Assistant Maintenance Technician

Position Summary

The Assistant Maintenance Technician cleans and maintains assigned properties, insuring safe, clean, and sanitary housing and office environments for those properties. This position will be responsible for all cleaning duties including vacuuming, mopping, scrubbing restrooms with soapy water, and shampooing carpets, in addition to basic maintenance tasks such as painting, replacing light bulbs, changing locks, and other work orders.

Essential Functions

General Operations

Ensures general cleaning of the building's interior and exterior including:

Wipes down all surfaces.

Dusts furniture and fixtures.

Washes and cleans windows and mirrors.

Cleans, stocks, and maintains restrooms.

Cleans spills with appropriate equipment.

Cleans floors including sweeping vacuuming, mopping, and polishing.

Disinfects commonly used items like desks, door handles, office tools and phones.

Operates cleaning machinery such as floor cleaning machine safely and efficiently.

Picks up trash.

Maintains outdoor grounds including cutting grass, pulling weeds, watering plants, and trimming bushes.

Empties trash and recycling receptacles.

Stocks inventory.

Carries out heavy cleaning tasks and special projects.

Maintains cleanliness of laundry room and trash rooms.

Stocks and maintains cleanliness of maintenance shop and maintenance room to facilitate quick assessment of inventory supplies.

Notifies maintenance of any occurring deficiencies or issues with equipment or property.

Cleans vacant units as needed.

Assist with storage of deliveries.

Follows all health and safety regulations and guidelines.

Complete tasks in a timely manner with minimal supervision.

Maintenance

Assists Maintenance Technician or Maintenance Supervisor with basic maintenance tasks.

Assist Maintenance with unit turnovers including changing locks, painting, and basic maintenance projects.

Performs minor repairs on machinery, equipment, and tools.

Completes basic work orders.

Completes turnover reports or work order when independently completing a task or responsibility.

Assistance with snow removal.

Other Duties

Performs, and reports on, all work according to the safety standards of the company, OSHA, and health codes.


Performs work area clean-up on a weekly basis.


Assists with tenant improvements as required.


Interacts with various internal and external stakeholders as needed, including tenants.


Completes special projects as assigned and prioritized.


Performs other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Carpentry, painting, cleaning, basic plumbing, basic electrical, basic HVAC experience preferred.

Minimum of 1 year experience in residential and apartment Assistant Maintenance Technicianial or maintenance experience preferred.

Hospitality or hotel maintenance or property maintenance, preferred.

Customer service experience, such as retail or hospitality, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to manage time efficiently and work independently and with a team.

Ability to work safely with a variety of cleaning supplies and equipment.

Ability to use basic cleaning equipment.

Must demonstrate ability to review and process information to determine what it means, how it fits together and how to respond to it.

Customer service and interpersonal skills to interact with current tenants.

Attention to detail to ensure that all tasks are completed on time and to satisfaction.

Ability to use computers e.g., Excel and mobile device technology.

Ability to work within a team environment to coordinate and complete tasks.

Communication skills including the ability to speak both English and Spanish a plus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Work includes both inside and outside environments.

Must be able to work in various elements.

Ability to walk property/properties.

Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods.

Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.

Exposure to diverse communities including low-income neighborhoods.

Transportation Requirement

Position requires automobile, driver's license, and insurance.


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.


Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Last Updated: May 2024