Aaron Wadkins

• Communicated with clients and Contractors to provide price quotes, discuss design needs and schedule work.
• Reviewed landscape project tasks, determining budgets and timelines for completion.
• Identified tools, machinery and personnel required for projects and properly managed resources.
• Resolved staff member conflicts, actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.
• Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
• Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
• Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
• Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
• Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules, and contract negotiations.
• Facilitated year-end reviews and team strength presentations with human resources partners.
• Fielded employee inquiries related to insurance, pension plan, vacation, sick leave and employee assistance.
• Monitored employee attendance and performance, addressing issues in accordance with company policies and procedures.

• Please remember the following details:
• - Responsible for irrigation technology for a 150-acre campus with over 14 miles of irrigated spaces.
• - Managed a 30-year-old system and converted the entire irrigation system to a water management system with ET water.
• - This conversion saved the campus over 3,000,000 gallons in the first year and 20,000,000 gallons in the third year.
• - Assisted in managing a grounds team of 16, overseeing their daily duties such as mowing schedules, snow plowing, fall and spring cleanup, irrigation times, and fertilizing/aerating scheduling.
• - Handled office work including incoming and outgoing correspondence, generating water budget reports, time clock verifications, reviewing and updating digital site plans, and requesting locates.
• - Worked closely with vendors, Denver Water, and Excel.
• - Managed a fiscal year irrigation budget as well as turf management and soil sampling.

• I was responsible for managing several commercial properties and overseeing their irrigation systems. Daily, I interacted with resident customers to ensure their satisfaction by providing high-quality products and ensuring that all equipment was properly installed and working correctly. Additionally, I was in charge of snow removal.
• - Installed irrigation systems for all types of customers, both residential and commercial.
• - Provided a high level of customer support by servicing malfunctioning systems within 2 hours of receiving complaint calls.
• - Supervised the installation work of other technicians to ensure that systems were fully operational.
• - Demonstrated irrigation system features to customers and thoroughly explained functionalities and uses.

I was responsible for managing 5 mow crews, totaling 25 team members. Two of these crews were assigned to the Pepsi Center. Additionally, I created bi-weekly mowing schedules, managed snow plowing, and organized fall and spring clean up activities.

My duties also included providing daily service and maintenance checks for irrigation on commercial properties. This involved managing irrigated spaces to ensure they were in proper working condition, as well as submitting daily reports. I also handled staff member conflicts by actively listening to concerns and finding appropriate middle ground.

• Greystar eventually sold the property where I was working to IMT Residential.
• - I was responsible for daily morning trash clean-up, providing service calls for tenants.
• - I also maintained the grounds around the properties, including removing resident common area trash and emptying dog waste stations, as well as performing landscaping tasks such as mowing, edging, snow removal, and irrigation work.
• - Additionally, I assisted with remodeling vacant apartments, which involved tasks like flooring, painting, installing window fixtures, and handling plumbing and electrical work.

• I made sure to provide the highest quality products to ensure customer satisfaction by ensuring that all equipment was properly installed and working correctly.
• My Duties included managing 12 commercial properties and overseeing 5 HOA's.
• I scheduled morning reports for mow crews, irrigation team, and enhancement crew, created irrigation and landscape maps, and helped design and plan as-builds for the enhancement crew.
• In Addition, I took care of irrigated spaces, seasonal blowouts, repaired mainline systems, managed controllers, assisted fellow team members with their properties when needed, and handled snow removal.