Irrigation Installation & Repair Lead

About this role

Irrigation Installation & Repair Lead

• Location: Northwest Arkansas
• Company: The Grey Barn
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Base Salary: $60,000/year
• Performance Bonus: $12,000+/year
• Target Earnings: $72,000+/year

About the Role

Grey Barn is looking for an experienced Irrigation Installation & Repair Lead to become our internal irrigation expert.

This is a hands-on field position responsible for installing, troubleshooting, repairing, improving and maintaining commercial irrigation systems throughout Northwest Arkansas.

This is not a desk or supervisory-only position. We want someone who knows irrigation extremely well and enjoys doing the work.

Compensation Details

Performance incentives will be tied to measurable results including:

• Irrigation installation and repair gross profit
• Estimating accuracy
• Estimated versus actual labor
• Project quality
• Repair turnaround
• Callbacks/rework
• Crew training
• Safety
• Overall individual and company performance

Exceptional performance can create opportunities to earn beyond the initial $12,000 annual bonus target.

What You Will Do

• Lead and personally perform new irrigation installations and major system improvements, from scope to materials to installation to testing to a completed working system
• Serve as the primary irrigation troubleshooting expert, diagnosing and repairing heads, valves, mainline and lateral-line breaks, wiring, controllers and failed zones before replacing parts
• Act as the technical irrigation resource for Sales and Account Management, determining labor hours, crew size, materials and equipment for estimates
• Develop standardized production rates for common irrigation work and compare estimated hours against actual completed hours
• Train Crew Leaders and field employees to recognize leaks, broken heads, coverage problems and controller issues, and to know when to escalate
• Identify leaks, failed zones, aging systems and upgrade opportunities during property visits and document them for Sales and Account Management
• Assist with landscape installations, planting, drainage and maintenance when irrigation work does not require your full schedule

Requirements

• 5+ years professional irrigation experience
• Significant experience with both irrigation installation AND repair
• Ability to independently troubleshoot commercial irrigation systems
• Experience installing complete irrigation systems

- Strong irrigation electrical/wiring troubleshooting skills

• Experience with valves, heads, piping, controllers and related components
• Understanding of irrigation hydraulics
• Ability to lay out and execute an irrigation installation
• Ability to develop accurate materials lists
• Ability to estimate labor hours for installations and repairs
• Experience leading irrigation crews or projects
• Ability to train less-experienced employees
• Valid driver's license
• Ability to perform physically demanding outdoor work
• Willingness to assist with other landscaping work as needed
• Strongly Preferred

Candidates with extensive experience who don't currently hold an irrigation certification may be considered but should be willing to obtain an agreed-upon certification after joining Grey Barn.

• Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT)
• Certified Irrigation Contractor (CIC)
• Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA)
• Backflow certification
• 7+ years irrigation experience
• Commercial irrigation experience
• Two-wire systems
• Smart controllers
• Pump systems
• Irrigation design/layout
• Irrigation estimating
• Bilingual English/Spanish
• You Will Thrive Here If You
• Know irrigation extremely well and enjoy doing the work yourself
• Diagnose the problem before replacing parts and take pride in solving the actual cause
• Like teaching crews while you work
• Can work with Sales to scope, estimate and price irrigation work profitably
• Pitch in on landscaping work when irrigation is slow
• This Is Probably Not the Role for You If You
• Want a desk or supervisory-only position
• Prefer to replace parts rather than diagnose the root problem
• Are not interested in training others or sharing what you know
• Do not want to help with landscaping work when needed
• Are not comfortable with physically demanding outdoor work
• Our Core Values
• Have Fun: Bring energy. Be positive. Be someone people want on their crew.
• Try New Things Fast: Try things. Learn quickly. Improve the system. Keep moving.
• Best in the World: Whatever we choose to do, our goal is to become exceptional at it.
• Put in the Work: Grab the tools. Dig the trench. Find the valve. Diagnose the problem. Install the system. Test it. Teach someone while you're doing it.
• Hold Accountability: Own your commitments, numbers, quality and results.