Company Overview: Apex Outdoor Inc. is a service company headquartered in Shakopee, Minnesota, encompassing all of your outdoor and indoor needs with over 30 years of industry experience. Our Services: We offer complete Grounds Care for both summer and winter seasons for HOAs/Apartments/Commercial Properties, along with Landscaping, Irrigation, and Lawn Applications as well as deck building, maintenance, remodeling, siding, and roofing. Position Overview: Technician applicants must have a strong knowledge of the design, general repair, and maintenance requirements of all makes of residential and commercial lawn sprinkler systems. Must have experience with wells and pumps. Responsibilities: Knowledge: • Complete lawn irrigation system activations and visual inspections • Program various controller models • Perform routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs to sprinkler heads, piping, valves, backflow preventers, etc. • Use wire tracers and/or valve locator to troubleshoot valve issues • Locate, excavate, and repair/replace damaged underground piping • Repair and/or replace rain sensor devices • Complete work orders and all associated paperwork • Professionally communicate with each customer the status/needs of their system • Perform system winterizations • Perform other tasks as needed Physical Demands: • Ability to dig, trench, backfill, and tamp in addition to other physical activity related to lawn sprinkler system installation and its repair • Capable of standing, stooping, walking on uneven surfaces, or lifting up to 50 pounds • Operate trenching equipment or other heavy machinery • Subject to outdoor weather conditions, including but not limited to extreme cold, extreme heat, wet conditions, or exposure to animals (client's pets) or various insects Qualifications: Skills And Experience Required: • Valid driver's license • Ability to lift 75 lbs. and operate equipment in a sitting position for up to 8 hrs./time • Ability to safely operate truck and landscape trailer if needed • Positive attitude and hard-working and be able to work safely in a team environment • Time Management • Self Motivated • Copper Experience • Experienced with Electrical Diagnostics and Repairs Compensation: $30 Hourly
• Knowledge: • Complete lawn irrigation system activations and visual inspections • Program various controller models • Perform routine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs to sprinkler heads, piping, valves, backflow preventers, etc. • Use wire tracers and/or valve locator to troubleshoot valve issues • Locate, excavate, and repair/replace damaged underground piping • Repair and/or replace rain sensor devices • Complete work orders and all associated paperwork • Professionally communicate with each customer the status/needs of their system • Perform system winterizations • Perform other tasks as neededPhysical Demands: • Ability to dig, trench, backfill, and tamp in addition to other physical activity related to lawn sprinkler system installation and its repair • Capable of standing, stooping, walking on uneven surfaces, or lifting up to 50 pounds • Operate trenching equipment or other heavy machinery • Subject to outdoor weather conditions, including but not limited to extreme cold, extreme heat, wet conditions, or exposure to animals (client's pets) or various insects