Are you a proactive, detail-oriented mechanic with a passion for quality and continuous improvement? If so, we would love to hear from you.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Groundcare Mechanic to join our team on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Workshop Manager within the Greenkeeping Department, you will play a key role in maintaining, servicing, and repairing a wide range of groundcare machinery, vehicles, and specialist turf equipment across our eight golf courses.
Working closely with our four greenkeeping teams, you will help ensure that all equipment operates safely, efficiently and to the highest standard-minimising downtime and enabling our teams to deliver outstanding playing surfaces every day.
Key Responsibilities
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Service, maintain, and repair a wide range of machinery, including mowers, tractors, utility vehicles, and golf buggies
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Diagnose mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic faults quickly and accurately
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Carry out routine inspections and preventative maintenance
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Prepare machinery for daily operations, seasonal requirements, and major events
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Sharpen cutting units and maintain precision turf equipment
St Andrews, separating the farmland and the dunes of the beach, was ideal for golf and, in 1552, Archbishop Hamilton issued a Charter formally recognising the right of the people of St Andrews to use the Links for golf.
Over centuries a recognised routing with set holes took shape and by 1764 18 holes were established, becoming the standard bearer for the game wherever it is played.
Over the next 250 years St Andrews Links would be transformed, undertaking a dramatic transformation of the golfing landscape with six further golf courses, three clubhouses, a state-of-the-art Golf Academy and five official stores, all making it the most renowned golf complex in the world.
If you love golf then there is no better place to work, however that isn’t essential to be a success here. As a custodian of the Links, we don’t need you to be a golfer, we simply need you to be brilliant at what you do and appreciate the game.
St Andrews Links, Pilmour House, St Andrews, KY16 9SF
