**Gold Coast | RACV Royal Pines Resort**:
- **Full-time**:
- **$59,600 Base + Penalties weekends & public holidays + 11% Super | Discounts on RACV products and resorts**
**Great things start here**
Be part of a purpose-driven organisation creating meaningful travel and leisure experiences, useful home products and services, better outcomes for drivers, and a cleaner energy future.
At RACV Royal Pines Resort, a short drive from Surfers Paradise set on a championship golf course with spacious rooms and authentic culinary experiences, enjoy the best of tourism and have room to grow in a changing industry that's yours to shape.
Join our supportive leisure team whose job it is to help people live their best lives — whether they’re on holiday, visiting an attraction or treating loved ones to a special experience.
**About the Opportunity**
An exciting prospect has arisen for a qualified Horticulturist to join our golf course maintenance team.
In this role, you will contribute towards developing, maintaining and presenting the gardens of the golf course and resort.
**This could be just the right role for you?**
Reporting to the Golf Course Superintendent, you will be responsible for carrying out works in a quality, efficient and cost effective manner, to enhance the resort experience for our members and guests.
Your key responsibilities for the role include:
- General garden maintenance, pruning, trimming hedges, fertilising sub-tropical & native ornamental plants & gardens cutting greens, rough & general greenkeeping mowing duties
- Handle, transport & store chemicals to control pest, weeds & diseases
- Operate equipment and machinery, including tree chainsaw operation, performing safe work practices
- Complete project works & contribute to the landscape maintenance program
- Build strong relationships with suppliers & contractors and interact with guests to provide a high standard of customer service
Royal Pines is open 7 days week.
Our golf course maintenance team work 38 hours per week.
Shift time are Monday-Thursday 5.30am-2pm, Friday 5.30am-11.30am and one rotating weekend (Saturday & Sunday morning) per month.
Availability to work these hours is required.
**What you’ll need to be successful**
- Certificate 3 in Horticulture qualification, essential
- Experience &knowledge; of commercial gardening/landscaping techniques and operations, golf course maintenance, plant varieties, chemical use in a golf course or resort
- Operate equipment, basic repairs and maintenance
- First Aid Certificate, desirable
- Strong communication & interpersonal skills and excellent personal presentation
- Work well in a team environment
- Demonstrate attention to detail, take pride in your work, use initiative and can problem solve
- Ability to perform physical requirements of manual labour & heavy lifting
- Interest in the golf industry, an advantage
**We are Offering**
- Competitive salary + penalties weekends & public holidays + 11% super
- Discounts on RACV products & resorts
- Uniform + free parking onsite
- Employee of the month recognition
**The RACV difference**
Be part of a team who cares.
Back your ambition and find a new career with RACV.
**Application process**
- Applicants will be required to provide evidence of their eligibility to work in Australia, and consent to a criminal record_ _check.
Submit your CV via the link.
📌 Horticulturist
🏢 RACV
📍 Australia