Regional Manager, Irrigation

Location: Austin, TX with some travel required

Type: Full-Time

Department: Operations

Coverage: Multiple U.S. Markets Across Texas, Florida, Tennessee, and the Carolinas

The Role

Cerv Property Solutions delivers unified, tech-enabled property care with one standard of white-glove excellence across residential and commercial properties. We simplify property ownership and management by combining expert execution, proactive service, and polished professionals under one roof.

We are hiring a Regional Manager, Irrigation to elevate the landscape industry standard by creating the most expert, proactive, and customer-centric irrigation team and solutions, serving as a powerful demonstration of Cerv Landscape's commitment to innovate and re-define the industry through white-glove service.

This is a Manager role for an entrepreneurial A-player to build a world-class, purpose-driven irrigation department from the ground up. You won't just inherit systems, you will design the strategy, cultivate the talent, and establish the unwavering standards that define what "expert, proactive service" means at Cerv. You will be a courageous leader of consequence, empowered to challenge the status quo and build a team that brings a new level of integrity and customer-centricity to the landscape industry.

This role requires a leader with sound judgment, the willingness and humility to step into the field to diagnose and solve complex issues (especially in the early days), and the vision to build a scalable, profitable, and meaningful operation. Your primary focus will be serving our commercial customer base, with support for residential properties as needed. You will report directly to the VP, Landscape.

What You’ll Build & Own

You will act as a leader-operator and internal entrepreneur, focused on building a tech-enabled, customer-centric department.

• Elevate the Team: Full ownership of talent strategy, including hiring, training, and performance management for our market-based team of "Irrigation Experts" (technicians). You will define the culture of accountability, urgency, and pride in execution within the Cerv model
• System Innovation & Diagnostics: You will oversee all system diagnostics, troubleshooting, and preventative maintenance protocols for our customers, as well as be responsible for stewarding our core value of Innovation forward through driving efficiency by integrating new, tech-enabled solutions and smart controllers into our service offering
• Define the Standard: Design and document the end-to-end strategy, execution standards, and operational processes for all commercial and residential irrigation operations
• Drive Growth & Value: Work cross-functionally with our Sales and Account Management teams to identify and successfully sell new irrigation work into existing and prospective landscape management contracts.
• Ensure Operational Excellence: Manage scheduling, fleet, white-glove service, and resource allocation to guarantee consistent, white-glove quality and water efficiency across all client sites

Measure Impact: Set and exceed operational KPIs, ensuring our systems and teams are scaling reliably, efficiently, and proactively across all markets

What Success Looks Like

• New residential and commercial customers are onboarded smoothly with clear expectations, standards, and service cadence 
• The Irrigation department is built with a culture of integrity and high accountability from day one
• Clients experience seamless, expert service without needing to manage details, and proactively trust Cerv with their water management needs
• Irrigation systems operate reliably, efficiently, and proactively across all properties
• Teams are well trained, accountable, and aligned to one elevated standard from day one
• KPIs/Outcomes are consistently met or exceeded as operations scale
• Success is measured by ownership, consistency, and the ability to scale standards and Cerv’s reputation for expert, polished execution across teams and markets
• The irrigation department becomes a revenue and profit engine across all markets through successful diagnostics turning into solutions that drive revenue while solving customers’ problems

What We’re Looking For

• 5 years of hands-on irrigation experience, including leadership or management responsibilities
• Experience across both residential and commercial irrigation environments with a strong preference for deep commercial experience
• Demonstrated A-player mindset with ownership mentality, high standards, urgency, and pride in execution
• Strong technical knowledge of system design, troubleshooting, repairs, and maintenance
• Proven ability to lead teams, set standards, and drive accountability
• Entrepreneurial mindset with comfort owning outcomes end to end
• Willingness to work in the field when needed to meet goals (required, especially in the early days)
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Clean driving record

• Licensed Irrigator or equivalent certification
• Experience with smart controllers, central control systems, and irrigation technology
• Familiarity with HOA, multifamily, and commercial property operations
• Experience or comfort with sales or upsell acumen in a service-based industry

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive salary, commensurate with experience and market standards
• Performance-based incentives tied to operational KPIs/Outcomes
• Company vehicle
• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates

Why Cerv

Cerv Property Solutions is built for A-players who take pride in their work, their leadership, and the standards they set. If you want to help build systems and teams and establish a new, elevated standard in property care, this role offers real ownership, real responsibility, and real upside. This is not a role for someone looking to maintain the status quo. It is for someone who wants to build, lead, and scale something meaningful.

How to Apply

Send your resume and a short note on why you are a fit to:

jobs@cervlandscape.com

Subject: Regional Manager, Irrigation