Full-Time
Irrigation Technician
Posted on 5/9/2026
Denver
201-500 employees
Compensation Overview
$23.89 - $35.84/hr
No H1B Sponsorship
Colorado, USA
In Person
Weekend work required; schedule Mon–Fri 6:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m.; located in Northwest/Southwest Denver districts.
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- Education: Graduation from high school or the possession of a GED, HiSET, or TASC Certificate.
- Experience: One (1) year of experience maintaining and repairing commercial, agricultural, or related irrigation systems.
- Licensures/Certification(s): Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application. Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.
- Equivalency: A combination of appropriate education and experience may be substituted for the minimum education and experience requirements.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and repair irrigation systems for park properties, including programming irrigation systems to achieve the highest level of efficiency.
- Perform semi-skilled, unlicensed trades work in multiple areas including irrigation system maintenance, mechanical maintenance, tool machinery, equipment maintenance, minor electrical, minor plumbing, painting, etc.
- Read irrigation drawings and perform construction and maintenance/repair and replacement of broken parts on various equipment.
- Inspect facilities and equipment to identify construction, maintenance, and repair needs including estimating materials, labor, time, and cost of repairs.
- Complete utility locates for contractors.
- Clean, adjust, and lubricate engines, pumps, and compressors; and replace belts and filters.
- Operate and maintain lightweight vehicles and equipment.
- Utilize a computer for diagnosing system problems.
- Maintain irrigation and sprinkler systems for seasonal use.
- Assist in additional special projects such as volunteer projects or special events.
- Participate in snow removal and other park maintenance duties as needed.
- Experience with developing a watering plan of plants and flowers with a horticulturist.
- Experience troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining, programming, and installing irrigation central control systems and parts.
- Toro Sentinel Central Control System experience preferred, but not required.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$2.3M
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
Founded
1902
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Vibrant Denver bond provides $950M funding for 58 shovel-ready capital projects.
- Successful Fooses Reservoir dam removal in Colorado demonstrates execution capability.
- Project reduces downstream flood risk and improves water quality for Denver waterways.
What critics are saying
- Three-year drainage left saturated soil preventing heavy equipment access, risking cost overruns.
- Bids due May 14, 2026 with $6.9–7.6M budget; ground conditions threaten timeline.
- Vibrant bond released only $410M of $950M as of March 2026; delays cascade.
What makes Denver unique
- Early-1900s high-hazard dam conversion to modern stormwater detention facility.
- Integrates flood risk reduction with recreational infrastructure at Wellshire Golf Course.
- Removes 205 acre-feet storage liability while enabling driving range reconstruction.
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Denver opens $7.6M bid to decommission Skeel Reservoir dam at Wellshire Golf Course. By Naked Denver Staff | April 30, 2026 3333 S Colorado Blvd The City of Denver has opened bidding on a construction contract to decommission Skeel Reservoir at Wellshire Golf Course, transforming the early-1900s high-hazard dam into a 100-year stormwater detention facility and reconfigured driving range. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI) issued Solicitation No. 202683417 on March 24, with bids due May 14, 2026, and an estimated construction cost between $6.9 million and $7.6 million. Construction is expected to wrap by 2027. The earthen embankment dam at the southeast corner of the course was constructed in the early 1900s and carries a jurisdictional height of 16.5 feet with a storage capacity of 205 acre-feet. It is classified as high-hazard under the Colorado State Engineer's Office, meaning failure could threaten downstream lives and property. Reconfiguring the embankment and reducing storage volume is intended to remove that risk. Skeel Reservoir was originally part of the 137-acre Skeel family farm, which the Wellshire Country Club purchased in 1926 to build a Donald Ross-designed course at a cost of $300,000. The reservoir served the property's irrigation needs for decades, fed by the Highline Canal, and also offered fishing and water sports for early club members. After the Depression shuttered the private club in 1928, the City of Denver acquired the land in 1936 for $60,000 and reopened it as a public course. For most of the past century, the reservoir continued irrigating the course. That changed when Wellshire converted to a Denver Water line beneath Colorado Boulevard, abandoning the leaky Highline Canal, a system DOTI estimates lost 50%-70% percent of its volume to evaporation and seepage. With the canal disconnected, the reservoir served only as stormwater retention, and its storage volume was no longer needed. 