Salary: $15.51/hr.
Local Apartment Complex is looking for a Maintenance Technician to assist their Maintenance Department with a large Make-Ready project.
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Safely performs a wide variety of maintenance and repair work on facilities, systems, structures, and equipment.
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Responsible for general maintenance of property and grounds.
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Performs major carpentry, electrical, and plumbing repairs and general repairs on mechanical equipment in response to service requests and inspections of units at assigned property.
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Makes daily rounds of property and grounds to identify maintenance needs and removes trash and discarded items.
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Repairs or replaces wiring and parts for electrical outlets, switches, light fixtures, and breaker switches/fuses.
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Checks for and repairs gas leaks.
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Assembles, installs and/or repairs or replaces plumbing fixtures and fittings; showers, leaky faucets, clogged drains and sewer lines, damaged toilets, sinks, and water cutoffs.
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Repairs and replaces water heaters.
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Makes carpentry repairs/replacements to damaged walls, roofs, woodwork, floors, gutters, doors, downspouts, windows, cabinets, counter tops, peepholes and clotheslines. May perform painting functions as part of "make ready" procedure.
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Makes or reinforces and installs/replaces window screens and doorknobs and dead bolt locks and repairs and replaces tile floors.
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Repairs and makes adjustments to and replaces various appliances and equipment; refrigerators, gas and electric stoves, heaters, water heaters, smoke detectors, condensing units and coil.
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Replaces furnace/AC filters, checks air vents and thermostats (may be required to install furnace units, A-Coils and condensing unit).
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Reads and maintains gas and electricity meters on all communities.
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May delegate work to subordinate staff and monitor their work per Maintenance Manager’s instructions.
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Works on emergency work orders and after hours.
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Ensure grounds contractor is notified and inspects work for quality and completion by contractor.
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Performs other related duties as assigned.
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High school graduate or GED.
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Two years experience in building maintenance or vocational training, which involved training and/or experience in areas of carpentry, plumbing, and electrical repairs,
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HVAC/refrigeration, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Type II Certification.
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Good knowledge of techniques, methods, materials, and equipment used in plumbing, carpentry, and electrical repairs; and in the repair of household appliances, and heating and air condition systems.
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High degree of skill in one or more tradecrafts and working knowledge of all maintenance crafts.
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Uses tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electrical/air conditioning testing devices, and other various hand and test tools.
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Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
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Ability to read and understand moderately complex repair manuals, and instructions/warning on cleaning agents; write service requests, maintenance reports,
and inspection reports.
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Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and residents.
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Valid Texas driver’s license and eligibility for coverage under Authority fleet auto insurance.