Landscaper - Driftwood Golf & Ranch Club

Responsible for maintaining the grounds of the club and residential homes. Responsibilities may include weeding (chemical and manual), lawn mowing, string trimming, edging, mulching, pruning, and raking. This position is key to maintaining a magnificent visual appeal to our members.

Key Responsibilities

• Water and maintain new plantings as well as annual plantings.
• Participate in leaf removal during dormant seasons, as needed, throughout property.
• Keep all work areas orderly and neat.
• Any other duties as assigned.
• Assist with landscape projects as requested.
• Attend department meetings and trainings as necessary.
• Report any safety or maintenance issues immediately to the Landscape Manager/Horticulturist.
• Safe operation of all hand tools, large and small equipment such as push mowers, zero turn mowers, skid steer, tractors and mini-excavator.
• Participate in daily set-up/closing of the departments’ tools and equipment.
• Maintain landscapes throughout golf course, club amenities, residential homes and common areas to include but not limited to weeding, lawn mowing, and string trimming, edging, mulching, fertilizing, pruning, and raking.
• Install new landscape plantings and annual color (spring and fall) at residential homes, on the golf course, and around the club.
• Basic knowledge of proper chemical and fertilizer applications to maintain a healthy and aesthetically pleasing landscape.

About Driftwood Golf and Ranch Club - https://www.driftwoodgolfclub.com/

With gentle, rolling hills featuring towering oak trees, native wildflowers, prickly pear cacti, and massive 50-foot cliffs above a flowing creek, Driftwood is Texas as you’ve always imagined it. Our private, 800-acre property gives members access to magnificent natural landscapes with sweeping and dramatic views of the Texas Hill Country, as well as 70-plus acres of vineyards, and a championship 18-hole golf course designed by renowned architect Tom Fazio. With two connected parcels – the Ranch, focused on a luxe golf lifestyle; and the Creek, featuring the property’s most scenic areas, including a vineyard – you’re free to choose the setting best suited to you and your family. Located just 25 minutes from Austin, our family-forward destination is at once rural and refined. It’s truly a vision of Texas unlike any other

About Discovery Land Company

Founded in 1994 by Michael S. Meldman, Discovery Land Company specializes in building luxury residential private club communities and resorts throughout North America. We have grown to be the premier player in the high-end resort residential niche with 20 world-class projects in our portfolio. Our communities are distinct with their own architectural styles, world-class amenities, and high levels of service.

We don’t build buildings, but rather we build settings where families can create intergenerational memories and enrich their lives in exquisite and untouched sanctuaries. These settings offer a casual and comfortable sense of community through outstanding clubhouses, premier golf courses, welcoming staff, world-class culinary offerings, and outdoor pursuits. To ease and enrich your experiences, Discovery holds itself to the highest of service standards. Every decision we make is driven by one fundamental objective: to make the time you spend with the people you care about most not merely enjoyable, but memorable.

We are extremely grateful to be recognized as one of the world’s top mid-sized employers for 2018 by Forbes magazine. For more information about our company - http://www.discoverylandco.com

Skills and Qualifications

• Ability to stay calm and focused during the busiest of times.
• Plant knowledge/Horticultural Practices knowledge a plus.
• Ability to learn and navigate the property to complete assigned job tasks.
• Possess a valid driver’s license and ability to operate vehicles properly and safely.
• Ability to work in a team environment and operate in a safe, professional manner at all times.
• Ability to operate landscape machinery such as push rotary mowers, string trimmers, backpack blowers, utility vehicles, and riding mowers.
• Ability to follow oral and written directions in English.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position including, but not limited to, working outdoors in all weather conditions, standing, walking, and moving for periods of greater than eight (8) hours, and lifting and carrying items sometimes greater than fifty (50) pounds.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.