Senior Assistant Superintendent Promontory Club Park City UT
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA), Park City
Senior Assistant Superintendent – Jack Nicklaus Painted Valley Signature Golf Course
Promontory Club, a private luxury mountain club, located in Park City, Utah, is seeking a Senior Assistant Superintendent to help lead the maintenance and operations of the Jack Nicklaus Painted Valley Signature golf course. This is a hands‑on leadership role working closely with the Superintendent to deliver exceptional playing conditions and support ongoing course improvements.
About Promontory
The Jack Nicklaus Signature course features a 8,098‑yard par‑72 championship golf course featuring undulated greens, wide rolling fairways, and a robust native area. In Fall of 2025, a full course bunker renovation began, expected to finish in the summer of 2026.
Promontory Club is a high‑end club which encompasses 11 square miles and features three golf courses: the Jack Nicklaus Painted Valley golf course, a Pete Dye Canyon course, and a newly opened Forrest Richardson 18‑hole par 3 course, along with an unmatched suite of luxury amenities. Promontory has earned national acclaim as a premier destination community where world‑class golf meets extraordinary mountain living.
Role and Responsibilities
- Managing and training staff (5 year‑round and up to 30 seasonally)
- Conducting morning job assignments and meetings using TaskTracker
- Logging fertilizer applications, topdressing applications, and cultivation practices in Greenskeeper
- Facilities daily practices such as course set up, hand watering, mowing, fertilizer applications, and large equipment operations
- Has a working knowledge of irrigation, fertilization (granular and foliar), tractors, small equipment, and spreaders/spray rigs
- Ensuring elite playing conditions, consistent from tee to green, and help achieve our goal of perpetual improvement
- Winter work consists of snow removal (snowplows, tractors, snow blowers, and hand‑shoveling)
What we’re looking for:
A motivated and organized leader, with an eye for detail, who enjoys problem solving, working in a team environment and strives to make course improvements and builds exceptional relationships with the maintenance staff, the professional golf staff, and our membership.
Qualifications
- 5+ years golf course/turf management experience
- 2 or 4 year degree/certificate in turf grass management
- Utah pesticide application license (or ability to obtain within 90 days)
- Strong leadership, communication, and organization skills
- Valid Driver’s License
- Having the ability to lift 50+ pounds and bend, balance, reach, stoop, kneel, and reach with both arms for sustained periods of time as the task dictates.
- Ability to work 40+ hours per week, including weekends and holidays
- Spanish speaking is a plus
Compensation
- $70,000 – $80,000 DOE (+ annual bonus)
- Healthcare, dental, and vision insurance
- 10 days PTO
- Annual GCSAA and local association dues paid
- Uniform Package
- Daily lunch during summer season
- Golf Privileges on all three courses