Building Technician

Who We Are:

We are a full-service commercial real estate firm serving Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston with 30 years of experience developing, managing, and investing in commercial real estate. This 360-degree perspective gives us the expertise to maximize investment value while navigating through any real estate challenge. Backed by the best staff in the industry, our mission is to build trusting relationships with our clients through proven results, professional integrity, and exceptional service.

The Building Technician is an essential role  Building Technician is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all building equipment and timely response to service requests. Responsible for the maintenance and operation of all building equipment to ensure the operation of equipment is within design capabilities and to achieve proper environmental conditions prescribed by the building management.

• Acknowledge and respond to service requests by diagnosing and performing minor and routine maintenance/repair in a timely and professional manner. Strive to complete all service requests daily and accurately documented, including parts, in work order system.
• Ensure the performance of equipment with preventive maintenance as prescribed by manufacturer's recommendations and specifications.
• Responsible for all housekeeping functions and maintaining the professional appearances of equipment and maintenance spaces.
• Review building operations, preventive maintenance, training, energy management and equipment status on a frequent basis.
• Responsible for maintaining the building lighting system, including element and ballast repairs or replacements.
• Other duties may include but not limited to moving furniture, fixtures and office partitions repairing locks, doors, hinges, furniture, and other miscellaneous items. The repair and painting of all types of surfaces, indoors and out.
• The monthly inspection of fire extinguishers and/or other life/safe inspections. Various building maintenance duties as assigned by the property management.
• Operation, maintenance, and repair of sanitary sewer systems, including sump pumps, basins, toilets, urinals, and piping.
• Maintenance and repair of trash compactors, including electrical and hydraulic systems.
• Maintenance and repair of kitchen equipment.
• Complete or oversee the completion of preventative maintenance as assigned. Maintain accurate records within preventative maintenance system.
• Maintain all equipment as required per preventive maintenance programs. Including life safety and security systems - equipment maintenance applicable in engineers' scope will be included.

• 3-5 years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Keep updated and adhere to Company policies, standard operating procedures, Work Order and Preventative Maintenance System, Uniform Policies, Safety Handbook, etc. 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.
  
  However, individual must have the ability to lift 100 lbs. necessary for installation and removal of equipment.
• Use only vendors with approved insurance requirements and initiate work with appropriate HPI contract.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is most of the time outside in all weather conditions. The employee is regularly required to walk, talk, and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and reach with their hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Limited travel is required in this position.
• Perform effective emergency maintenance (after hours) as required.
• High School diploma or GED equivalent required. Three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience and must obtain a minimum score of at least 75% on Maintenance Skills Exam.
• Basic skills with Microsoft Office Outlook.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Strong organizational and analytical skills. Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable, and courteous service to customers.
• Abilities to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
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