Residential Property Maintenance & Inspection Technician
General maintenance, property inspections, and recurring landscape maintenance for a professionally managed residential portfolio.
Position Overview
Benchmark Realty is seeking an experienced Residential Property Maintenance & Inspection Technician to service a professionally managed portfolio of residential rental properties located throughout the Reno and Sparks area.
This is a full-time, field-based position responsible for three primary functions:
- General residential property maintenance
- Routine property inspections
- Recurring landscape and irrigation maintenance
The successful candidate will travel between multiple properties each day using a company-provided work vehicle, performing inspections, diagnosing and completing repairs, maintaining exterior curb appeal, documenting completed work, and identifying maintenance issues before they become larger and more costly repairs.
This position requires a technician who can work productively in the field while consistently following established company procedures, assigned schedules, work priorities, and documentation requirements. Success in this role depends on clear communication, attention to detail, professional judgment, and the ability to accept routine supervision, performance monitoring, coaching, and constructive feedback.
We are seeking a long-term team member who takes pride in maintaining both the condition and appearance of residential properties, values consistency and accountability, and is committed to providing professional service to our residents and clients.
What We Provide
- Company work vehicle
- Company-paid fuel
- Commercial landscaping trailer
- Commercial landscaping equipment
- Company mobile phone
- Four 10-hour workdays each week
- Stable, year-round employment
- Optional group health insurance
Applicants must provide their own basic hand tools customarily required for residential property maintenance.
Employment is contingent upon a satisfactory background check, clean driving record acceptable to the company's commercial automobile insurance carrier, and successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening.
This is a safety-sensitive position involving the operation of company cargo vans, equipment trailers, commercial landscaping equipment, power tools, ladders, and other machinery.
Pay: $30.00 - $38.00 per hour
Benefits:
Application Question(s):
- Briefly describe a recent repair you personally diagnosed and completed from start to finish. Include how you diagnosed the problem and why you chose the repair.
- Describe your experience performing recurring landscape maintenance. Please include your experience with commercial mowing, edging, string trimming, backpack blowers, weed control, irrigation repairs, seasonal cleanups, and operating commercial landscaping equipment.
- Describe your experience performing residential property inspections. What types of maintenance deficiencies do you routinely look for during an inspection?
- List the basic hand tools you personally own and regularly use for residential property maintenance.
- Are you currently employed? If yes, why are you considering leaving your current employer? If no, please briefly explain.
- This position requires following established company procedures, assigned schedules, documentation requirements, and routine supervision. Are you comfortable working in this type of structured environment?
- Describe your experience operating cargo vans, towing utility or equipment trailers, and operating commercial landscaping equipment (including commercial mowers, string trimmers, backpack blowers, hedge trimmers, chainsaws, or similar equipment). Include approximately how many years of experience you have with each, if applicable.
- If offered employment, can you successfully pass a pre-employment background check and drug screening?
- Prioritize the following work orders from most urgent (1) to least urgent (5):
A. Vacancy turn.
B. Central heater not working.
C. Small leak in bathtub faucet dripping into bathtub.
D. Leak in kitchen sink supply line.
E. Tenant-owned clothes dryer not working.
- A tenant removes numerous thumbtacks from a knockdown-textured drywall wall, leaving numerous tiny holes. Describe all steps you would take to correctly repair the wall from start to finish, including the tools and products you would use.
- While performing routine landscape maintenance, you discover that one irrigation zone is not operating. Describe the steps you would take to diagnose the problem before replacing any parts.
- A tenant reports a leak under the kitchen sink. Describe the steps you would take to diagnose the source of the leak before beginning the repair.
Experience:
- Property maintenance: 5 years (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Reno, NV 89501 (Required)
Work Location: In person
