Join Our Team
Since 2010, we’ve served our fellow Kansans with top-notch, high-value lawn care. We strive to uphold the core values of honesty, personal responsibility, hard work, perseverance, gracious respect, and a desire to serve. We value the communities in which we serve - every year donating Christmas decorations to the local women’s shelter and helping add light displays to parks around McPherson. Those who work with us hold high standards and know we’re equipped to meet them. We treat others as we’d like to be treated, with gracious respect no matter the circumstances.
Here at Wetlands Irrigation & Turf, we provide a great experience for our customers through traditional values, but an innovative process. We've simplified and enhanced the outdoor experience for our clients, are friendly and knowledgeable about our services, and prioritize innovation and constant improvement. Our highly trained technicians go through monthly training, so if you join our team, you will feel confident in knowing the industry's latest knowledge.
Requirements for Employees
- Ensures that company production standards are met.
- Able to train crew as a team and maintain a high level of morale.
- Thoroughly understands and complies with company policies, procedures, and SOPs.
- Possess a valid driver’s license and must be insurable on the company’s insurance policy.
Core Values
- Think like a customer.
- Passion for what you do and pride in your work.
- Gracious respect to clients and team members alike.
- Personal responsibility.
- Honesty to yourself and others.
Open Positions
Irrigation Installation Crew Leader
Position Description:
The Irrigation Installation Crew Leader must be thoroughly familiar with all aspects of irrigation installation to: wiring controller and valves, pressure testing, trenching/pulling pipe; installing heads, rotors, valves, main and lateral lines, drip line, bubblers, etc.; operating equipment, installing commercial and residential irrigation systems; and interfacing with customers, subcontractors, architects, etc. Requires minimal supervision and conducts all jobs in a safe manner while directing a crew of two to four employees. The Irrigation Installation Crew Leader must also attend to and complete all paperwork and administrative requirements related to the job while creating and maintaining a professional job atmosphere.
Skill set and educational requirements: The Irrigation Installation Crew Leader, who is a WORKING FOREMAN, must possess the following skill set and educational background:
- Possess a valid driver’s license and must be insurable on the company’s insurance policy.
- Legal documentation to verify employment eligibility.
- Physically able to handle the workload of an Irrigation Installation Leadman and/or Laborer.
- Is a certified irrigation technician (CIT).
Responsibilities:
- Thoroughly understands all aspects of irrigation installation as outlined above.
- Ensures that company production standards are met.
- Able to train crew as a team and maintain a high level of morale.
- Thoroughly understands and complies with company policies, procedures, and SOPs.
- Ensuring that the correct drawings and materials are loaded in the morning.
- Overseeing installation of valves, fittings, heads, controller, and water connection
- Organizing job trailers and making sure all tools are back in their designated locations.
- General neatness of job site, trash is picked up, sidewalks and driveways swept off
- Testing all functions of a newly installed sprinkler system and inspecting operation (wiring, coverage, head adjustment, head height, and straightness)
- The Irrigation Installation Crew Leader must keep the Irrigation Installation Manager apprised of progress (or lack thereof) on all jobs before leaving the site.
- Able to work with minimal supervision from Irrigation Supervisor but knows when to ask for assistance.
- Continuing education requirements: minimum of 10 hours per year.
Irrigation Service Technician
The Irrigation Service Technician is responsible for completing irrigation system service or repair jobs in an efficient and timely manner while keeping non-billable time to a minimum. He/she must have a professional, can-do attitude and be able to think independently in order to diagnose and solve problems. The Irrigation Service Technician will serve our clients well by solving the issue for which we were called out and meeting or exceeding client expectations and by looking for additional improvements that could be made and turning them into leads when appropriate. Require minimal supervision and complete work orders accurately while creating and maintaining a professional atmosphere.
Responsibilities
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Complete service calls in a timely and efficient manner.
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Achieve or exceed company daily revenue goals.
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Maintain accurate parts and tool inventory on your service vehicle.
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Maintain the cleanliness and organization of your service vehicle.
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Completes company-provided training and education.
Lawn Care Applicator
The Lawn Care Technician must be thoroughly familiar with or willing to learn all aspects of lawn care and its applications, including safe handling of materials, proper mixing and transporting of materials, First Aid procedures in case of an accident or spillage, proper application of materials, properly diagnosing insect and disease issues, operating all equipment, ordering correct materials, and interfacing with clients, etc. Requires minimal supervision and conducts all work in a safe manner. The Lawn Care Technician must also attend to and complete all paperwork and administrative requirements related to the job while maintaining a professional demeanor.
Direct Support: Turf Care Manager
Skill set and educational requirements: The Lawn Care Technician must possess the following skill set and educational background:
- Possess a valid driver's license and must be insurable on the company's insurance policy.
- Have a clean criminal record.
- Legal documentation to verify employment eligibility.
- Physically able to handle the workload of a Lawn Care Technician.
- Have a full range of mobility in the upper and lower body.
- Able to lift 50 pounds without assistance.
- Have proper applicator's licenses and certifications or are willing to obtain them.
- Able to interact with clients in a professional and courteous manner on a daily basis
Responsibilities:
- Thoroughly understand all aspects of lawn care as outlined above and in company SOPs.
- Able to operate company equipment: trucks, backpack sprayers, hose reels, motorized spreaders, etc.
- Able to perform all daily preventative maintenance (PM) on company equipment.
- Proficient in or able to learn customer relationship management (CRM) software handheld tracking system.
- Meets or exceeds production standards for Lawn Care work.
- Ensures that all safety procedures are followed and reports any unsafe conditions to supervisors.
- Ensures all accidents are properly documented and reported immediately.
- Ensures all work orders and statements of service are processed properly.
- Interfaces with office staff to ensure on-hand inventory of job materials is adequate.
- Maintains a clean truck at all times.
- Able to interact with clients and potential clients in a professional, courteous, and competent manner.
- Able to train a novice lawn care assistant and maintain a high level of morale. Thoroughly understands and complies with company policies, procedures, and SOPs.
- Able to work with minimal supervision from the Lawn Care Manager but knows when to ask for assistance.
- Continuing education requirement: minimum of 10 hours per year.
