Maintenance Technician - Veranda at Centerfield

Maintenance Technician - The Veranda at Centerfield

• Full-time
• Compensation: USD 22-USD 22 - hourly

Preferred Apartment Communities combines expertise with a people-first approach, delivering consistent care and communities that feel like home. Our mission is to provide exceptional living experiences for our residents while building a workplace where our associates feel supported, inspired, and prepared to grow.

Guided by the belief that we should always be better today than yesterday, we champion continuous improvement across every level of our organization. Through operational excellence, strategic partnerships, and a people-focused approach, we strive to be good neighbours to our residents, to each other, and to the communities we serve.

• Assist in all maintenance requests, preventative maintenance, and amenity area maintenance for the apartment community.
• Complete maintenance work orders for residents (service appliances, plumbing, HVAC systems, minor electrical, gate systems, pool operations, etc.).
• Respond and resolve emergency maintenance requests for after‑business‑hours calls (weeknights, weekends, and holidays).
• Prepare vacant apartments to make rent ready.
• Perform preventative maintenance work.
• Keep the maintenance shop clean and organized; maintain adequate stock/inventory of parts for equipment, appliances, etc.
• Interact directly with residents.
• Maintain logbooks and databases; enter service requests and status updates into the database.
• Assist in monitoring contractors’ work performance.
• Support the Maintenance Manager in meeting budget responsibilities.
• Follow and promote company policies and procedures.
• Make customer service a priority.
• If the property does not have a housekeeper, perform light cleaning duties such as cleaning models, club houses, leasing office, emptying trash, cleaning the grounds and amenity areas, etc.
• Maintain (clean, orderly, and in working conditions) all amenity areas (pool, compactors, weight rooms, parking decks, etc.)

• Wear a complete clean and neat uniform when working on any PAA Property, including nights and weekends, if applicable. Personal appearance must be clean and neat at all times, according to PAA policy.
• Communicate with residents and prospects in a manner consistent with PAA’s standards.
• Read and/or listen to resident requests/complaints.
• Receive resident complaints in a calm, open and professional manner.
• Solve problems quickly, usually within 24 hours, or contact supervisor for immediate assistance.
• Deliver newsletters, correspondence, etc. to residents’ apartments.
• Coordinate, set up, attend, and clean up after resident functions (food, tables, display areas, etc.) as requested by the Community Manager.

• 1–3 years maintenance experience (apartment maintenance experience preferred).
• Troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
• Budget or basic business finance helpful.
• Refrigeration certification (type 2 or universal) or obtain in the first 90 days of employment.
• Valid driver’s license (free from major moving violations) and dependable transportation.

• Use various hand tools and test equipment.
• Bend, stoop, and kneel for extended periods of time.
• Push and pull up to 300 pounds on wheels.
• Lift up to 50 pounds.
• Climb ladders of up to 40 feet in height.
• Use a hand‑truck.

As part of your daily maintenance routine, you may be required to move appliances from one apartment unit to another on opposite ends of the property. The appliance may have to be transferred by means of a hand truck up one to three flights of steps. These appliances will range in weight from 75 to well over 300 pounds. Commercial laundry rooms are equipped with single washing machines and/or stacked (double) clothes dryers which you will be required to move in order to repair and perform preventative maintenance.

These machines range in weight from 120 to 300 pounds. On occasions you may be involved in repairs to the building structure, requiring you to move or transport several building‑type materials weighing from several pounds to over 300 pounds. At certain times you will be required to perform…