1 / 2 images The scope of work includes regrading and filling the existing reservoir, lowering the dam and installing spillways, installing approximately 900 linear feet of open-cut 18-inch corrugated HDPE pipe, building a forebay, and grading and installing a new irrigation system. A grassed driving range landing area will be built on the dried reservoir bottom, with stormwater piped underground to the storm sewers left of hole 7. The tee line will be realigned for safety and will retain artificial teeing stations. The driving range has been closed for renovation work for several years. DOTI's operations team has been importing recycled concrete and soil from active city construction sites to dry the saturated reservoir floor and create stable access for heavy equipment. Project updates from late 2025 confirmed that stabilization was nearing completion, clearing the way for the construction bid that just dropped. Bidders must be prequalified in Category 1E(4) Piped Sewer at the $10 million monetary level, with a 22 percent MWBE participation goal. A pre-bid meeting was held April 7, an optional site visit was scheduled for April 9, and the questions deadline is April 21. Bid opening is set for 11 a.m. on May 14 via the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System (BidNet). Construction funding is partially in place, with the project team also pursuing a FEMA grant and other sources to close the gap. The project arrives as Denver continues to rethink its aging public golf and water infrastructure. Once complete, the rebuilt facility will reduce flood risk for properties downstream of Hampden Avenue while delivering a renovated practice range to one of Denver's most historic municipal courses.
'This is not trash. This is treasure' new leadership brings different approach to troubled Denver hotel shelter. The hotel shelter has rebranded to the Aspen Wellness Village, and the vast majority of employees have experienced homelessness or incarceration themselves. DENVER - Denver's largest and most troubled hotel homeless shelter has rebranded as the Aspen Wellness Village under new management, with a staff that includes formerly incarcerated and homeless individuals leading the effort to turn around a facility that once recorded nearly 100 emergency calls per month. Urban Alchemy, a national organization based in San Francisco, took over operations of the former Doubletree hotel shelter off Quebec Street on Jan. 1 after receiving a $30 million contract from the City of Denver to run the facility through 2028. The organization replaced the Salvation Army, which previously operated the site. Leading the new operation is Tyler Thompson, 36, the facility's director of operations. Thompson said he's the right person for the job because he understands the struggles many of the people living in the shelter are experiencing. He served approximately 10 years of a 15-to-life sentence for second-degree murder in the California state prison system before being paroled. "I can't rectify what I did, but I'm for sure going to make sure that every choice that I make and every person that I come in contact with from here on out, I leave a positive impact," Thompson said. "Without people believing in me, I never would be in this position right now." Credit: KUSA After leaving prison, he eventually landed on skid row in Los Angeles, where he first connected with Urban Alchemy. "Urban Alchemy was the only organization that gave me a shot," Thompson said. "They actually loved the skills that I developed while I was incarcerated and how they can translate in the real world." Thompson said his personal history directly informs his approach to running the shelter. "Because I understand what our guests are going through," he said. More than 90% of the staff at the Aspen Wellness Village, as it's now called, have experienced homelessness or incarceration themselves, according to Thompson. Credit: KUSA Since Urban Alchemy assumed control, emergency call volume has dropped sharply. When the shelter first opened in 2024 under the Salvation Army, it recorded nearly 100 calls per month, or an average of three to four per day. There were dozens of overdoses, assaults, trespassing calls, and even two homicides in the building. Denver Police data shows 102 calls have been made to the location since the start of 2026, averaging roughly 1.5 per day. In the most recent seven-day period, police were called just four times. "We want our guests to feel safe. If you feel safe, then you can move on to long-term stability," Thompson said. "But if you don't feel safe, then all you're thinking about is survival." The shelter houses 208 occupied rooms and employs a hands-on staffing model, with two practitioners stationed on every floor to engage directly with residents. Credit: KUSA One of the team's early operational changes was eliminating keycards for residents. Staff now control room access from posts on each floor. "By restricting the keycards, it allows our practitioners to assess the situation and then also be able to identify high-risk situations and de-escalate a situation," Thompson said. "And then we're also just checking in on an individual every day." Thompson said the facility's mission extends beyond providing temporary housing. "We're not just a hotel. You're not just going to come and stay here," he said. "We're going to make sure that we do our best to make sure that you don't stay where you're at, but you're moving towards that long-term stability." The facility's new name reflects that philosophy, Thompson said, with care coordinators working with residents to develop individualized plans addressing their specific challenges. Thompson, who said he ended up on skid row after his release with nowhere else to go, described the people living at the shelter in pointed terms. "This is not trash. This is treasure. This is gold," he said. "The individuals here have so much to offer to the world." The city has also launched a separate street outreach care team, also staffed largely by formerly homeless individuals, to offer services to people living outside.
