| Purpose: |
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Under general supervision, this position leads a crew that designs, oversees, assigns, directs, and performs tasks in the installation, maintenance, and operation of irrigation systems. |
| Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: |
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Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Reviews and approves final specifications for irrigation systems.
- Inspects, audits, and repairs irrigation systems.
- Provides advanced technical expertise to design professionals, gardeners, volunteers, vendors, and City staff.
- Reviews work of other crew members for completeness and quality, ensuring the crew’s assigned results are met. Trains others as required.
- Plans and implements water conservation programs.
- Monitors water quality and ensures compliance with all laws, regulations, and ordinances.
- Maintains detailed blueprints, diagrams, records, and reports associated with City irrigation systems.
- Creates accurate depictions of actual field installations (as-built drawings).
- Creates and oversees watering schedules with consideration to rainfall, solar radiation, wind speed, temperature, and other factors.
- Operates all necessary equipment for the installation and maintenance of irrigation systems.
- Tests, as necessary, backflow devices and performs cross-connection checks in accordance with City of Austin standards.
- Obtains local permits for new installs and repairs.
- Acts as backup to the supervisor in their absence. Records data on appropriate forms and logs and enters data into system, and prepares reports as needed.
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| Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: |
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May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.
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| Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: |
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Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Knowledge of installation, management, and operation of irrigation systems.
- Knowledge of proper safety practices, procedures.
- Knowledge of laws, regulations, and ordinances applicable to work being performed.
- Knowledge of water conservation initiatives and methods.
- Knowledge of irrigation controllers.
- Knowledge of backflow principles.
- Skill in irrigation system layout.
- Skill in planning, directing, approving, and organizing the work of others.
- Skill in preparing simple reports.
- Skill in working from drawings, blueprints, plans, and specifications.
- Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with other City employees and the public.
- Ability to train or assist in the training of crew members, as necessary.
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
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Graduation from an accredited high school or equivalent, plus three (3) years of experience in installing and maintaining irrigation systems, including at least one (1) year of crew leadership experience. |
| Licenses and Certifications Required: |
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- Current Texas Class C Driver License.
- Current Texas Landscape Irrigator’s License.
- Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester License (BPAT) or the ability to obtain within 180 days.
- Appropriate certification(s) or license(s) as specified for the assignment.
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