Job Info
Location: GRIFFITH, NSW
Salary: Not Specified
Job Type: Permanent position | Full time position
Job Description
Irrigation Technician
- Full Time (38 hrs/week)
- Employer: Hillston Workforce Pty Ltd
- Location: Griffith, NSW 2680
- Employment type: Full-time, 38 hours per week
- Remuneration: AUD 70,000
- 90,000 + superannuation
- Experience required: 1 to 3 years relevant irrigation / horticulture / farm irrigation experience
About Hillston Workforce Our client Hillston Workforce is a labour-hire and workforce management company specialising in supplying skilled, compliant and reliable workers across Australia’s agricultural sectors-including vineyards, orchards, cotton, horticulture, and broadacre farms. They pride themselves on integrity, reliability, compliance with Fair
Work and labour regulations, and their mission to support growers with high-quality workforce solutions. As part of their commitment to support Australian agribusiness, they are now recruiting for an Irrigation Technician to join their crew in Griffith, NSW. Role Overview
As an Irrigation Technician with Hillston Workforce, you will be responsible for installing, maintaining, servicing, and repairing irrigation systems on farms
- ensuring efficient water delivery to crops, horticulture, and agricultural operations across our client farms.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Install irrigation systems for farms: pipelines, pumps, valves, meters, controllers
- as per irrigation design and farm requirements.
- Determine hydraulic parameters and system setup for effective irrigation based on farm layout and crop needs.
- Test, maintain and repair existing irrigation infrastructure
- pumps, pipes, valves, control systems, sensors; ensure reliable water delivery.
- Schedule and coordinate irrigation maintenance and servicing tasks as required by farm production cycles.
- Work alongside farm management, other workers and workforce crews supplied by Hillston Workforce to ensure proper watering and farm operations.
- Adhere to safety standards, occupational health protocols, and compliance requirements as per labour-hire arrangements.
Selection Criteria / Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum 1 to 3 years’ relevant experience in irrigation system installation/maintenance or horticulture/farming irrigation work.
- Familiarity with irrigation systems
- pumps, valves, piping, irrigation controllers, scheduling water delivery.
- Basic understanding of hydraulic parameters and water management in agricultural or horticultural settings.
- Ability to work outdoors, perform physical tasks, and manage maintenance work reliably.
- Good communication skills
- able to collaborate with farm teams, workforce hire staff, management, and adapt to different farm environments.
- Reliable, safety-conscious, compliant with labour-hire standards, and commitment to high-quality workmanship.
- Flexibility to work according to farm production cycles; willingness to travel or relocate within the Griffith/NSW region if required.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary for a full-time, 38-hour week role.
- Opportunity to work across a variety of farm types
- horticulture, orchards, broadacre, cotton, fruit, vineyards
- with a respected nationwide agricultural labour-hire provider.
- Stable employment with compliant labour-hire arrangements, including rostered hours, structured workforce management, and skilled work conditions aligned with our values of integrity, reliability, and compliance.
How to Apply Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter detailing your relevant irrigation or farm experience to ****@blueprintbusinessadvisors.com.au.