Commercial Landscape - Irrigation Manager

Jensen Landscape - A Monarch Landscape Company; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

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Job summary

Jensen Landscape Services in Milpitas, CA is seeking an Irrigation Manager to lead advanced irrigation systems for high-profile commercial properties. You will drive bid development, audits, and performance optimization across central-control platforms and water management strategies.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience with commercial irrigation, strong leadership, and expertise in WeatherTRAK and related technologies, ensuring top-tier service and sustainability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive commercial irrigation experience with hands-on troubleshooting and system optimization.
• Experience supporting large commercial properties or corporate campuses preferred.
• Advanced hands-on experience with HydroPoint WeatherTRAK central-control systems required.
• Proficiency in WeatherTRAK controllers, flow sensors, and related components.

Responsibilities

• Prepare bids for complex irrigation services and assist in sales.
• Conduct site walkthroughs and review project questions with clients.
• Perform post-completion irrigation quality audits and recommend improvements.
• Develop and lead irrigation technician training programs.
• Ensure safety and adherence to company policies on every project.

Job description

About Jensen Landscape Services

Jensen Landscape Services is part of Monarch Landscape Companies, a leading network of landscape brands across the U.S.

We proudly serve clients across Northern California, from the San Francisco Bay Area to surrounding East Bay and North Bay communities and deliver reliable, high-quality landscape maintenance and construction services. At Jensen, your achievements determine your rewards, your abilities define your success, and your professionalism leads to autonomy!

Job Title and Location

• Job Title: Irrigation Manager
• Location: Milpitas, CA

Job Summary

The Irrigation Manager supports and enhances Branch Irrigation revenue through bid preparation, sales assistance, irrigation system audits, water management, and the training and development of Irrigation Technicians. This position requires an experienced irrigation professional with advanced technical expertise in commercial irrigation systems, smart irrigation technology, central control systems, water management, troubleshooting, and system optimization. The Irrigation Manager will serve as the Branch's subject-matter expert for irrigation and water management and must be capable of supporting highly sophisticated, high-profile corporate campuses, technology clients, and other complex commercial properties. The successful candidate must be comfortable working in demanding environments where irrigation performance, water conservation, system documentation, communication, and responsiveness are held to exceptionally high standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive commercial irrigation experience, with significant hands-on experience troubleshooting, managing, programming, and optimizing large and complex irrigation systems
• Demonstrated experience supporting large commercial properties, corporate campuses, institutional properties, or other technically sophisticated landscapes strongly preferred
• Advanced hands-on experience with HydroPoint WeatherTRAK smart irrigation and central-control systems required
• Experience programming, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing WeatherTRAK controllers, flow sensors, master valves, communication devices, and associated system components
• Strong understanding of smart irrigation technology, ET-based scheduling, flow management, leak detection, system alerts, water-use reporting, and remote irrigation management
• Experience with additional commercial irrigation platforms and manufacturers such as Rain Bird, Hunter, Toro, Calsense, Baseline, or similar systems highly desirable
• 3+ years of prior customer service, management, and leadership experience within the landscaping industry or related marketplace
• Proven ability to serve as a technical resource for field irrigation technicians, Project Managers, Account Managers, and clients

License or Certification

• As required by state and federal law
• Valid driver's license issued by the state where employed
• Current professional irrigation certification(s) required. Candidates should possess recognized irrigation industry credentials such as Certified Irrigation Technician (CIT), Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA), Certified Irrigation Contractor (CIC), Certified Irrigation Designer (CID), WaterSense-related certification, QWEL certification, or comparable industry-recognized credentials
• Water auditing and water-management certification strongly preferred
• HydroPoint/WeatherTRAK training or certification strongly preferred; demonstrated advanced WeatherTRAK experience required

Specialized Skills

• Strong relationship-building and internal customer service skills
• Effective oral and written communication, including the ability to teach new and complex concepts
• Expert-level ability to diagnose and repair complex commercial irrigation problems, including hydraulic, electrical, programming, communication, flow, pressure, valve, controller, sensor, and central-control issues
• Expert knowledge of two-wire systems, conventional wiring systems, decoders, master valves, flow sensors/meters, booster pumps, pressure regulation, backflow devices, weather sensors, and central-control communication systems
• Advanced knowledge of irrigation hydraulics, precipitation rates, distribution uniformity, ET-based scheduling, plant water requirements, soil conditions, and water budgeting
• Ability to analyze system performance and water-use data to identify abnormalities, leaks, excessive consumption, programming deficiencies, and opportunities for water conservation
• Ability to conduct comprehensive irrigation system audits and develop detailed corrective-action plans, recommendations, budgets, and upgrade strategies
• Ability to review irrigation plans, as-built drawings, controller maps, flow data, and technical specifications
• Ability to troubleshoot irrigation systems systematically and determine root cause rather than relying solely on component replacement
• Ability to communicate highly technical irrigation issues clearly to clients, facility teams, landscape managers, executives, and field personnel
• Must be capable of confidently representing Jensen as the irrigation subject-matter expert during client meetings, technical discussions, system audits, and property walkthroughs
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and perform well under tight deadlines
• Strong organizational skills
• Flexibility
• Strong computer and technology skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, web-based irrigation management platforms, mobile applications, and digital reporting systems
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions in written, oral, diagram, and/or schedule format
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend English
• Ability to speak effectively before employees and clients
• Bilingual English/Spanish strongly preferred, including the ability to read, interpret, and translate documents and verbal presentations

Essential Duties

• Partner with Project Managers and Business Development Managers to accurately prepare bids for complex or long-term irrigation value added services
• Conduct walkthroughs with client and other company representatives as appropriate
• Visit jobs in progress to relate actual estimate; review questions or problems that may arise
• Conduct post-completion irrigation quality audits
• Develop, implement, and maintain Irrigation Tech training program
• Ensure safety on every project by consistently monitoring job site activities for potential safety hazards
• Develop water conservation programs and perform water audits
• Constantly promote and encourage adherence to company policies and best practices
• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but may oversee performance and development of Branch Irrigation Techs as necessary, perform hands‑on irrigation work with crews to meet work and scheduling demands
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Constantly required to talk, hear, see, sit, stand and walk
• Must be able to see at close vision, distant vision, in color, peripherally, have depth perception and have the ability to adjust focus
• Frequent use of hands to manipulate, handle or feel objects, tools or controls
• Frequently required to reach, bend, twist, stoop, crouch, climb and balance
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and seldom lift and/or move up to 75 pounds

Work Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequently works with mechanical objects and outside in all weather conditions
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasionally exposed to loud noise levels

Total Rewards

At Monarch, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage, and retain top talent. Elements of our Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

Monarch also provides eligible employees with an array of additional benefits, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
• Retirement Savings & Employee Equity Program
• Flexible Time Off, 6 paid Holidays, Bereavement, and Jury Duty
• Education Assistance & Career Advancement
• Company Vehicle
• On-Demand Pay through DailyPay
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Gym Membership and Mobile Carrier Discounts

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as position, tenure, geographic location, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Please note that the salary information shown below is provided in compliance with state specific laws. Salaries are based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations, and therefore may be different in other locations or operating divisions.

Pay: $80,000 - $110,000

Jensen Landscape Services is an EEO and E-Verify participating employer.

Jensen Landscape Services is an On Demand Daily Pay employer.