Irrigation Technician

City of Allen•Plano, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to ensure City and golf course irrigation systems are installed and operating correctly. This is accomplished by surveying the perimeter, identifying installation needs, operating appropriate equipment such as tractors, installing irrigation systems, inspecting existing irrigation systems, performing preventative maintenance and repairing irrigation systems as needed. Other duties may include completing work orders, tracking supplies and installation costs, assisting other employees as needed and interfacing with other City employees and citizens. This position does not provide direction to other employees.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent with six (6) months/one year of advanced study or training past the high school equivalency and one (1) year of relevant experience.
Safe driving record and Valid Texas Driver’s License
Clear criminal background check and pre-employment drug screen
Ability to recognize meaning of common two- or three-syllable words.
Ability to deal with system of real numbers; practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios/proportions and measurement.
Ability to write simple sentences containing subject, verb, and object, and/or series of numbers, names, and addresses.

Responsibilities

Ensures maintenance of the City parks and golf course by performing installations of irrigation systems, digging trenches for installations, surveying perimeters, reading work orders, assisting other employees, operating tractors, voltimeters and other equipment and completing the appropriate paperwork.
Performs repairs to City irrigation systems by identifying faulty or problematic parts, replacing and repairing parts when appropriate, digging to view parts of the Irrigation system, retrieving needed parts and equipment, operating equipment and machinery such as trenchers, handling tools such as saws, hammers and chain locks, performing preventative maintenance, wiring irrigation clocks, locating and repairing leaks and completing appropriate paperwork.
Maintains the integrity of irrigation work by completing inspection paperwork, testing irrigation systems, indicating problems with systems, producing work orders, tracking labor costs and filing paperwork when needed.
Provides preventative maintenance to City parks, golf course and irrigation systems by inspecting irrigation systems, determining possible repairs or upgrades, addressing problematic systems as identified by others and completing work orders for identified needs.