Irrigation Technician

City of Aurora, Colorado

It is an exciting time to work for the City of Aurora, we're growing and looking for dedicated and collaborative individuals to join our team of talented and valued employees. Excellent organizations have a set of principles, or core values, that are used to implement their mission and vision. Those values represent the touchstone for the organization, guiding the decisions of the individuals and the organization. At the City of Aurora, we demonstrate our excellence by modeling the CORE 4 Values of: Integrity, Respect, Professionalism, and Customer Service, and we welcome all who share these values to apply.
 
Why Work for Aurora?

• Make a difference in the lives of real people every day
• Diverse community
• Competitive total compensation package
• Well-Funded General Employees Retirement Plan
• Light rail station minutes away
• On-site fitness center and overall employee well-being programs Internal educational programs to assist with career advancement
• Access to innovation workspaces

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Hiring Salary: $21.60 - $33.75/hour

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & WORKING CONDITIONS

An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be considered.

Education: 

• High School Diploma or GED.

Experience: 

• At least 4 years of experience in maintenance, and at least one year of Irrigation experience.
• Experience to include mainline and lateral repairs, valve repair, electrical components, and radios.
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience that demonstrates required knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.

Licenses and Certifications Required: 

• Class  B Commercial Driver’s License with airbrakes and tanker endorsement required in first 6 months
• Certified Irrigation Technician (Irrigation Association) within 12 months
• Sustainable Landscape Manager cert required within six months of employment.
• Certified Landscape Technician (Irrigation) required within six months of employment.
• Annual reuse water training cert required within six months of employment.
• Confined space cert required within six months of employment.
• Cross Connection Control and Backflow Prevention Device Tester Certifications within six months of employment.
• Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (Preferred)
• May require additional licensing and/or certification appropriate to assigned function.
• This position may require the incumbent to occasionally use personal equipment (e.g. vehicle, cell phone, tools, etc.) in the course of their employment.

Knowledge: 

• Knowledge of practices, procedures, equipment, and systems related to irrigation.
• Reads blueprints.
• Applicable safety practices and procedures.
• Water conservation principles and practices.

Abilities: 

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees and citizens.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Read detailed instructions, diagrams, and schematics.
• Maintain records and logs.
• Organize, coordinate, and direct the work of others.
• Able to complete repetitive lifting tasks.
• Perform activities common to assigned maintenance function.

Skills: 

• Skill in the use of tools and equipment related to parks maintenance and irrigation construction functions.
• Intermediate computer skills and related software applications.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Essential Personnel:

• When a local announcement of emergency or disaster is declared by the city, all City of Aurora employees may be required to work as essential personnel.

Physical Demands: 

• Moderate to heavy physical work depending upon assigned function; may require ability to lift a maximum of 100 pounds.
• May lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Considerable walking and standing.
• Frequently performs activities requiring a full range of body movement including bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, and climbing.
• Hand/eye and hand/foot coordination for operation of tools, equipment, and vehicles.
• Vision to read manuals, record data, and monitor/observe instruments and gauges.
• Hearing/listening for troubleshooting and warning signals.
• Speech communication to provide technical information and communicate with employees and citizens.

Work Environment: 

• Works both indoors and outdoors with exposure to all weather conditions, noise, fumes, dust, and chemicals.
• Work may be performed in a confined space; and
• Able to work weekends.

Equipment Used: 

• Operates tools, equipment, and vehicles common to parks construction and maintenance.
• Operates vehicles such as dump trucks, snowplows, tractors, and various specialized equipment (such as heavy and light loaders, backhoes, skid loaders, trenchers, and graders) used for park facility irrigation installation and maintenance.
• Computers with related office and irrigation software. 
• Computerized communication devices.

For Veterans preference:  Please show all of your employment history, including military service and related documentation (DD214) on the application.
           
The City of Aurora is an equal opportunity employer.  We are required by state and federal agencies to keep certain statistical records on applicants.  It will not be used in any way to discriminate against you because of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, creed, national origin, disability or military status, gender identity, unless related to a bona fide occupational qualification as defined by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunity Commission.
                                         
Despite the changes in Colorado law, the City of Aurora maintains a drug-free workplace.  A positive test of marijuana is grounds for disqualification and ineligibility for employment with the city for one year or termination once hired.

Drug Testing, Thorough Criminal Background Check, and Employment References:
As a condition of employment, all applicants selected for employment with the City of Aurora must undergo a thorough criminal background check and drug screening. Employment references will be conducted on finalists for City of Aurora vacancies.