Maintenance Technician

About the role

Founded in 1923, The Yarco Companies is a full-service, multi-family real estate firm delivering specialized Property Management Services, focusing primarily on Affordable Housing. For more information, visit www.yarco.com. Yarco is an equal opportunity employer.

Responsibilities

• Assist and work with the Maintenance Supervisor and Community Manager to perform necessary repairs and preventive maintenance throughout the property.
• Ensure the property is in a neat, clean, and well-maintained condition through daily exterior and interior inspections.
• Perform cross-utilized Groundkeeper duties as needed.
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and correct minor failures to air conditioning and heating units, repair minor electrical and plumbing problems, and make units ready for market according to company standards.
• Maintain laundry rooms to company guidelines.
• Complete daily chemical inspections, maintenance, and cleaning for the pool to meet city codes and company standards.
• Ensure the property meets and exceeds resident satisfaction standards and be available for on-call emergencies (e.g., snow removal) as requested by the Community Manager.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Education: High school diploma or GED required. Pool certification preferred; HVAC certification and boiler certification if applicable.
• Experience: One year of maintenance experience in residential properties.
• Physical & Cognitive: Frequent standing and walking, occasional sitting; ability to lift, push, pull, and carry up to 110 pounds; squatting, reaching, stooping, climbing stairs/ladders, and balancing.
• Driving: Valid driver’s license, acceptable motor vehicle record, company insurance, reliable means of transportation, insurable at standard rates, and proof of personal auto liability insurance.

Essential Mental Alertness Requirements

• Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Perform tasks involving high levels of cognitive function and judgment.
• Be able to take prompt and appropriate responses to operating conditions.
• Stay in an unfatigued state.
• Accurately gauge lengths of time and distance.
• Accurately store and recall instructions in one’s short-term memory.
• Concentrate.
• Cope with sudden changes in surrounding and/or emergency situations and/or alarms.
• Demonstrate a caring, committed, and concerned attitude about safety.