Lead Apartment Maintenance Technician

ROLE OVERVIEW

Woodmont is seeking a professional apartment maintenance professional to join Woodmont Real estate Services as a Lead Apartment Maintenance Technician at the Palomino Apartments, one of our beautiful properties in Palo Alto, CA. This role is perfect for someone with strong apartment maintenance, plumbing, apartment turnover, painting, and housekeeping skills. You'll help keep our community clean, safe, and welcoming, while working closely with team members, residents, and vendors.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Set the daily plan: assign work orders, turns, and projects; balance workloads and adjust priorities in real time.
• Establish clear service standards (response/turn times, quality checks) and track team performance.
• Coach, mentor, and upskill maintenance staff; model best practices and run quick huddles/toolbox talks.
• Respond to resident service requests and perform repairs and preventative maintenance in accordance with company policies, safety standards, and code requirements.
• Complete the make-ready process for vacant apartments, including inspections, maintenance punch lists, scheduling vendors, and final walkthroughs.
• Maintain proper inventory and supplies by following established procedures for equipment, materials, and tool usage; notify supervisor of reorder needs.
• Aid in maintaining cleanliness and appeal of the community by cleaning common areas, pressure-washing, and general upkeep.
• Support cost-control initiatives by repairing them rather than replacing them when possible and using supplies efficiently.
• Participate in property safety meetings and comply with all OSHA and safety-related regulations.
• Inspect vendor and contractor work for quality assurance as needed.
• Assist with periodic property inspections to identify apartment maintenance issues and report physical needs to management.
• Respond to after-hours and weekend emergencies on an on-call rotating basis.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Professional Experience: 3+ years of apartment maintenance experience in multifamily property management. Experience with property management systems preferred.
• Familiarity with common diagnostic and repairs for standard apartment appliances, such as GE, Whirlpool washers and dryers, refrigerators, microwaves, HVAC, painting, drywall.
• Own set of hand tools, power tools, and other basic tools required for maintaining the property.
• Ability to be "On Call" as needed.

COMPENSATION, BENEFITS & PERKS

• Compensation: Woodmont Real Estate Services has detailed the expected hourly rate for this role to be $28.00 - $30.00 hourly. This does not include any other potential components of the compensation package, including housing, benefits, and perks outlined above.
• Benefits & Perks: Generous Health Benefits, Flexible Vacation & Time Off, Personal & Mental Wellbeing, Financial wellness, Extra work/life benefits, Dynamic, Collaborative, and Engaging Culture.

ABOUT US

Woodmont Real Estate Services is a premier asset and property management company, we're proud to offer Northern California over 50 years' experience managing a diverse portfolio of commercial and multifamily properties. We're renowned for our hands-on management approach, marketing know-how and in-depth knowledge of submarkets throughout the region. It's what's allowed us to create unique strategies that are truly custom to each property. Our mission: To add value to our clients by providing superior service to all who live and work at the properties we manage. To achieve this goal, we create an exceptional professional environment for all associated with our organization. All are welcome here. We respect and honor differences in gender, race, age, faith, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Because we all thrive when our differences are valued.

VALUES

• Integrity
• Excellence
• Respect
• Loyalty
• Diligence
• Teamwork

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Woodmont Real Estate Services is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities regardless of age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class. Each individual at Woodmont Real Estate brings their own perspectives, work experiences, lifestyles, and cultures with them, and we believe that a more diverse team creates more innovative products, provides better services to customers, and helps us all grow and learn.