Track SuperintendentPENN Entertainment
Job Summary
- Oversee the daily maintenance, preparation, and upkeep of the main racetrack surface to ensure it is maintained in a safe, consistent, and suitable condition for live racing, qualifying races, and training.
- Inspect the racetrack, backtrack, and paddock hill surfaces prior to racing and training activities and throughout the day as conditions warrant. Identify uneven areas, ruts, holes, soft spots, and other surface conditions that may affect the safety of horses, drivers, and track personnel.
- Remove snow from racetrack and surrounding areas in a timely manner.
- Operate and direct the use of graders, tractors, harrows, water trucks, rollers and other track maintenance equipment to maintain proper surface consistency, grading, and overall track condition.
- Maintain appropriate drainage and surface grading to minimize standing water, erosion, washouts, and other conditions that could compromise the usability or safety of the track.
- Evaluate track conditions before opening the surface for racing or training and promptly communicate any safety concerns, recommended corrective actions, or potential restrictions to Director of Racing.
- Adherence to all established PHRC safety regulations and company policies
- Ensure horse ambulance is ready for daily racing and training operations.Supervise track crew members by assigning daily tasks, scheduling, performing evaluations, payroll, training, and issuing disciplinary counseling.
- Ability to efficiently keep budgetary records and stay within allotted budget.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Regular and predictable attendance required and ability to work nights, weekends and holidays as per Racing schedule.
- Oversee the daily preparation and operation of the paddock area for live racing, qualifiers and other scheduled racing activities.
- Ensure paddock stalls, walkways, entrances, exits, and designated work areas are clean, organized and maintained in a safe, and serviceable condition.
- Coordinate paddock readiness and race-day schedules with Racing Operations and the appropriate racing officials.
- Monitor paddock operations throughout the racing program and promptly address operational issues that could affect safety or the racing schedule.
- Supervise, schedule, and assign duties to paddock employees.
- Ensure paddock is cleaned following racing on a daily basis.
- Conduct routine inspections of paddock stalls, gates, fencing, doors, walkways, lighting, and other facility components and report issues or hazards.