Maintenance Technician - Painter

Are you looking for a position at a mission-driven, innovative organization with great benefits? If so, join Boulder Housing Partners! We are a PERA employer and offer great public employee retirement benefits, work-life balance, and flexible schedules.

We build, own, and manage affordable housing in the City of Boulder, bringing together staff and stakeholders from diverse backgrounds to accomplish a common goal.

HIRING RANGE: $24-$26/hour

Applications will be received through February 27, 2026.

If your goal is to help build diverse and inclusive communities by providing homes, creating community and changing lives, consider joining us  know our employees are our most important resource, in addition to rewarding and meaningful work we enjoy:

• Retirement benefits that includes PERA defined benefit plan plus 401k and 457 plans
• Paid life insurance
• Employee wellness program
• Long term disability
• 13 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• Five Fridays off during the summer
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training opportunities, and more.

OVERALL JOB OBJECTIVE

Under general supervision, the Maintenance Technician I:
Painter performs routine to moderately complex surface preparation, painting and finishing tasks, applying a variety of methods to both interior and exterior surfaces.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Paints and decorates facilities by scraping surfaces; applying paint removers; filling cracks and holes; placing drop cloths; applying paints. Functions include:

• Gathers painting materials and supplies by requisitioning from inventory or placing orders.
• Prepares surfaces for painting by scraping surfaces; applying paint; filling cracks and holes.
• Covers trim, floors, and other surfaces with tape, drop cloths and other protective coverings to keep them free of paint.
• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy painting environment by erecting scaffolds, ladders, and safety barriers according to prescribed protocols; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.
• Understands and uses proper PPE methods.
• Keeps painting equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
• Documents maintenance and decorating actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Improves painting job knowledge by attending training sessions, reading technical publications.
• Contributes to painting and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.
• Assists in performing a variety of simple maintenance and repair tasks and housekeeping services on Boulder Housing Partners’ properties and units.
• Performs related duties as required by management to meet the needs of BHP.
• Remains generally alert to conditions and events occurring at Boulder Housing Partners’ properties.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Good communications skills. Ability to interact with diverse tenant population. Must possess a self-starter attitude with the ability to work with little supervision and direction. Valid Colorado driver’s license and acceptable motor vehicle record. Acceptable background information, including criminal background history.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Completion of trade school or apprenticeship training program (or equivalent work experience) in one or more general building trades which can include painting. Bilingual in English and Spanish.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical Demands:
This is a moderate to heavy labor position, requiring significant physical exertion to perform job duties. Requires the ability to lift up to 50 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, lift, carry, walk and stand.

Frequent hand/eye coordination to operate tools and equipment; vision for reading, recording, and interpreting information; speech communication and hearing to maintain communication with…