To perform building upkeep and repairs, make ready apartments so they can be rented, and building maintenance worker's duties and responsibilities may include:
- Maintaining records of any work and inspections done on-premises
- Performing inventory on repair supplies
- Keeping repair tools and supplies clean and organized
- Setting up repair appointments with mechanics or electricians when needed
- Making and installing new furniture or equipment
- Ensuring all safety systems are functioning properly, including smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
- Performing general maintenance tasks for the units, such as drywall repair, plastering, carpentry, flooring repair, painting and more
- Detecting, identifying and repairing unit issues, like basic problems with the electrical, plumbing and HVAC systems
- Responding to and completing tenant maintenance requests.
Skills
To be an effective building maintenance worker, you should possess several soft and hard skills, including:
- Communication skills: Maintenance workers often interact with tenants, customers and supervisors, so they need to be able to communicate in a way that is both clear and friendly.
- Time management skills: In many cases, a building maintenance worker has to manage daily tasks and long-term projects. To do this effectively, they need to be able to prioritize tasks, create schedules and develop timelines for completing the work and organizing their time.
- Diagnostic skills: Problem-solving and critical thinking are key in this line of work because maintenance technicians regularly have to diagnose issues and develop effective solutions.
- Physical strength: This job can be physically demanding, requiring workers to adjust heavy equipment, squeeze through tight spaces, climb tall ladders and carry heavy objects.
- Technical skills: Regardless of whether they decide to specialize in a trade, maintenance workers are well versed in electric systems, painting, carpentry, plumbing, and HVAC.
- Mechanical skills: This job necessitates expertise in a variety of systems, equipment and tools to effectively complete some of the more complex projects.
Job Requirements
· Proven experience as an assistant maintenance director or technician in an apartment community or other similar position
· Basic knowledge of HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems. HVAC certified
· Experience using hand and electrical tools
· Very good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
· Complete and troubleshoot common apartment service requests
· Plumbing, HVAC & electrical experience preferred
· This position requires staff to fully prepare apartment homes for new residents as well as maintaining the condition of occupied apartments
· Track and determine the status of service requests in the computer system and close records for completed orders
· Requisition supplies, materials, and parts as required, ensuring that inventories are maintained at prescribed levels
· Respond to service requests to investigate and make mechanical, electrical, plumbing or HVAC repairs to damaged or broken apartment or amenity elements as reported by residents or staff or escalated by Maintenance Technicians
· Examine reported problem, determine extent of repairs, materials and supplies required and make any range of repairs to damaged or broken units
· Monitor the work of outside contractors and maintenance staff and ensure repairs are made in keeping with quality and safety standards
· Perform assigned range of preventive maintenance routines including change filters, check smoke detectors and replace batteries as required, change light bulbs, perform damage inspections, perform routine plumbing repairs, and update exterior light map
· Assist to move appliances into and from apartments and vacant apartments of discarded personal belongings and trash left in vacated apartment homes
· Make keys as directed
· Clean and maintain golf carts and report damage or the need for service
· Notify supervisor of the need to replenish materials and supplies when low and process requisitions as required
· Store and maintain supplies and materials in keeping with procedures and standards
· Available for on call duty, nights and weekend work
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to $26.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
