Currahee Club, located in Toccoa, GA, is pleased to announce an excellent career opportunity for a full-time, Assistant Mechanic! We are seeking a driven individual who is eager to learn, contribute, and grow within a fast-paced hospitality-focused property organization. As part of Troon, you’ll contribute to a global leader in golf and community management.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise and participate in all equipment maintenance to include mower grinding and sharpening, backlapping and setting heights of cut, daily equipment and height of cut inspections, fabrication and welding, engine and transmission work, and vendor and manufacturer correspondence including parts ordering and troubleshooting
- Manage all shop operations in the Equipment Manager's absence
- Overhaul and repair maintenance vehicles, mower equipment and other power equipment
- Inspect equipment for operating deficiencies and make routine adjustments where necessary
- Respond to equipment failures in the field
- Maintain knowledge of the theory, care and operation of internal combustion engines, hydraulic systems and mowing equipment maintenance such as grinding, sharpening and adjustment
- Receive, unload, and pick up material deliveries at shop and other shipping and receiving areas
- Assist in controlling tool access and use by maintenance staff
- Monitor and maintain grass dump and wash bay area
- Participate in effective equipment orientation and training with staff members; assist in developing ongoing training programs
- Maintain appropriate records
- Ensure proper calibration of all spraying and fertilizer equipment
- Maintain equipment service and storage areas in clean working order
- Monitor fuel storage facilities, track staff fuel usage, and ensure proper mixing and handling procedures are followed
- Assist the team with wintertime snow removal and plowing as needed
- May be relied upon for overtime
- Oversee and participate in the maintenance of other department's vehicles and equipment
- Incorporate safe work practices in job performance
- Regular and reliable attendance
- Maintain a professional standard at Juniper Preserve including but not limited to appearance, interaction with members, associates, and guests of the resort, verbal discussions and written correspondence; do not discuss work-related issues with members and resort guests
- Maintain a positive attitude and the flexibility to take on new and different tasks as assigned by the Director of Agronomy and Equipment Manager
Qualifications:
- Working knowledge of the general operation of gasoline and diesel engines
- Knowledge of the proper methods for servicing equipment, sharpening reels and adjustment of all mowing equipment
- Ability to use common mechanical tools and understand and follow written and oral instructions
- A minimum of three years of experience as a golf course equipment technician or experience in a related field
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, members, and the general public
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Supervise appropriate groundskeepers and foreman with daily job duties
- Position may also be called upon to supervise additional staff seasonally
Certificates/Licenses:
- Valid Driver's License
- Mechanics Certificate from Gas and Diesel Engine Training Seminar or equivalent work experience
Working Conditions:
- Occasionally works in wet or humid conditions (non-weather); with toxic or caustic materials; in extreme cold or heat (non-weather); may experience vibration
- Regularly works in outdoor weather conditions and may face the risk of electrical shock or encounter fumes or airborne particles
- Frequently works in areas near moving mechanical parts where noise level is loud
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
Regularly lifts 25–50 pounds and occasionally may lift up to 100 pounds
Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
About Troon
Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, Troon is the world’s largest professional club management company, that specializes in services in golf, hospitality, and residential communities. With more than 900 locations in 45+ states and 27+ countries, Troon is a leading employer in hospitality. Guided by values that emphasize being infectiously energetic, consciously kind, and humbly prosperous, Troon offers professionals the opportunity to grow and succeed within a globally respected organization. Learn more at www.troon.com (http://www.troon.com/).
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