsibilities

• Plants and maintains ornamental shrubs and trees.
• Trims and feeds shrubs and trees; removes cuttings.
• Maintains landscape beds around clubhouse and club grounds.
• Rakes and blows leaves.
• Prepares soil plant beds and establishes plantings by seed or transplants.
• Maintains annual and perennial flowers in aesthetic arrangements.
• Loads and unloads materials.
• Empties garbage cans.
• Performs other appropriate tasks assigned by the Landscape Manager and/or Assistant Landscape Mgr.

The ideal candidate will have the following experience, skills, and knowledge:

• High school diploma or GED
• At least 1 year of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.
• Six months of experience in gardening/horticulture.
• Knowledge of horticulture methods and materials, landscaping and cultivation of trees and herbaceous and woody plants.
• Ability to use hand and power tools applicable to trade.
• Ability to perform grounds maintenance tasks.
• Skill in interpreting and completing landscape plans.
• Knowledge of fertilizer and/or pesticide applications.
• Ability to lift and manipulate heavy objects.
• Ability to read, understand, follow, and enforce safety procedures.

The ideal candidate will be able to mee the following physical requirements:

• Must be able to meet and perform the physical requirements and to work effectively in an environment which is typical of this position.
• Must be able to frequently lift, bend, climb, stoop, and pull.
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions.
• Frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; extreme cold; extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• May need to use some protective equipment, such as a respirator, gloves, earplugs, eye guards/visors, boots, and hat.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Dallas Country Club is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on sex (including gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, political affiliation, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, age, sexual orientation, military service, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. The company's management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs and general treatment during employment.