Maintenance Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Join a well-established and growing organization focusing on housing for the underserved. The Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County values its employees and works to maintain an employee-centric work environment.

General Job Summary: Under supervision of the Asset Manager and Maintenance Manager, the Onsite Maintenance Supervisor performs a variety of routine and emergency maintenance tasks, during and after working hours, in the plumbing, carpentry, and electrical fields to maintain a safe and comfortable environment for the residents and employees of the Commission.

Essential Functions:

• Perform routine/preventative maintenance on plumbing, electrical, HVAC, carpentry, etc.; change light bulbs, blinds and filters; clear clogged drains, etc.
• Supervise and Inspect the progress and quality of work by Technicians and contractors to insure consistency and compliance with mandated practices and technical specifications.
• Assist and evaluate all routine work completed and assist with timely completion as needed.
• Repair and/or replace appliances, gas/oil furnaces, electrical outlets, switches, light fixtures, plumbing fixtures, air conditioning units, electric heaters, locks, pipes, flooring, water heaters, etc.
• Install and repair circuit breakers, motors, etc.
• Repair windows, various carpentry tasks, replaces drywall and framing as needed.

• Repair faulty equipment units and damaged structures.

• Supervise and assist in maintaining the grounds and performs various landscaping duties for all offices and communities that are not under landscaping contract.
• Trimming trees, bushes and shrubs; preventing and eliminating weeds.

• Keeping grounds free from trash, litter, and debris, and maintain cleanliness and emptying trash receptacles.

• Remove bulk trash as needed.

• Plan, execute and schedule repairs.

• Plan, execute, and schedule all routine and special functions for all vacant unit turnovers.

• Inspect buildings, equipment, and systems to identify any issues.
• Conduct periodic quality checks on equipment and systems to ensure everything is up to standard.
• Maintain the inventory records for equipment and supplies.

• Assist with snow removal.
• Move furniture and equipment as needed or requested.
• Make various types of delivers such as letters to residents, packages or appliances.
• Assist with set-up and break down for special events.
• Works in accordance with verbal or written instructions and works with supervisor or designee to prioritize assigned work requests.
• Cleans tools
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Skills required:

• Requires five (5) years of journeyman level experience & certification in one or more of the building trades, High school diploma or GED; supplemented by vocational/technical training in general construction (carpentry), plumbing, wiring, HVAC, etc. plus three (3) to five (5) years relevant work experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
• CFC Universal Certification is required.
• Valid Driver’s License

Abilities Required:

• Ability to operate a truck, snow removal equipment, saws, pressure washers, mechanics&#xF03D tools, carpentry tools, various other hand/power tools, electrical testing meters, plumbing tools, ladders, and other departmental tools/equipment.
• Ability to add, to subtract, multiply, divide, calculate decimals and percentages, and measure data.
• Ability to comprehend and correctly use a variety of informational documents including work orders, vehicle maintenance reports, and other reports and records.
• Ability to comprehend a variety of reference books and manuals including blueprints, schematic diagrams, etc.
• Ability to prepare requisitions, mileage forms, memorandum, correspondence, and other jo b related documents using prescribed format and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style.
• Ability to accurately record and deliver information, meet deadlines, and maintain confidentiality of restricted information.
• Ability to use and interpret mechanical, electrical, and general carpentry terminology and language
• Ability to perceive and discriminate colors, sounds, odors, and shapes.
• Ability to use independent judgment, common sense, and principles of rational systems in the performance of tasks
• Ability to work under stressful conditions, to respond immediately to crisis situations, and to balance priorities within and between offices/departments
• Ability to maintain personal composure and tactfully handle difficult situations and interpret questions correctly; ability to behave in a friendly, understanding, helpful, and professional manner with clients/customers, coworkers, supervisors, and the general public.
• Ability to advise and interpret the application of policies, procedures and standards to specific situations; ability to explain, demonstrate and clarify to others within well-established policies, procedures and standards.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Supervisor, Purchasing/Inventory Department, Managers, Dispatcher, Coworkers, Tenants, and the General public verbally and in writing.
• Ability to respond on call to after-hour emergency maintenance calls.
• Must have reliable transportation for during and after work duties.
• Must have HVAC certification.

Typical Physical/Mental Demands and Working Conditions : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, move up and down stairs, use hands and arms to handle, feel and reach, push, pull, bend, twist and lift up to 50 pounds. Read information, often in small print. Enter and locate information on a computer system or communication device. Write documents, reports etc. using a writing instrument (i.e. pencil, pen) or computer. Operate a variety of automated office machines including typewriter, calculator, copier, computer, telephone system, fax machine, etc. Utilize departmental software including ECS and HUD software and others.