Maintenance Assistant - Riverside Plaza

Be a part of something great and find yourself At Home, At Sherman! As a member of Sherman, we invite you to join our mission of Building Communities, Enriching Neighborhoods. You can make an immediate impact supporting our real estate development and management operations in hotels, residential, and retail.

If you are passionate about helping others and knowledgeable with facilities repair and maintenance, we have the right opportunity for you! At Sherman, we pride ourselves on hiring resident-focused and skilled maintenance talent who strive to solve, repair and troubleshoot a wide range of complex and preventative facilities responsibilities. We believe we can offer a challenging, fast‑paced and rewarding experience that is unique to supporting our mission, vision, and values.

This position supports our largest residential apartment complex in Minneapolis, Riverside Plaza (1,303 affordable units).

• The schedule for this role will be Monday – Friday; 8 AM – 5 PM.
• As a Maintenance Assistant (Maintenance Technician I), you are not required to be on call. However, as you learn and grow with Sherman, you may eventually be expected to be on call. At that point, some evening and weekend on‑call rotations are required.

As a Maintenance Technician I, you will be responsible for performing highly diversified duties to install, troubleshoot, repair and maintain the assigned real estate portfolio. Special attention to safety, predictive and preventative maintenance and processes to support the achievement of the site’s business goals and objectives is critical to overall success.

• Completes general maintenance and upkeep responsibilities including minor plumbing, electrical, HVAC, light carpentry, painting and landscaping.
• Responds to open work orders and resolves resident/tenant requests within 24 hours.
• Prepares and turns vacated apartment units within a 24‑hour period (5 days if not immediate). All vacated apartments must have painting, cleaning and carpet shampooing scheduled with the appropriate vendors and all repairs completed in a timely and impeccable manner.
• Completes hands‑on work of all building repairs, preventative maintenance and general upkeep of the facility with special attention to more involved operations or projects.
• Walks property at regular intervals (daily) to ensure resident/tenant property rules are being followed and that the property is clean and orderly and in good maintenance condition.
• Works on the last day and first day of each month until responsibilities completed; some overtime may be required. Evening and weekend on‑call rotations as required.
• Uses a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.

• High school diploma/GED and completion of a craft apprenticeship, or an equivalent number of years of education and production maintenance experience.
• 1‑3 years of experience in maintenance or related carpentry/construction. Ideally in residential or commercial real estate.
• Special boilers license or willingness to obtain one, if applicable.
• Must provide own hand tools.
• Willingness and ability to run errands to hardware store for maintenance supplies, cleaning supplies, or other items.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills;
  Ability to communicate effectively with community tenants, vendors/ external parties, and across corporate divisions.
• A passion for the mission, vision, and values of Sherman Associates.
• Work/Office hours may vary due to the specific needs of the portfolio.
• Must live within 30 minutes of property to meet on‑call standards and expectations.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment and job sites can be loud.

• 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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and…