Service Technician - The Townhomes at Newtown Crossing

Job Description

Job Description

Description

Our Service Technicians are a crucial part of the property’s facilities maintenance team, reporting to the Service Manager or Senior Service Manager. This role involves performing maintenance tasks, executing work orders, and supporting preventative maintenance efforts to ensure the property is well-maintained for our residents. The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail and a commitment to safety and cleanliness. At ACC, there are always opportunities to gain new certifications, and grow in your facilities maintenance career – whether it is supporting nearby properties or on the job training.

• Perform work orders in a timely manner, ensuring quality and efficiency.
• Close out work orders in the system, including using system tools for tracking.
• Assist in property turn process and coordinate with vendors for efficient execution.
• Execute preventative maintenance tasks as assigned, to maintain property operations.
• Conduct inspections of public areas and resident apartments to ensure maintenance standards are met and sustained.
• Safely operate, maintain, and repair all facility equipment, adhering to safety protocols and best practices.
• Assist vendors by escorting them on-site and facilitating their work as needed.
• Maintain clean and orderly shop, storage, and back-of house environment, ensuring all tools and supplies are organized.
• Assist with coordinating with vendor services such as snow removal, landscaping.
• Assist with curb appeal, trash collection, and cleaning as assigned.
• Other duties, as assigned by supervisor.

Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate for the Service Technician role is a detail-oriented and safety-conscious maintenance facilities professional with experience in residential facilities maintenance, including apartment maintenance or maintenance technician responsibilities or a related field, and the ability to support a variety of maintenance tasks. This role includes completing work orders, supporting preventative maintenance, and assisting with overall property upkeep to ensure a safe and well-maintained environment for residents.

Candidates should have a foundation in maintenance tasks and be comfortable working independently while following established processes and safety standards. While not all candidates will have experience across every technical area, they should be ready to develop their skills and grow within facilities maintenance operations.

American Campus Culture Commitments

• Our people are devoted to a culture of inclusion, diversity, and equality in the workplace and our communities.  We are committed to intentionally executing an evolving set of goals specific to inclusion, diversity, and accountability, driven by empathetic leadership and embraced by all.
• The core of American Campus culture involves everyone being fully invested in everything that we do down to picking up the smallest piece of trash. No matter their position or duration at any given property, everyone picks up trash because we take pride in our community.
• Serve as an American Campus representative and liaison in all interactions.
• Certain activities involved in this position may be photographed and/or video and audio recorded for quality control and/or training purposes. Compliance with the Photo, Video and Voice Recording Policy is a condition of employment.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the minimum knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education/Experience:

• Experience in residential facilities maintenance.

This role is subject to an after-hours on-call rotation. Must be available to respond and prepare to inclement weather situations, as applicable.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. This job operates in a professional environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job: 

The employee is regularly required to:

-  to talk/hear.  

-  stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.  

The employee is occasionally required to sit; 
- climb or balance; and stoop, kneel or crouch. 

The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to:
- 50 pounds.  

Specific vision abilities required by this job include: 
- close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits & Perks

• Benefits:
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • 401(k) with Employer Matching
  • Medical & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Life Insurance
  • Sick Leave
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Pregnancy & Childbirth Leave
  • Paid Paternity Leave
  • Health Insurance
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with Employer Matching
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Perks:
  • Preferred Membership Pricing at Local & National Companies
  • CoreGiving Volunteer Days
  • Referral Program
  • Charity Matching Program

#ACC

American Campus Communities is an equal opportunity employer. We value a diverse, inclusive workforce and provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the LA County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider all qualified applicants, including those with arrest and conviction records, for employment.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

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American Campus Communities

As the nation's best-in-class student housing company, we are passionately committed to serving the needs of our residents, parents, and college and university clients. We currently manage more than 200 on- and off-campus communities across North America. While we happen to be the largest company in our industry, our goal has always been and will remain to be the best.

It's the dedication of our employees that has allowed American Campus to grow from a small operator to the industry leader. To attract and retain such exceptional talent, we have created a work environment that is motivating and rewarding. We have been named one of the best companies to work for by Texas Monthly magazine and one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies by Forbes.

If you are a hard-working, reliable and fun-loving employee, we've got a place for you. In return, we offer opportunities, diversity, stability, job training and growth. Come join the American Campus family.

Company Description

American Campus Communities \r\n\r\nAs the nation's best-in-class student housing company, we are passionately committed to serving the needs of our residents, parents, and college and university clients. We currently manage more than 200 on- and off-campus communities across North America. While we happen to be the largest company in our industry, our goal has always been and will remain to be the best.\r\n\r\nIt's the dedication of our employees that has allowed American Campus to grow from a small operator to the industry leader. To attract and retain such exceptional talent, we have created a work environment that is motivating and rewarding. We have been named one of the best companies to work for by Texas Monthly magazine and one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies by Forbes. \r\n\r\nIf you are a hard-working, reliable and fun-loving employee, we've got a place for you. In return, we offer opportunities, diversity, stability, job training and growth. Come join the American Campus family.