Golf Course Superintendent

Bear Valley is a gated community in the foothills of Tehachapi, California with a 9-hole golf course with numerous amenities like equestrian, sports fields, parks, camp grounds, horse and walking trails, dog parks, a gun range, tennis and pickleball, a clubhouse area and an abundance of wildlife.  This property is an ideal opportunity for a hands-on, detail and community orientated Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent looking to take the next step in their career.  The golf course sits at roughly 4200 feet above sea level and consists of bent/poa greens with Ryegrass tees, fairways and roughs.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include the following. (Other duties may be assigned)

-      Responsible for the daily golf course set-up and initial inspection, using judgment in scheduling and daily course conditioning.

-      Responsible for landscape maintenance at irrigated and non-irrigated amenities throughout the community including:  equestrian, sports fields, parks, camp grounds, dog park, a gun range, and a clubhouse area.

-      Recruit, hire, interview, direct, review and communicate with all maintenance personnel.

-      Administrative duties:  evaluate daily labor records; schedule and conduct safety and staff meetings; initiate equipment schedules; chemical, irrigation and fertilizer inventory control; initiate purchase requisitions for golf course supplies including accessories, fertilizers, chemicals and topdressing; assist with budget preparations.

-      Train new and existing employees in job function, equipment operation, guest service standards and departmental information.

-      Evaluate the usage and application of fertilizer, chemical and seeding applications.

-      Perform daily course evaluation/inspection.

-      Supervise irrigation and irrigation maintenance, and maintenance for shop area and landscape.

-      Interact with outside contractors, vendors, visitors, county and state agencies.

-      Maintain records of all work undertaken by maintenance, including routine pesticide applications.

-      Track and maintain expense records for course equipment, supplies and labor, as well as current inventory of equipment, maintenance schedules and replacement needs.

-      Ensure that all equipment is used safely and correctly, and not abused.

-      Maintain security of golf course property and buildings.

-      Manage customer communications relating to course maintenance and procedures.

-      Create monthly course condition reports and newsletters and transmit. 

-      Record payroll data into electronic timesheet and transmit in accordance with payroll reporting schedule.

-      Must be a team player with a strong eye for detail.

-      Must be a certified pesticide applicator or in process of obtaining certification.

-      Must have a valid driver’s license

-      While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: speak and listen, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee is occasionally required to: stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.