Assistant Superintendent

Bel-Air Country Club (BACC) located in Los Angeles, California is seeking a highly engaged professional to help lead the operations at one of the country’s top facilities as the Senior Assistant Superintendent. The selected individual will be exposed to leading industry practice with upcoming major projects and events such as the 2026 Curtis Cup and 2030 US Mid-Amateur Championship. 

About Bel-Air Country Club:

Currently ranked the #138th golf course by Golf Digest, BACC is a George Thomas design that winds through mansion-dotted canyons of Los Angeles, the topography so steep that golfers are guided from hole to hole via a tunnel, an elevator and the city’s most famous suspension bridge, which spans a gulch on the par-3 10th and serves as a dramatic backdrop for the 18th green. Bel-Air’s design had been altered over decades by, among others, Dick Wilson, George Fazio, Robert Trent Jones Jr. and Tom Fazio. But in 2018 Tom Doak erased every bit of their work, removing most of the phony water hazards and faithfully recapturing Thomas’s splashy signature bunkering. 

Bel-Air Country Club (BACC) offers top-notch working environment supported by a high quality management team. BACC has many longstanding traditions, including excellent service and support provided by the Club’s Team Members. It is our goal to ensure that an excellent level of service is maintained at all times. Bel-Air Country Club keeps the highest ethical standards possible when conducting business.

Team members create the member experience, the hospitality environment, the memories, and the emotional attachment with our Members. Team Members have a powerful role in defining the Bel-Air Country Club Experience.

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Club highlights:

• Staff size – 31 Full Time/1 part-time/ 4 internship positions

• Future projects include new Clubhouse/60,000 plus square feet, new irrigation system, storage tank, RO treatment facility and pump station, new practice facility 

• Future events: 2026 Curtis Cup, 2030 US Mid-Amatuer Championship 

• Irrigation system – Rainbird

• Equipment – Toro cutting units and sprayers

To learn about Director of Golf Courses and Grounds, Justin DePippo, please visit: 

• Justin DePippo 

• GCM Magazine –  https://gcmonline.com/course/environment/news/justin-depippo 

• LA Turf Dreaming – https://www.golfcourseindustry.com/article/bel-air-country-club-justin-depippo-qa/ 

Position Overview: The Senior Assistant Superintendent is a key role in the success of the entire operation at the Bel-Air Country Club. Supporting the Director of Golf Course and Grounds through managing staff, interactions with the membership, implementing best management practices and providing agronomic information to ensure the highest quality of turf is met. 

Success traits of individual:

• Passionate, driven and highly motivated individual with high standards of personal and professional excellence. 

• Enjoys learning industry best practices in golf course management with a supportive network and membership. 

• Strong work ethic, interest in learning, networking, growing as a person and professional.

• Focused and has a vision to be a golf course superintendent as BACC takes tremendous pride in developing future turf professionals. Two of our recent Senior Assistants accepted premier opportunities in California. 

• High attention to detail with a passion for golf and golf course architecture

Initial Priorities of Position:

• Work alongside Director of Golf Course and Grounds to develop understanding of daily scheduling, administration and maintenance practices.

• Be a team player – learn and build relationships with staff.

• Observe and learn the daily preparations, routines and details required to maintain high golf course conditioning standards.

• Be willing to work hands-on with the staff to execute operational goals.

Key knowledge, skills, aptitude and other traits:

• Knowledge of proper use of fertilizers, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and soil conditioners.

• Knowledge in plant physiology for both C3 and C4 grasses

• Understanding and interpreting soil and tissue reports

• Creating a cultural/production program utilizing diversified practices

• Responsible for providing recommendations to challenges and improving conditions on all maintained turfgrass

• Communicate and transfer knowledge both verbally and written to the Director of Golf Course & Grounds and the rest of the supporting staff

• Directly responsible for supervising the detailed maintenance of the property, staff and equipment

• Participating in interviewing, hiring, directing, and supervising the Golf Course and Grounds team

• Preparing detailed and accurate records of all course chemical applications, inspections, production, practices, and all other required activities

• Responsible for preparing, managing, and meeting the expense budget for maintaining an inventory of fertilizers, pesticides, equipment, materials, and supplies within budgetary limitations

• Committing to self-improvement by joining professional organizations as well as participating in continuing education or training opportunities such as seminars, workshops and trade shows in order to expand knowledge base of the profession

Application instructions: Please send a cover and resume as one PDF directed to Mr. Justin DePippo, Director of Golf Course and Grounds by March 28th, 2024. Interviews will be conducted as soon as possible.