Ernst Irrigation
Saint Paul, OR, USA
Consumer Products Technician
Ernst Irrigation
St. Paul, Oregon
The Position:
Consumer Products Technician
Diagnose and repair of two and full cycle engines, ATVs, 4 wheelers and hand held products. Full time year round with benefits.
The Company:
Ernst Irrigation traces its history back to 1873, when French shoemaker Francois Ernst set up shop in St. Paul. Thirty-seven years later, in 1910, Francois’ son Henry, who was more interested in the retail hardware business than making shoes, founded Ernst Hardware in St. Paul. In 1934, Ernst Hardware became a John Deere Dealer.
In 1965, Ernst Hardware, which had since passed on to Henry’s son Sledge, took on four partners, two of whom were Don Davidson, a local farmer, and Bill Dolan, a former R.M. Wade rep who knew a lot about irrigation. In 1999, after operating independently for several decades, Ernst Hardware merged with Fisher Implement, another John Deere dealer. They became the Fisher-Ernst Group....