Commensurate with qualifications and experience. The Club offers a competitive salary, paid time off accrual, and benefits package for the GCS position. Benefits include competitive health, dental, and vision insurance with 80% of plan paid by employer. Short term disability and additional supplemental benefits through benefits provider. 401(k) program with a first 3% company match.
Waterfall Club is seeking a Golf Course Team Leader with a passion for providing consistently exceptional golfing conditions. This individual must have a focus on teaching and developing team members within the Club’s collaborated and transparent culture. An attention to detail will serve well and complement the plentiful long-range mountain and lake view from the golf course. Creativity and innovation also are admirable attributes given the many unique operating conditions of the course, the mountain / lake community, the Blue Ridge Mountains, and Northeast Georgia. Strong agronomic, organizational, communication, and leadership skills are essential to the success of the position and the Waterfall Club overall.
Overview of Waterfall Club Golf Course Operations
1.25M golf maintenance budget
10,100 rounds anticipated in 2022
100% Cart Rounds
L-93 Bentgrass Greens and Collars, early spring and fall greens speed expectations are faster than summer
Tall Fescue roughs with some Bluegrass
Zeon Zoysia fairways, approaches, and tee boxes
First Tee Time: 8:00 am (daylight savings time)
Irrigation System: Toro Lynx / Osmac radio control
Golf Course Architect: Scott Pool
Redesign: Bergin Golf Design 2020 - 2022
Average Age 58, strong multi-generational club and golf usage
Currently 320 Full (golf) memberships, potentially targeting 375 as membership cap
Overview of Waterfall Club Golf Course Operations
1.37M golf maintenance budget
10,100 rounds anticipated in 2022
100% Cart Rounds
L-93 Bentgrass Greens and Collars, early spring and fall greens speed expectations are faster than summer
Tall Fescue roughs with some Bluegrass
Zeon Zoysia fairways, approaches, and tee boxes
First Tee Time: 8:00 am (daylight savings time)
Irrigation System: Toro Lynx / Osmac radio control
Golf Course Architect: Scott Pool
Redesign: Bergin Golf Design 2020 - 2022
Average Age 58, strong multi-generational club and golf usage
Currently 320 Full (golf) memberships, potentially targeting 375 as membership cap
Golf Course Superintendent Job Description
The Golf Course Superintendent (GCS) reports directly to the Club’s General Manager. The GCS is a key leader in the Club and expected to be a visible presence among the turf team, peers, and members. The culture of the turf team and team leaders being a part of the golfing experience is consistent with the desire of both membership and ownership. Responsibilities include the full maintenance, management, preparation and conditioning of the golf course and full club grounds. The GCS must be an excellent communicator and value collaboration when leading the turf team but also when managing ‘up’ to supervisors / ownership or laterally with peers and other department heads within the club. A commitment to learning the nuances and club culture geared to exceed the expectations of an elite but welcoming membership is encouraged because the ‘Waterfall Way’ is in many ways unique and does not follow a ‘playbook’. Waterfall Club is in the relationship building business and valuing people as the most important club asset is the path to success.
INITIAL AREAS OF FOCUS
Collaborate with management, advisors, managing partner and turf team to understand expectations of course conditions
Develop an agronomic plan with seasonality and concentration of summer play in consideration
Incorporate working SOPs and implement additional standards for optimal course conditions
Build a strong team while minimizing turnover
Incorporate additional labor strategies such as H2B visa workers and internships from reputable turf programs
Create a teaching and nurturing learning environment for personal and professional development
Develop a strong relationship with key Club Team Members and ownership
Preparing a thoughtful letter of interest and alignment with the above application expectations is required. Address the letter to Waterfall Club General Manager - Jason LeBlanc and send by email to jleblanc@thewaterfallclub.com Please include why you (and family, if applicable) are uniquely qualified to fill the GCS position at Waterfall Club. Include explanation of your ability to thrive both personally and professionally not only at the club but in the Northeast Georgia Mountains.
About Waterfall Club
Waterfall Club is a private golf, sports, and social club with 540 members located in a lush mountain setting 800 feet above the beautiful Lake Burton in Rabun County, Georgia – county seat of Clayton. Waterfall Club desires to be “an exclusive playground for its members and their guests”. The club assets are owned by a small private group of investors, most of which are members and have homes in and around Lake Burton. Membership is a non-equity scenario and annual full membership dues are roughly $10,000. The clubhouses, golf course, and maintenance facility are located within a gated community with 210 lots and approximately 50 single family homes, mostly second and vacation homes. Most members have homes on or around Lake Burton and roughly 25% are considered full time residents of the community or lake.
