Assistant Superintendent

Metedeconk National Golf Club is seeking an Assistant Golf Course Superintendent to join our golf course management team.

This position is an opportunity for a motivated turf professional to gain meaningful experience across all aspects of a complex 27-hole private golf operation. Our goal is not to have assistants specialize in one task indefinitely. Responsibilities are shared and rotated among the management team, providing exposure to agronomy, staff management, irrigation, applications, water management, projects, tournament preparation, and the day-to-day decision-making required to successfully manage a golf course.

We are looking for someone who wants responsibility, wants to continue learning, and ultimately wants to become a better turf manager.

The Opportunity

Metedeconk is a 27-hole facility with extensive practice areas and a large, diverse property. Maintaining the golf course requires coordination of multiple crews, changing daily course rotations, detailed water management, and the ability to adjust agronomic and operational decisions in real time.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Golf Course Superintendent and other assistants while also being given areas of responsibility to manage independently.

A major Rain Bird irrigation installation is scheduled to begin this fall. The project will provide direct exposure to a large-scale irrigation installation, contractor coordination, system design and implementation, troubleshooting, and the operational challenges of completing major infrastructure work while maintaining a functioning golf course.

For someone interested in eventually becoming a Golf Course Superintendent, the intent of this position is to provide experience that extends beyond simply performing daily maintenance tasks.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will evolve based on experience and development, but will include:

- Daily golf course setup and conditioning

- Crew leadership, scheduling, training, and supervision

- Irrigation operation, troubleshooting, repair, and water management

- Pesticide and fertilizer applications

- Moisture management and use of field data to guide agronomic decisions

- Implementation of fertility, plant-health, and growth-management programs

- Cultural practices including aerification, topdressing, seeding, and related programs

- Tournament and special-event preparation

- Coordination and execution of course-improvement projects

- Participation in the upcoming Rain Bird irrigation installation

- Equipment and resource coordination

- Rotating management responsibilities with other assistants

- Increasing independent decision-making as experience and trust develop

This position is best suited for someone who views an assistant role as a stage in their professional development rather than simply another job.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in the management of a 27-hole operation, lead employees, make decisions, work through a major irrigation installation, and gain experience across the areas that ultimately become the responsibility of a Golf Course Superintendent.

We don’t expect someone to arrive knowing everything.

We do expect them to show up, take ownership, ask questions, communicate, and want to get better.