Maintenance Technician - Flats at Sundown chez Kittle Property Group

Exciting Opportunity: Maintenance Technician at Flats at Sundown Apartments

Are you looking to join a dynamic team where your skills will be valued and appreciated? Kittle Property Group is seeking a dedicated Maintenance Technician for our Flats at Sundown Apartments community. With competitive wages and a supportive work environment, this position offers the perfect blend of professional growth and community involvement.

**Why Join Us?**
- **Pay Rate**: $22.00/hour with competitive wages paid weekly.
- **Bonuses**: Eligible for CNOI Bonus Program and Renewal Bonus Program.
- **Perks**: Free safety/work boots through our Maintenance Boots Program.

**Your Role:**
As a Maintenance Technician, you'll be the go-to person for maintaining our properties and ensuring a safe, pleasant environment for our residents. You'll be responsible for a variety of tasks, from performing morning inspections and preventive maintenance to managing snow removal and landscaping. Your work will directly impact our community's satisfaction and the smooth operation of our facilities.

**Key Responsibilities:**
- Monitor and manage maintenance expenses.
- Conduct daily inspections of community grounds.
- Prepare vacant units for new residents and complete maintenance requests promptly.
- Maintain landscaping and perform snow removal.
- Keep detailed records of maintenance activities and supervise contractors.
- Provide emergency support after office hours and maintain all common amenities.
- Conduct quarterly unit inspections and other duties as assigned.

**What We’re Looking For:**
- High school diploma or GED.
- At least 1 year of maintenance experience.
- HVAC/EPA certification preferred.
- Strong communication skills and basic math proficiency.
- Ability to understand and execute detailed instructions.
- Basic computer skills, especially with MS Outlook and MS Word.

**Our Commitment:**
At KPG, we are dedicated to excellence and community engagement. We value collaboration, innovation, and respect, and we expect our team members to reflect these values in their work.

Join us at Flats at Sundown Apartments and become part of a team that takes pride in making a difference in our residents' lives. If you’re ready to take on this rewarding challenge, we’d love to hear from you! Apply today and start making an impact.

JOB DESCRIPTION

EXPECTATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES

Supports the organization's mission and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect personalization, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible and accountable for providing maintenance at the properties, providing customer service and presenting the company in a professional manner at all times.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor maintenance expenses and ensure that they are below budget.
• Perform an inspection of community grounds each morning.
• Perform turn (painting, cleaning, maintenance of all vacant units.
• Complete all maintenance request in a timely manner.
• Prepare all vacant units for occupancy.
• Complete preventative maintenance activities.
• Maintain landscaping, bushes, trees and lawn.
• Perform snow removal of community sidewalks.
• Maintain log of weather and snow removal efforts.
• Maintain records of maintenance performed in all units and at the site.
• Maintain all KPG’s tools, equipment and replacement parts in working condition.
• Provide and maintain own set of personal tools.
• Sweep, clean and maintain all common areas of the community.
• Supervise contractors working at the site.
• Provide emergency resident support after office hours.
• Maintain resident and specific apartment preventative maintenance records.
• Provide service and maintenance for all common amenities.
• Conduct quarterly unit inspections.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• 1 year of experience
• HVAC/EPA certification preferred
• Language Skills – Ability to read, write, speak and interpret basic instructions, simple correspondence and present information one-on-one or in small groups.
• Math Skills – Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide by 10s and 100s.
• Reasoning Skills – Ability to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions with common sense understanding. Ability to deal with problems that involve few variables in standardized situations.
• Computer Skills – Beginner skills with MS Outlook and MS Word.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

• Annually attend fair housing class.
• Ongoing professional development.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Rarely must sit, climb, balance or lift up to 75 pounds.
• Regularly must stand, walk, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, talk and hear.
• Close and distance vision is required. The ability to adjust focus is also required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Normally works in an environment with moderate or loud noise.
• Rarely must work in wet or humid conditions, near moving mechanical parts, high/precarious places, around fumes/airborne particles/toxic or caustic chemicals and near risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally must work in outdoor weather conditions.