Maintenance Technician, Manufacturing Home Community

Company Overview:

Venture (Venture Real Estate Co. & Venture Communities) is a boutique private equity real estate investment and management firm with a sterling track record. Venture partners with investors to acquire legacy-building multifamily real estate assets with significant upside potential.

Venture was founded in March 2013 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since its inception, Venture has acquired more than 3600 multifamily units and has conducted more than $750 million in transactions.

Focused primarily on value-add, B-class, 100 unit communities, Venture has grown organically with the support of more than 500 limited partner/investors. Venture manages each of its assets with its in-house property management firm, Venture Communities, which has recently been named a National Apartment Association Top Employer for 2023 and 2025.

Venture has built its portfolio by investing in linear, reliable submarkets like its home market, Cincinnati, Ohio. VREC is also targeting similar submarkets in the Midwest to further expand its footprint, including Columbus, Indianapolis, and Louisville. Venture’s goal is to add 500 units per year to its portfolio with an eventual target of 5,000 units under management.

Websites: https://www.vrec.com/ https://www.venturecommunities.com/careers

Position Summary:

The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for the overall maintenance of the apartment communities and areas related to the day-to-day maintenance operations of the communities.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

· Maintains the appearance and functionality of the landscaped areas of the community. This will include grass cutting, trimming, pruning, groundskeeping, and plant installation.

· Perform routine maintenance, such as plumbing repairs, drywall repair, minor electrical work, painting, etc.

· Perform minor adjustments on HVAC systems, property equipment, and fixtures, at assigned locations.

· Perform preventive maintenance procedures.

· Perform manual repairs when necessary (fix locks, replace windows, etc.)

· Assist in the clean-up of common areas.

· Inspect property to identify potential and current needs.

· Performs all other duties or work as needed or required.

· Operate personal and/or company vehicles for travel between sites or other duties.

· Responsible for supporting the safe and efficient operation, monitoring, and basic maintenance of the property’s waste management facility.

Competencies:

· Teamwork and Cooperation: Readily shares information, knowledge, and personal strengths. Seeks to understand and build on the differing perspectives of others to enhance team efficiency and quality outcomes.

· Decision Making: Makes and takes responsibility for and demonstrates commitment to appropriate decisions promptly. Ensure that decisions are made based on policies, rules, and organizational directives, and solve the emerging problems.

· Communication Proficiency: Organizes and expresses ideas clearly. Uses appropriate and efficient methods for conveying information. Provides timely, accurate information so that others can make appropriate decisions.

· Business Acumen: Keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a business situation (risks and opportunities) in a manner that is likely to lead to a good outcome.

· Customer/Client Focus: Ability to meet or exceed customer service needs and expectations and provide excellent service directly or indirectly. Ability to effectively transmit and interpret information through appropriate communication with internal and external customers.

· Financial Management: Safeguard and use financial resources effectively and economically by ensuring decisions and operations are implemented in compliance with applicable laws, policies, standards, and regulations

Work Environment:

· Ability to work flexible hours and days. - Required

· Extreme heat or cold

· Noise level, which may, at times, require normal hearing protection in the form of earplugs

Physical Demands:

· Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds without assistance and up to 140 pounds with assistance.

· Ability to walk, stand, climb, kneel, crawl, push, pull and twist much of the day.

· Frequently required to sit, stoop, crouch, kneel, crawl, balance, climb stairs, and ladders.

· Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and depth perception.

Requirements for Position:

· High school diploma or equivalent. – Required

· Valid Driver’s License – Required

· Current Insurance Policy for Driver and Vehicle – Required

· A Reliable Form of Transportation

· HVAC Certification. – Preferred (not mandatory)

· 2-3 years of maintenance technician experience. – Preferred

· 2-3 years of related general repair experience. – Preferred

· Basic working knowledge of plumbing, painting, HVAC, electrical, and/or other general repair skills or the ability to quickly learn these skills with property training. – Required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 - $29.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25 - $29