Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Lifestyle Apartments Shreveport is hiring maintenance technicians. The maintenance technician's primary duty is to perform repairs and conduct preventative maintenance throughout the apartment community. Schedule: Full time; Monday-Friday 9a-6p; rotational on-call weekend shifts. Job type: Full-time. Compensation: $18-$22/hr; commensurate with experience. Benefits: PTO, holiday pay, health insurance after 60 days.

About You:

• 3+ years of property management maintenance experience
• General knowledge of plumbing, electrical, HVAC, carpentry, appliance repair
• EPA certified is a bonus
• Positive attitude with strong verbal communication skills: will work with a variety of staff, residents, and vendors
• Reliable transportation
• Available for duty on a rotational basis for after-hours emergency

Education & Experience:

• Preferred education: high school diploma or equivalent and relevant certifications

Core Responsibilities:

• Responds to all assigned maintenance work orders during the regular day, giving priority to any emergency
• Resolves all maintenance problems that arise during the work
• Reports to the maintenance supervisor or property manager any repair problems that cannot be fixed during the work
• Completes regularly scheduled maintenance activities as assigned by the maintenance director
• Performs general clean-up of the apartment community on an overload
• Reports all acts of vandalism, destruction of property, and suspicious persons observed within the community to the property manager or other designated
• Is available for duty on a rotational basis for after-hours emergency
• Assists in maintaining all electrical, plumbing, appliances, and mechanical
• Follows dress code policy, including selection of outfits from the designated corporate clothing catalog. Maintains a clean, neat, professional appearance at all
• Keeps shop and storage areas in neat and well-organized
• Provides high-quality customer service when interacting with
• Completes grounds work as directed by supervisor, which may include picking up trash, sweeping curb and dumpster areas, and maintaining landscaping beds and other
• Assists in monitoring all work being performed by outside contractors.
• Monitors and maintains all building systems as
• Assures safety standards are used which comply with all company, local, city, state, and federal
• Ensures compliance of all work-related activities in a fair, ethical, and consistent
• Other duties as assigned
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs
• Ability to climb multiple flights of stairs and walk the property
• Performing tasks that may require bending, stooping, or reaching, such as checking under desks or inspecting areas that are difficult to access