Irrigation Technician Iii - Houston, United States - Texscape Services
Description
Texscapes Services
Monarch Landscape Companies is a family of successful landscape brands in five states across the central and western United States.
JOB SUMMARY:
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.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
- 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 PMI's
- Installation and programming all brands of controllers
- Installation of flow monitoring devises, wiring and testing
- Proper programing 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 24volt field wiring and solenoid issues
- Troubleshoot and program decoders on two wire systems
- Troubleshoot and repair backflow devices
- Understand proper controller programing
- 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
- Manage irrigation inventory
- Read and understand blueprints
- Other duties as assigned
Experience
- At least four years' commercial irrigation experience
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
License or Certification
- 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
Specialized Skills
- 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 and Outlook
- Ability to read, write and comprehend English
- Bilingual English/Spanish a plus
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram and/or schedule format
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk
- Frequently required to drive alone between job sites throughout the 810 hour workday
- Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, peripheral
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