Graduate Horticultural Irrigation Technician
From horticruitment
Are you a horticulture graduate or someone with a passion for commercial horticulture looking to build a long-term technical career?
Our client is a leading irrigation specialist with over 16 years of experience designing, installing, servicing and maintaining professional irrigation systems across prestigious private estates, residential gardens, commercial landscapes and high-profile developments throughout the South of England.
Due to continued growth, they are looking to recruit a Graduate Horticultural Irrigation Technician to join their expanding team.
This is an outstanding opportunity for a recent horticulture graduate, landscape professional or someone with practical horticultural experience who is keen to develop specialist technical skills within the growing irrigation sector.
Full training will be provided, making this an ideal opportunity for someone at the beginning of their career who is motivated to learn, enjoys working outdoors and wants genuine long-term career progression.
Why Join This Company?
This is far more than just another horticultural job.
You’ll receive structured training from experienced irrigation specialists while working on some of the UK’s most prestigious landscapes, gardens and estates.
The company is committed to investing in its people through regular reviews, salary progression and ongoing technical development.
Benefits include:
- Full structured training programme
- Clear career progression from Graduate Technician to Senior Irrigation Engineer
- Six-monthly performance and development reviews
- Annual salary reviews
- Company vehicle
- Company tablet and mobile phone
- Full toolkit provided
- Uniform and PPE supplied
- Paid overtime during weekdays and weekends
- Long-term career within a growing specialist business
Career Progression
This role offers a clearly defined development pathway with excellent earning potential.
Typical progression includes:
Graduate / Trainee Technician (0-12 Months)
- Learn irrigation installation and servicing
- Develop practical site skills
- Gain experience alongside experienced engineers
- Build knowledge of irrigation systems and controls
↓
Irrigation Technician (12-24 Months)
- Carry out servicing and preventative maintenance
- Diagnose basic faults
- Begin working independently on customer sites
Service Irrigation Engineer (2-4 Years)
- Independently service and repair irrigation systems
- Commission new systems
- Carry out fault finding and diagnostics
- Manage customer projects
Senior / Lead Irrigation Engineer (4-6 Years)
- Lead projects
- Mentor junior engineers
- Take ownership of complex installations
- Support technical development across the business
Salary progression reflects your technical development, increasing from approximately £27,800 at entry level to circa £60,000 as an experienced Service Irrigation Engineer.
About the Role
Working alongside experienced engineers, you’ll help install, service, maintain and repair irrigation systems across a wide variety of commercial and private horticultural environments.
Projects include:
- Private estates
- Country houses
- High-end residential gardens
- Commercial landscapes
- Large-scale landscape developments
- Sports and amenity landscapes
No two days are the same, providing excellent variety and continuous learning.
Key Responsibilities
As your experience develops, your responsibilities will include:
- Installing irrigation systems
- Servicing and maintaining irrigation equipment
- Diagnosing and repairing irrigation faults
- Assisting with electrical and control system diagnostics
- Working on pumps, tanks and filtration systems
- Commissioning irrigation systems
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance
- Responding to customer breakdowns and emergency call-outs
- Completing digital reports using company tablets
- Delivering high standards of workmanship and customer service
- Following health and safety procedures at all times
About You
Applications are welcomed from candidates with a genuine interest in horticulture, irrigation or landscape services.
You may be:
- A horticulture graduate
- Qualified in Commercial or Amenity Horticulture
- An RHS Level 2 or Level 3 qualified horticulturist
- Working in landscaping or grounds maintenance
- Looking to specialise within irrigation
- Keen to build a long-term technical career
Essential Skills & Experience
- Horticulture degree, diploma or equivalent horticultural qualification, or relevant practical horticultural experience
- Passion for horticulture and working outdoors
- Good practical problem-solving skills
- Positive attitude and willingness to learn
- Excellent communication skills
- Well organised and reliable
- Comfortable using digital technology and tablets
- Full UK Driving Licence
Desirable Skills
The following would be advantageous but are not essential, as full training will be provided:
- Irrigation installation or servicing experience
- Landscape construction
- Grounds maintenance
- Garden maintenance
- Commercial landscaping
- Pump systems
- Electrical fault finding
- Hunter irrigation controllers
- Rain Bird irrigation systems
- Grundfos pumps
- Lowara pumps
- Variable speed drives
- CSCS Card
This Role Would Suit
Candidates currently working as:
- Graduate Horticulturist
- Graduate Horticultural Technician
- Commercial Horticulture Graduate
- Amenity Horticulture Graduate
- Landscape Technician
- Landscape Gardener
- Assistant Landscape Operative
- Grounds Maintenance Operative
- Garden Maintenance Operative
- Irrigation Technician
- Junior Irrigation Engineer
- Garden Centre Plant Area Assistant
- Garden Centre Supervisor
- Estate Gardener
- Assistant Gardener
- Agricultural Technician
- Environmental Horticulture Graduate
Working Hours
- Monday to Friday
- 7:30am – 4:30pm
- 40 hours per week
- One weekend in four, as required
- Occasional overnight stays (hotel accommodation and subsistence fully provided)
Benefits
- Competitive salary with excellent progression
- Paid overtime
- Company vehicle
- Company tablet
- Company mobile phone
- Full toolkit
- Uniform and PPE
- Ongoing technical training
- Career progression to Senior Engineer
- Six-monthly reviews
- Annual salary reviews
- Stable long-term employment
- Opportunity to work on prestigious horticultural projects
Apply Now
If you’re passionate about horticulture and would like to develop specialist technical skills within irrigation, we’d love to hear from you.
Whether you’re a recent horticulture graduate, have experience in landscaping or grounds maintenance, or are looking to build a rewarding long-term career within the irrigation industry, this is an excellent opportunity to join a respected company that genuinely invests in its people.
Apply today to begin your career as a Graduate Horticultural Irrigation Technician.
Please click ‘Apply Now’ above or contact Jay Rimell on 01233 732767 or email recruitment@horticruitment.com
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