Maintenance Technician

Company Conformity Statements:

• In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision

• Interact professionally with other employees, tenants and suppliers

• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments

• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations

Job Summary:

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for a wide range of duties. Your role depends on the needs of the company such as basic repairs to doors and trims, solving electrical problems, such as faulty light switches, dead light bulbs, and wall sockets. In addition, you may be responsible for fixing simple plumbing problems such as leaky faucets and malfunctioning washing equipment.

** Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Perform a wide variety of general building maintenance repairs and services

• Install ceiling fans, doors, cabinet doors, toilets, thermostats and light fixtures

• Schedule and complete preventive maintenance

• Assist in replacing appliance to upgrade apartments

• Schedule and complete turns for new apartment move-ins

• Coordinate special projects

• Assist in monitoring all work being performed by outside contractors

• Replace washers, faucets and seals on malfunction plumbing equipment, repair leaky faucets and clean clogged drains

• Responsible for 24-hour maintenance service as scheduled (on-call)

• Carry pager/cell-phone as required for on call maintenance

• Complete limited grounds work which may include picking up trash, sweeping or blowing breezeways and dumpster areas

• Maintain efficient function of the swimming pool cleaning and adding chemical as needed

• Responsible for alerting the Maintenance Supervisor and the Property Manager of any unusual occurrence and/or damage that may have taken place on the grounds or in the apartment homes

• Complete your payroll time sheets, on-call sheets timely and submit to Property Manager

• Maintain a professional, courteous manner with all tenants vendors, contractors and fellow employees

• Ensure compliance with all work related activities in a fair, ethical and consistent manner

Competencies:

• Technical Capacity

• Ethical Conduct

• Communication Proficiency

• Initiative

Supervisory Responsibility:

The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, including, but not limited to sawdust, tile dust, paint fumes and moving vibrations. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift items 75 pounds and over. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full time position, and hours of work days are Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Travel: Limited travel between properties may be expected from time to time.

Required Education and Experience:

• High school diploma/GED and completion of certification in rental property maintenance, or an equivalent number of years of education and maintenance experience.

• Four (4) years of skills of work experience with electrical, HVAC, plumbing, etc.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. These job duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice