Maintenance Technician

We are seeking a dependable Maintenance Technician for a direct hire opportunity in Valley Center, CA. This role supports facilities, housing units, and government buildings through hands-on construction, repair, preventative maintenance, and general facilities upkeep.

This is a great opportunity for a maintenance professional who enjoys variety, takes pride in quality workmanship, and wants to contribute to a community-focused public sector environment. The Maintenance Technician will work with supportive leadership, collaborate with internal teams, and interact professionally with residents and staff to ensure maintenance needs are handled with care, safety, and strong customer service.

This position offers steady work, a positive team environment, and the opportunity to continue building skills across plumbing, electrical, carpentry, roofing, flooring, concrete, painting, drywall, and general facilities maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

- Perform general and preventative maintenance on housing units and government buildings, including painting, drywall repair, plumbing repairs, carpentry, framing, door repairs, fence repairs, and minor roof repairs.
- Install and replace building components such as rain gutters, water heaters, refrigerators, light fixtures, smoke detectors, toilets, faucets, cabinets, countertops, flooring, drywall, shingles, and small-area concrete.
- Prepare job sites by tarping, taping, caulking, sanding, priming, cleaning surfaces, completing demolition, removing debris, and maintaining safe work areas.
- Complete assigned work orders in a timely manner, prepare material and cost estimates, and maintain inventory of supplies, parts, tools, and equipment.
- Support facility needs such as event setup and breakdown, furniture moves, temporary janitorial tasks, and assistance to other general services departments as needed.
- Operate heavy equipment and work extended hours or weekends when approved and necessary to meet project deadlines.

Compensation and Benefits

- Direct hire opportunity.
- Pay range: $23 to $27 per hour, depending on experience.
- Great benefits.
- Location: Valley Center, CA.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans

The Know Your Rights poster is available here:

The pay transparency policy is available here:

For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer, AppleOne is pleased to offer major medical, dental, vision, 401k and any statutory sick pay where required.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team.

AppleOne participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Additional Skills

Required Qualifications and Skills

- Perform hands-on facilities maintenance, repair, installation, and preventative maintenance work.
- Complete work orders, site preparation, repairs, replacements, cleanup, and general facilities support.
- Support housing units, government buildings, community facilities, and internal service requests.
- Maintain safe work areas, tools, equipment, supplies, and inventory while delivering professional customer service.

- High school diploma, G.E.D., equivalent U.S. credential, or California High School Proficiency Examination certificate required.
- 1+ years of related maintenance, construction, installation, repair, or facilities experience required.
- Hands-on knowledge of general construction, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, drywall, flooring, roofing, concrete, or building repair tasks.
- Ability to use and maintain tools, equipment, materials, and supplies safely and responsibly.
- Ability to follow directions, complete tasks on time, communicate schedule concerns, and take ownership of assigned work.
- Strong customer service skills with the ability to interact respectfully and professionally with residents, community members, and internal teams.
- Willingness to perform varied physical duties, including demolition, cleanup, janitorial support, event setup, furniture moves, and general labor.

Preferred Qualifications

- Facilities maintenance, general construction, installation, or repair experience.
- Prior facilities maintenance experience in housing, government, public sector, community services, or similar environments.
- Experience preparing material estimates and maintaining maintenance supply inventories.
- Experience operating heavy equipment.
- Broad repair knowledge across plumbing, electrical, carpentry, roofing, flooring, concrete finishing, painting, and drywall.