Irrigation Technician III

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Monarch Landscape Companies is a family of successful landscape brands in eight states across the United States. We are a values-based learning organization committed to being the best place to work as a landscape professional. Our approach to investing in people is simple. We put the Field First!

This posting remains open year-round as we are always looking for great people to join our team! If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit your application and we will reach out shortly.

Responsible and capable of all types of repairs both hydraulic and electrical commercial irrigation system. Assist Branch Manager or Irrigation Manager in scheduling and supervising any Technician I & II.

• Always abide by company code of conduct and safety standards
• Trench, backfill and excavate soil for irrigation repairs or installations
• Maintain organize, stocked and clean irrigation truck and tools
• Maintain job site safe, clean, and organized condition
• Ability to understand and follow all standard irrigation procedures safely
• Ability to understand irrigation components and terminology
• Ability to understand replace and adjust both spray heads and rotors properly
• Ability to understand, manually operate irrigation valves, replacement and adjustments
• Ability to understand complete irrigation forms for material usage and work request
• Inspects equipment to ensure good working order and charged prior to arriving at job site or leaving the yard
• Efficiently and completely perform irrigation inspections and mapping
• Installation of landscape drainage
• Ability to troubleshoot irrigation problems and coverage issues
• Repair and install PVC up to and including 3"
• Repairs and replaces RVC’s up to including 3"
• Ability to operate irrigation system from the clock and make program adjustments
• Ability to understand and troubleshoot both hydraulic and electrical issues
• Ability to utilize, tracker, toner, voltmeter, ground fault locator
• Ability to layout and design of all types of sprinkler heads
• Ability to understand and install drip irrigation and the maintenance required
• Ability to safely operation of a trencher
• Ability to organize paperwork, timecards and inventory of truck
• Assist with creating work orders and can estimate minor irrigation repairs and upgrades
• Assist with providing complete and legible irrigation inspections
• Can identify minor irrigation upgrades, field notes and basic site maps
• Can perform and record complete PMIs
• Installation and programming all brands of controllers
• Installation of flow monitoring devises, wiring and testing
• Proper programming of flow devices
• Design and Installation of landscape drainage
• Troubleshoot irrigation problems and coverage issues
• Repair and install PVCs up to and including 4" and thrust blocks
• Repair and install RVCs up to and including 4"
• Operate irrigation system from the clock or remote by computer
• Ability to layout design of all types of sprinkler heads
• Ability to write proposals pertaining to repair, upgrades, and installations
• Capable of two-wire troubleshooting and installation
• Installation, design and maintenance of drip irrigation
• Troubleshoot 24-volt field wiring and solenoid issues
• Troubleshoot and program decoders on two wire systems
• Troubleshoot and repair backflow devices
• Understand proper controller programming
• Assist with irrigation design in installation layout
• Assist with hiring and training of Technician I & II
• Create complete job start up inspections and proposals
• Create work orders, estimate irrigation repairs and upgrades
• Read and understand blueprints
• Other duties as assigned

• At least four years’ commercial irrigation experience

• As required by state and federal law
• Valid driver license issued by the state where employed
• Backflow Assembly Tester (BAT) License in state where employed preferred

• Strong sense of customer service and urgency
• Effective oral and written communication
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Ability to work autonomously
• Organizational skills
• Flexibility
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Excel, Word…