Denver among finalists to host 2028 Democratic National Convention; second measles case tied to Broomfield High School, more exposure locations identified. Headlines tuesday, march 3, 2026. * play_arrow 03-03-2026 Headlines Denver among finalists to host 2028 Democratic National Convention. Denver has been announced as one of five cities under consideration to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention (DNC). Denver previously hosted the DNC in 2008, when President Barack Obama accepted his first presidential nomination. Governor Jared Polis said, "Denver has already proven that we can host an incredible Democratic National Convention, having hosted one of the most memorable in recent history, and I have no doubt that when the committee visits, they will see the same opportunity for 2028." According to a statement released by Colorado Dems, the 2008 Democratic National Convention generated an estimated $154 million in economic impact in Denver and $266 million for Metro Denver. The city anticipates an even greater economic impact in 2028 if awarded the convention. A second measles case has been tied to Broomfield High School, with more exposure locations identified. State health officials said Monday a second student at Broomfield High has tested positive for measles, adding that exposures to the virus include Broomfield High, a Broomfield Chick-fil-A and a Westminster Chipotle. School immunization data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) show that the Boulder Valley School District, which includes Broomfield High School, has a 95.7% vaccination rate for the MMR vaccine - above the 95% herd immunity threshold needed to prevent a rise in community cases. If you believe you have been exposed, monitor for symptoms for 21 days and avoid public gatherings, health officials said in a news release. Symptoms to watch out for include fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes that develop into a rash that starts on the face and then spreads to the rest of the body about three to five days after symptoms first start. A person with measles is contagious for 4 days before and 4 days after the rash appears. Measles only spreads from people who show symptoms; it does not spread from people who aren't feeling sick, state health officials said. For more information about possible exposure locations and other suggestions from CDPHE and health officials, view our headlines online at KGNU.org. Denver unanimously passes law enforcement & ICE mask ban. Yesterday, the Denver City Council unanimously passed a new law banning federal immigration and other law enforcement officers from wearing masks while working within city limits. The law follows a push from the local community for transparency in ICE and law enforcement. The city plans to enforce the law via citations and arrests by the Denver Police Department. The law also requires federal agents to clearly identify themselves with a visible ID from 25 feet away when operating within the city. In a statement, the Department of Homeland Security's Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis called the law a "despicable and a flagrant attempt to endanger our officers." It was not immediately clear when Mayor Mike Johnston is expected to sign the measure into law or when it will go into effect. $13.3 awarded for housing & transit projects to metro Denver, Fort Collins, Longmont. Last week, Colorado leaders took the first steps toward funding the development of more dense, affordable housing near transit, awarding $13.3 million in grants to various projects spanning metro Denver, Fort Collins and Longmont. Longmont is set to receive $4 million to aid the construction of a long-planned downtown transit hub at First Avenue and Main Street. The development will feature 10 bus bays, 40 bike and scooter parking spaces, 700 parking spaces, and up to 300 housing units and ground-floor commercial space. The grants will also help develop the Switchgrass Crossing apartment complex in Fort Collins, a reserved complex for adults aged 55 or older with lower individual incomes. They will be next to a bus station, where funds will be used for utility connections and stormwater drainage. A pedestrian bridge crossing Interstate 25 and train tracks in Denver will also be built, located near the Regional Transportation District Broadway Station. This bridge is designed to help residents of the proposed Archway Gates complex access transit. You can hear daily headlines on the Morning Magazine, KGNU's weekday morning show, with coverage of local and regional public affairs and news with headlines and commentary. Click here to listen to full episodes of the Morning Magazine. Now playing. play_arrow
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