Position: Assistant Head Greenkeeper
Location: Dual sites
- Bromley Golf Centre, Magpie Hall Ln, Bromley BR2 8JF
- High Elms Golf Course, High Elms Rd, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JL
Salary: £25,875 p.a. plus Benefits
Job Type : 40 hours Permanent
Closing date: 31st December 2024
Key Duties
To support the Head Greenkeeper and deputise in their absence:
- The programming and supervising of Golf greenkeeping operations.
- To keep detailed and accurate records of work completed and maintenance carried out.
- To supervise by planning, motivating, and controlling all associated maintenance across the whole course.
- To plan, organise, and undertake maintenance operations so that the golf course is ready for play whilst causing the least amount of disruption to players and to ensure that no changes occur that could cause a competition to be declared void.
- To identify pest, weed or disease problems and carry out appropriate cultural or chemical control of affected areas. To set-up, calibrate and check spraying equipment.
- To assist in the surveying, planning and construction of new greens, tees and bunker around the course.
- To assist in the production of liquid and granular fertilising equipment and to evenly distribute appropriate feed to greens and tees.
Qualifications/Experience
- A minimum of two years’ experience of grounds maintenance/green keeping.
- Qualifications specific to the operation of machinery & Greenkeeping.
- NVQ Level 2 Sports Turf Qualified or equivalent desirable but not essential.
Benefits:
In return you get to work for a great company with like-minded people with a competitive salary and benefits package including:
- Free access to Mytime Leisure & Golf for you and one other.
- 29 days annual leave (including bank holidays). Additional leave with length of service.
- 25% off food and beverage and free hot drinks.
- Early Pay- withdraw a part of your salary in advance of the pay day.
- New Employee Referral Bonus
- Exceptional achievement award scheme.
- Employee discount & salary sacrifice schemes.
About us:
We are an independent social enterprise on a mission to improve wellbeing through our range of accessible services. These include golf, swimming, gyms, bowling, social and health programmes at 20 locations across Bromley, the Midlands and Hampshire. We reinvest our profits into the long-term wellbeing of our local communities, and to date we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of people to live a happier and healthier lifestyle.
- All offers of employment are conditional upon you signing the contract of employment and:
- Satisfactory health clearance;
- Two satisfactory references;
- Proof of attainment of qualifications;
- Evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom; and
** Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if needed for the role*
Mytime Active applies its Equal Opportunities Policy at all stages of recruitment and selection.
Mytime Active reserve the right to remove the advert for this role as required.
