Lead Maintenance Technician
Full-Time: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM | Rotating On-Call Hours – Field based position
Compensation: $30-35/hour +Performance Bonuses
Benefits: PTO / Sick Time | 8 Paid Holidays | Paid Volunteer Day | Retirement Benefit + Company Match | Cellphone & Vehicle Reimbursement | Google Review Bonus | Team Member Referral Bonus | Ongoing Training & Development | AI Token Allowance | Team Member Appreciation Events
Overview
A Portland, Oregon based leading property management company is hiring a Lead Maintenance Technician to take ownership of maintenance operations, vendor performance, and unit turnovers across a growing portfolio of residential properties.
This isn’t a static role in a stable company. This is a chance to step into a business on a steep growth trajectory, where your impact will be visible, meaningful, and rewarded.
Before you read further, ask yourself:
- Can you keep work orders and turnovers moving, along with completing invoices both accurately and timely, without letting details slip?
- Are you confident making calls in the field and communicating clearly - even in difficult situations?
- Do you take full ownership of outcomes, not just tasks?
Compensation & Benefits
Base Pay: $30-35/hour based on experience
· Retirement Benefit: Simple IRA, with 3% company match
· Cellphone Reimbursement: $25/month
· Vehicle Reimbursement: flat monthly stipend or mileage reimbursed at IRS stated rates
· Team Member Events: included team member appreciation events
· Quarterly Bonuses: Performance based
· Google Reviews: $10 per 5* review
· Referral Bonus: $500 per successful hire referral
· Paid Time Off: 10 accrued PTO days annually
· Paid Volunteer Day: 1 paid volunteer day to support a cause you care about
· Paid Holidays: 8 recognized holidays
· Development: ongoing training and growth
· AI Token Allowance: Company-paid token allowance for AI usage
Primary Job Responsibilities
· You are responsible for how fast, how well, and at what cost maintenance gets done across your assigned properties
· Supervise, schedule, and develop maintenance technicians
· Oversee work orders in Property Meld from intake through completion
· Manage unit turnovers from move-out to rent-ready, including scopes of work and punch lists
· Triage and accurately diagnose incoming maintenance issues
· Periodically perform property inspections, documenting conditions and follow-up items
· Create accurate invoices, including splitting both time and materials to the appropriate line-items
· Lead the technician safety program, including monthly safety meetings and jobsite standards
· Keep units compliant with habitability standards, including smoke/CO alarm and lock/egress requirements
· Work with portfolio managers on repair estimates and owner approvals
· Manage keys, lockboxes, and property access across your assigned properties
· Maintain accurate records, pre and post repair photos, and system data for every job
· Ensure consistent, high-quality experience for owners, residents and team members
Qualifications
· 3+ years of residential maintenance experience, 1+ year(s) supervising technicians or vendors
· Strong working knowledge of plumbing, electrical, HVAC, appliances, and general repair
· AI / tech-curious mindset, and comfortable learning new systems quickly
· Excellent written and verbal English communication, bi-lingual is a plus
· Ability to manage multiple priorities and conversations simultaneously
· High attention to detail and strong process adherence
· Able to scope a repair, put a realistic number on it, and keep the job on budget
· Ability to prioritize and schedule jobs based on urgency and geographic location
· A mindset of ownership, urgency, and accountability
Requirements
· Availability: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM PST
· Accept and execute after-hours calls as part of the on-call rotation
· Provide your own basic hand tools to complete work orders
· Valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and reliable vehicle
· Ability to lift 50 lbs, climb ladders, and work in occupied units
· Smartphone capable of running Property Meld and photo documentation
· Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
This Role Is NOT for You If…
· You struggle to manage multiple priorities at once
· You avoid difficult conversations with vendors, technicians, or residents
· You wait for direction instead of taking initiative
· You miss details or fail to follow through
· You prefer low-accountability or slow-paced environments
Why This Opportunity Matters
You won’t be doing this alone. You’ll be working shoulder-to-shoulder with a team of A-players - people who care deeply, move fast, and hold themselves (and each other) to a higher standard.
This is a place for people who want to grow fast, do meaningful work, and be part of building something exceptional - not just maintaining the status quo.
If you’re ready to do your best work alongside a team that won’t settle for less, we want to hear from you.
Pay: $30.00 - $35.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
Experience:
- residential maintenance: 3 years (Required)
- supervising technicians or vendor: 1 year (Required)
Language:
Work Location: On the road
