Maintenance Technician

Reports To: Property Manager

Division: Affordable Housing Department: Maintenance Position Status: Full Time FLSA Status: Non - Exempt

JOB SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Technician's role is to maintain the property, including but not limited to the property grounds and common areas in the best possible condition. The Maintenance Technician is responsible for conducting general maintenance and repairs on facility equipment and property structures. They ensure that heating and plumbing systems perform at optimum functionality, the installations HVAC and, the upkeep of the landscape.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Respond quickly in the event of an emergency, notify appropriate personnel and follow safety protocol and plan and schedule repairs in a timely manner.
• Perform general maintenance including landscaping, painting, and carpentry, repair faulty equipment and conduct maintenance of electrical systems.
• Survey buildings and repair mechanical systems to ensure they are consistent with health and safety regulations and support the setup of ventilation, refrigeration and other systems and conduct repairs when necessary.
• Aid in budget development and ensure it is followed.
• Maintain heating and plumbing systems to ensure functionality.
• Inspect alarm systems such as carbon dioxide and fire protection and quickly schedule repairs when needed.
• Undertake activities of pest control such as spraying insecticide.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands of the job described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, bend, walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle tools and controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs and ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk and hear. The employee must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds individually and up to 200 pounds with assistance devices (i.e. hand trucks, appliance dollies, additional persons etc.). Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability focus. Additionally, the employee works in an outdoor environment and is exposed to adverse weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment may be moderate to high.

DISCLAIMER:

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.