Irrigation Specialist

JOB LOCATION

Cityof AuroraColorado

It is an exciting time to work for the City of Aurora were 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:IntegrityRespect Professionalism andCustomer 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
• WellFunded General Employees Retirement Plan
• Light rail station minutes away
• Onsite fitness center and overall employee wellbeing programs Internal educational programs to assist with career advancement
• Access to innovation workspaces

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Hiring salary $23.31 $29.13/hour

Fully salary range: $23.31 $36.42/hour

Salary to be commensurate with experience.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS & WORKING CONDITIONS

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

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED.

Experience:

• At least 2 two years of experience in maintenance and at least 1 one year of Irrigation experience.
• Experience to include mainline and lateral repairs valve repair electrical components and radios.

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• Class B Commercial Drivers License with airbrakes and tanker endorsement required in first 6 six months
• Sustainable Landscape Management (Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado) cert required within 12 twelve months of employment
• Annual reuse water training cert required within 12 twelve months of employment
• Cross Connection Control and Backflow Prevention Device Tester Certifications within 12 twelve months of employment
• 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

Licenses and Certifications Preferred:

• Certified Irrigation Technician (Irrigation Association)
• Certified Landscape Technician Irrigation (National Association of Landscape Professionals)
• Confined space certification
• Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (Irrigation Association)

Knowledge:

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

Skills:

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

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

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 up to a maximum of 100 one hundred pounds
• May lift and carry objects weighing up to 50 fifty 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 park operations maintenance and construction
• Operates vehicles such as dump trucks snowplows tractors and various specialized equipment such as heavy and light loaders backhoes skid loaders trenchers and graders commonly 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 drugfree workplace. A positive test of 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.