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Golf Course Greenskeeper

Posted in Other 7 months ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Job Description:

What do we do? We have Fun!! You can be a STAR at the Gaylord Springs Golf Links. Carved from the banks of the Cumberland River, our Scottish links-style, par-72 layout offers 18 challenging holes bordered by limestone bluffs and enhanced by federally protected wetlands. As the centerpiece for the course, our 43,000-square-foot, antebellum-style clubhouse offers guests shopping, dining, meeting rooms and banquet rooms, all with beautiful views of the golf course.
As a member of the Gaylord Entertainment family, we are located one mile from the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, Tennessee.

As one of the "Best Places to Work" in Nashville, we offer an extensive benefits package for you and your family. We offer medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, along with a company matching 401(k) savings plan. Other perks include a meal credit in our cafeteria, free fitness center, hotel, restaurant and spa discounts, and the list goes on.

Job Summary:

Responsible for exterior care, maintenance and landscaping needs of the Gaylord Springs Golf Links course.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Operate turf maintenance equipment as indicated by superintendent or assistant superintendent.
  • Equipment used would include but not be limited to: reel mowers, walk behind, triplex, five gang, variety of tractors and attachments: spreader, trencher, front loader, box blade, etc., utility vehicles and attachments: fairway drag mat, spray tanks, dump bed, etc., edgers, spreaders, chainsaws, topdressers, aerifiers, pesticide sprayers.
  • Clean and service equipment and report any mechanical problems to the mechanic immediately.
  • Perform all agronomical functions required in operations of maintaining golf course including but not limited to:
    mowing of greens, tees, fairway, approaches and roughs (fertilizing, assisting with application of pesticides, culivational practices: aerification, vertical mowing and topdressing, raking and maintaining bunkers, aboricultural and horticultural landscaping duties, line of play duties: changing holes, tee markers, maintain out of bounds and hazard markers.
  • Lead and direct small groups of ground crew employees providing coaching on particular tasks as needed.

    Job Qualifications:

  • Education: High school diploma or equivalent. College degree in turfgrass maintenance or related area preferred. Working knowledge of turf and landscape equipment required. State pesticide applicators certification encouraged.
  • Experience: Two to three years experience in turf maintenance and operation of related equipment required. Golf course turf maintenance preferred.
  • License/Certification: Valid Tennessee driver's license required.

    Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE:GET) is a leading hospitality and entertainment company based in Nashville, Tenn. which owns and operates industry-leading brands - Gaylord Hotels (www.gaylordhotels.com), a growing number of upscale, meetings-focused resorts, and the Grand Ole Opry (www.opry.com), the weekly showcase of country music's finest performers for over 80 consecutive years. The Company's entertainment brands and properties include the Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat, Gaylord Springs Golf Links, Wildhorse Saloon, Radisson Hotel Opryland and WSM-AM. For more information about the Company, visit www.gaylordentertainment.com.

    Gaylord Entertainments promotes a Drug-Free Workplace and is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). This Gaylord Entertainment facility is smoke free.

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