Maintenance Technician- Solms Village

Department: Property Management | Reports to: Property Manager (dotted line to Maintenance Supervisor) | FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

About the Role

Responsible and accountable for providing maintenance at the properties, delivering customer service, and presenting the company in a professional manner at all times.

Responsibilities

• Monitor maintenance expenses and ensure they remain below budget.
• Perform daily inspections of community grounds.
• Complete turn tasks: painting, cleaning, and maintenance of all vacant units.
• Address all maintenance requests in a timely manner.
• Prepare vacant units for occupancy.
• Perform preventative maintenance activities.
• Maintain landscaping, including bushes, trees, and lawn.
• Remove snow from community sidewalks and maintain a log of weather and snow removal efforts.
• Keep records of maintenance performed in all units and at the site.
• Maintain all company tools, equipment, and replacement parts in working condition.
• Provide and maintain a personal set of tools.
• Sweep, clean, and maintain all common areas of the community.
• Supervise contractors working at the site.
• Provide emergency resident support after office hours.
• Maintain resident and apartment-specific preventative maintenance records.
• Service and maintain all common amenities.
• Conduct quarterly unit inspections.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• 1 year of experience in maintenance or a related field.
• HVAC/EPA certification preferred.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and interpret basic instructions, simple correspondence, and present information one-on-one or in small groups.
• Basic math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division by 10s and 100s.
• Ability to follow detailed but straightforward written or oral instructions and apply common-sense understanding.
• Ability to handle problems with few variables in standardized situations.
• Beginner-level computer skills with MS Outlook and MS Word.

Training Requirements

• Annual attendance at a fair housing class.
• Ongoing professional development.

Physical Demands

• Rarely: sit, climb, balance, or lift up to 75 pounds.
• Regularly: stand, walk, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, talk, and hear.
• Requires close and distance vision, as well as the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Typically works in an environment with moderate or loud noise.
• Rarely: works in wet or humid conditions, near moving mechanical parts, high/precarious places, around fumes/airborne particles/toxic or caustic chemicals, or near risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally: works in outdoor weather conditions.

Pay

$25.46/hour