Senior Irrigation Technician
About this role
Work With The Best
We are building the premier outdoor living company in the country by creating a “family of family companies” across the nation. Now you can build your landscaping career with the best, working in one of our many company locations nationwide. Learn from the top experts in the field and work on some of the country’s largest and most complex landscape projects. Take advantage of opportunities to share and exchange best practices across our network. The opportunities are endless.
Senior Irrigation Technician
Designs by Sundown has an excellent career opportunity for a highly experienced Senior Irrigation Technician servicing high-end residential landscape properties. An industry-leading water-wise company, Designs by Sundown is a full-service landscape architecture, design, construction, and maintenance firm. As a senior member of the irrigation team, you will hold a key leadership position installing, troubleshooting, repairing, and monitoring all aspects of computerized, centralized, and large-scale irrigation systems, while mentoring junior technicians and serving as the go-to expert for complex system issues.
Responsibilities
- Activate and winterize client irrigation systems, including complex, large-scale, and centralized systems
- Perform property/system checks according to contracts, and conduct quality-control inspections of work completed by other technicians
- Serve as the primary point of escalation to troubleshoot and diagnose broken, faulty, or complex irrigation components that junior technicians are unable to resolve
- Create and sell proposals for repair and/or upgrades to irrigation system components, and review or approve proposals developed by junior staff
- Dig up, repair, and install irrigation components
- Manage water usage for individual properties through proper programming and adjustment of irrigation controllers, including centralized and smart-controller platforms
- Balance the water demands of a highly maintained landscape with wise environmental stewardship practices
- Verify that industry standards are being met during installation and repairs of irrigation components across the team's work
- Train, mentor, and provide day-to-day technical guidance to junior irrigation technicians
- Assist management with scheduling, workflow coordination, and process improvement for the irrigation department
- Maintain direct relationships with key and VIP clients on the company's most complex or highest-value properties
- Job responsibilities and duties may change from time to time
Experience/Certifications
- 4+ years of proven troubleshooting and repair experience in a residential or commercial irrigation technician role (Required)
- Demonstrated experience working with computerized, centralized, or smart-controller irrigation systems
- Prior experience training, mentoring, or overseeing the work of other irrigation technicians (Preferred)
- Previous residential irrigation assembly and installation experience
- Extensive field experience within the landscape industry (maintenance or construction)
- Strong client-facing communication skills, with experience managing high-end residential accounts (Preferred)
- Valid Driver's License (Required)
- Certified Irrigation Technician (Required)
- Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor or equivalent advanced irrigation certification (Preferred)
The Perks
401(k) plan with company match
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
FSA/HSA
PerkSpot
Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
Paid time Off
Tuition Reimbursement (after one year of service)
Pay Transparency
Mariani Enterprises LLC is committed to pay transparency and equity among all employees and provides employees with an environment where pay transparency and dialogue on compensation are allowed. Mariani Enterprises LLC complies with Equal Employment Opportunity laws as well as federal, state, and local laws on compensation, pay transparency, and pay equity.
Position Range:
$28.00 - $35.00
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Mariani Enterprises, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment with regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, age, sex (including sexual harassment), sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, military status or unfavorable discharge from military service or any other characteristic protected by law.
Company at a glance
For more than 60 years, Mariani Landscape has been the trusted market leader in the residential landscape industry, and has earned a reputation for designing, constructing, maintaining, and enhancing extraordinary and innovative landscapes. Chairman Frank Mariani is fond of saying, “Let’s make our next project our best project.” Our over 800 devoted employees in the Chicago area share in this passion for excellence, delivering personalized, hand-made service to multiple generations of clients.
Known for our distinct Mariani mint green trucks, the company is recognized nationally for its award-winning design, best-of-class landscape practices, game-changing innovation, and continuing thought leadership. This includes professional organizations such as Acanthus, The Professional Landcare Network, the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association, National Landscape Contractors Association, and Luxe RED, among others.
Now Mariani Landscape is building the best residential landscape firm in the world by creating a “family of family companies” across the nation. Mariani Landscape is elevating the residential landscape industry as a whole by partnering with other premium, family-owned landscape companies to deliver even better client experiences, providing the best career opportunities for associates, and being the best stewards of the earth.
Top Benefits
- 401k plan with company match
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- FSA/HSA
- PerkSpot
- Long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
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