We're looking to hire an experienced Irrigation Technician to join our commercial landscaping company here in Macomb, MI 48042.
Must have previous Irrigation experience.
We offer the most competitive wages & benefits in town, Ranging from $22/hr up to $30/hr for Irrigation Technicians plus performance bonuses and sales commissions.
U.S. Lawns of Macomb/Troy is growing, and we are looking for an experienced Irrigation Technician who wants more than just another hourly position.
We are not looking for someone to simply complete service calls every day. We are looking for a dependable, motivated professional who takes ownership of their work, enjoys solving problems, communicates well with customers, and wants the opportunity to help build and eventually lead a growing irrigation division.
If you are ready to have your experience, ideas, and work ethic make a real impact, this could be the career move you have been looking for.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
- Pay based on experience, performance, and qualifications
- Performance bonuses
- Sales commissions on repairs, upgrades, and new business opportunities
- Health insurance options
- Nearly year-round employment
- Overtime opportunities during the landscape season
- Professional uniforms and well-maintained equipment
- Ongoing training and career advancement
- Opportunity to grow into a Division Manager or leadership role
WHY THIS POSITION IS DIFFERENT
- This is more than a standard technician position.
- You will have the opportunity to help build and grow our irrigation division, improve systems and procedures, develop long-term customer relationships, identify repairs and upgrades, earn commissions, and work directly with ownership.
- As the division grows, the right person will have the opportunity to take on more responsibility, help train future team members, and potentially oversee the department.
Client Management
- Perform irrigation startups, winterizations, inspections, troubleshooting, and repairs
- Install and repair controllers, valves, wiring, rotors, spray heads, drip irrigation, and piping
- Program and troubleshoot irrigation controllers
- Diagnose system issues and recommend practical improvements
- Maintain accurate service records
Major Job Responsibilities
- Professionally represents U.S. Lawns at all times.
- Able to respond properly to the client and follow up to make sure their needs have been completed to their satisfaction.
- Keeps the Owner/Manager aware of all client concerns and communication on the job site.
- Maintains positive, responsive and flexible attitude to all clients.
- Inspects site and advises client of potential liabilities.
- Can effectively communicate in English and/or Spanish what is to be learned.
Safety Management
- Maintains and promotes safe working conditions in the field at all times
- Wears and maintains required PPE at all times as per local, state, federal, and OSHA laws.
- Ensures and maintains secure storage of all products and work areas by local, state, federal and OSHA laws.
Brand Compliance
- Maintains clean, neat and professional image of service vehicle & equipment
Equipment Management
- Ensures all assigned equipment, tools, safety items, vehicles & trailers or other items are maintained in proper working order by following proper maintenance and inventory schedules.
- Is accountable for neglect and abuse of assigned equipment
- Maintains and secures equipment to include the functionality, storage and cleanliness; operates all specialty equipment used in the field under manufacturer’s and Owner’s directions.
Quality Control/Scheduling
- QUALITY CONTROL
- Able to maintain all jobs to bid specifications
- Maintain client satisfaction (internal and external) to ensure jobs are renewed.
- Ensures that all disturbed areas for trenching or digging are repaired back to original site specifications
- IRRIGATION
- Knows the location of all water meters and backflow shut-off devices for each job site.
- Keeps owner/manager aware irrigation repairs needed.
- Monitors all irrigation controllers.
- Has zero loss of plant material due to poor controller monitoring.
Field Operations
- Test and run and inspect each system and record notes of the system on the Irrigation Service Request form.
- Set controllers according to contractual obligations always adhering to a water-wise approach.
- Make necessary adjustments such as adjusting Irrigation patterns, dates, times, and frequencies on timer clock/controller.
- Make necessary repairs such as breaks in the line, bad heads, nozzles, valves, wiring, etc.
- Record all work including hours spent, materials used and recommendation if renovations are required.
- Locates existing backflows, controllers, zones and valves and prepares zone charts/diagrams/legends for the systems
- Can work independently in the absence of supervision
- Can remain flexible for working with a variety of tasks daily
- Can remain on-call to respond to emergency situations.
Office and Administration
- Able to read and write English and follow written and oral instruction.
- Can organize and implement work schedule.
- Responsible for completing all require forms and following outlined procedures, both of which may change from time to time
- Keeping up with current industry products and equipment
- Follow current local, state and federal irrigation regulations and licensing
- Maintain area for irrigation parts/supplies and properly insure safety of fellow employees and self
- Shall possess a valid State driver’s license appropriate to the class and capability of the vehicle(s) that they are assigned to operate, and driving record must meet company standards as well as the State requirements where the vehicle is driven.
Typical Qualifications
To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills
While performing duties, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; may read and interpret data, information and documents; observe and respond to people and situations; learn and apply new information or skills; work under deadlines; and interact with others encountered in the course of work.
Physical Demands
The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
NEARLY YEAR-ROUND CAREER OPPORTUNITY
- This position offers far more than a typical seasonal technician role.
- For most of the year, you will stay busy working in irrigation and supporting other areas of the business. During the winter months, you will become an important part of our snow and ice management team by operating commercial snow removal equipment and servicing commercial properties.
- Outside of snow events, you may assist with equipment maintenance, inventory and material organization, planning and scheduling, property inspections, proposal development, and the sales process.
- While there may be a brief slowdown during the winter depending on weather conditions, this position is designed to keep key employees working and involved in the business for the vast majority of the year.
BUILD MORE THAN A CAREER
- Our goal is to build one of the premier commercial irrigation divisions in Southeast Michigan.We are not just hiring a technician. We are looking for a future leader.
- If you are ready to earn more, take on greater responsibility, and help build something exceptional, we would like to hear from you.
Apply today and grow your career with U.S. Lawns of Macomb/Troy.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to $30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
Experience:
- Irrigation: 1 year (Required)
- Landscape maintenance: 1 year (Required)
- Landscaping: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person
