Golf Course Superintendent, FireRock Club

Position: Golf Course Superintendent, FireRock Country Club Golf Course SuperintendentThe Triumph Group (Fire Rock Country Club) – Fountain Hills, AZ, United StatesTagged: Golf Course SuperintendentJob Title: Head Golf Course SuperintendentReports to: General Manager/Chief Operating Officer (COO)Compensation: $175,000 – $200,000 Base Salary, plus Annual IncentiveRelocation: Relocation Assistance Provided by ClubAddress: Fire Rock Country Club6000 East Fire Rock Country Club Drive, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268About Fire Rock Country ClubFire Rock Country Club is a member-owned premier private club located slightly northeast of Scottsdale, Arizona. The Club golf venues include an 18-hole championship golf course. The 18-hole course, designed by Gary Panks, opened in 2000 and was voted by the Arizona Republic as the “Best New Golf Course,” and it has continued to live up to its lofty status ever since.The course is meticulously crafted from the desert terrain, with lush, rolling fairways that hug canyon washes, elevated tee boxes exposing spectacular scenery, and undulating greens that provide the ultimate risk-reward opportunities on every hole. In 2019, the bunkers were renovated. In 2025, Stadium Zoysia was installed on all tees, fairways, and surrounds, along with a new irrigation system.The Club offers unparalleled golf, exquisite dining, and other unsurpassed amenities, including tennis, fitness, swimming, and exceptional dining. What separates the Club from others is its down-home charm and restful escape from everyday life.For more information on the Club, visit Position SummaryThe Head Golf Course Superintendent is responsible for maintaining, improving, and managing the golf course, Clubhouse grounds, landscaping, and the equipment used to maintain these areas. The Head Golf Course Superintendent will fulfill these responsibilities as a hands-on leader through positive, effective leadership by developing, training, managing, and coaching the golf course and grounds team.Essential Job FunctionsMaintaining the Club’s 18-hole golf course and practice areas to ensure exemplary playing conditions at all times.Maintaining the Club’s grounds and landscaping to ensure they are pristine and provide an ambiance aligned with the environment, seasons, and the Club’s expectations.Providing the proper care of the golf course, grounds and landscaping, including turf management, irrigation, fertilization and pesticide applications.Inspecting the golf course, grounds and landscaping regularly to evaluate, recommend/implement routine and large-scale improvements.Working with the General Manager to plan maintenance, improvement and renovation projects. Presenting information and explaining ideas, concepts, plans, and activities with clarity and composure.Preparing and managing annual budgets for maintenance and capital improvements in accordance with established maintenance standards and long-range plans.Approving all golf course and landscaping expenditures and exercising cost control measures to keep operating and capital expenses in line with the approved budgets.Planning and directing all maintenance and project work, applying agronomic, business, and administrative expertise to achieve outstanding course maintenance standards and long-range goals.Creating an effective team through positive leadership and recruiting, hiring, developing, managing, coaching, and training the golf course and grounds team.Researching, sourcing, recommending, and acquiring equipment and supplies to maintain the course, Club grounds, and landscaping.Overseeing equipment maintenance programs and inventory control. Maintaining accountability for the cost, utilization, and performance of equipment.Ensuring drainage, irrigation, and watering systems are properly designed,…