Assistant Superintendent
The Club:
Founded in 1904, Champaign Country Club is a private, full-service country club, located in Champaign, Illinois. With a championship golf course originally designed by Tom Bendelow, and later redesigned by Edward Lawrence Packard. Champaign Country Club continues to fulfill its original mission as a family club devoted to the game of golf, while offering a growing range of sports and social opportunities. Sports at Champaign include golf, tennis, and swimming. Members of all ages enjoy a year-round schedule of exciting social activities.
Champaign Country Club consists of bent/poa greens, tees, and fairways. Recent improvements to the golf course have included a new irrigation well and pump station. The bunkers were recently rebuilt to Better Billy Bunker. We are currently in the planning process of building a new maintenance facility, and could break ground in fall of this year!
We are looking to add a member to our team to learn every facet of golf course maintenance and provide outstanding conditioning to our members and their guests.
Duties:
- Day-to-day mowing and maintenance of the golf course
- Course Set-Up (Changing hole locations, moving tee markers, etc.)
- Assist with the management of a full-time staff of 8 and 6-10 seasonal staff
- Water Greens, Tees, Fairways, Shrubs, Trees, Flowers, Seed, and Sod
- This position will be the primary chemical and fertilizer applicator
- Maintain and troubleshoot a Toro irrigation system
- Perform various cultural practices such as aeration, verticutting, rolling, etc.
- Candidate will be expected to manage a split staff every other weekend
Educational Requirements
- Completed or currently enrolled in a certificate or 2-4 year turfgrass management program
- Spring graduates encouraged to apply
Experience Requirements
- 1+ year of golf course maintenance experience
Special Requirements
- Will be required to obtain an Illinois Pesticide applicator license
- May be required to attend Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) training
Job Benefits
- Salary: 55-65k a year DOE
- Health, Dental, Basic Life Insurance
- 401k with 3% match after 1 year of employment
- Paid Time Off : 2 weeks after 1 year of employment, 3 weeks after 3 years of employment
- Uniform
- Free golf on select days throughout the golf season
- Free lunches served when the Clubhouse is open
- Membership to GCSAA and local chapter
Date Job is Available
Salary
$55,000 to $65,000 per year
Overtime: No
Job Application Instructions
Please send resume and cover letter to dan@champaigncountryclub.com
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