Facilities Maintenance Technician – Entry Level; Technical College Seniors & Recent Graduates

Benefits

• Free uniforms
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development

This position is designed for technical college seniors and recent graduates who want to turn hands-on training into real, paid, on-the-job experience as a Facilities Maintenance Technician
.

Home Smiles Charleston–Beaufort provides residential and commercial property maintenance services. This role offers a practical next step after technical college for individuals who want to build field experience, responsibility, and long-term career opportunity in facilities and property maintenance.

This is on-the-job employment
, not a youth apprenticeship or college-administered program.

• Perform hands-on facilities and property maintenance work
• Work on residential and commercial properties
• Use professional tools and equipment
• Apply technical skills learned during technical college training
• Identify and solve maintenance issues on site
• Learn how jobs are planned, executed, and completed
• Work as part of a crew and see results every day

No two days look exactly the same.

This role is a strong fit if you:

• Are a technical college senior or recent graduate
• Have completed or are completing hands-on technical training
• Want active, field-based work instead of a desk role
• Want responsibility and trust, not micromanagement
• Care about quality, accountability, and follow-through
• Are interested in growth over time

As you gain experience and prove reliability, your responsibilities can expand to include:

• Running maintenance jobs
• Planning work and timelines
• Managing tools, materials, and job sites
• Supporting and training newer technicians
• Taking ownership of job outcomes

Growth is performance-based and earned through consistency and execution.

In addition to residential work, you’ll gain exposure to commercial facilities maintenance projects, including:

• Job scoping and planning
• Understanding how maintenance work is priced
• Coordinating crews and schedules
• Communicating with clients and property managers
• Seeing work through from start to finish

These skills are transferable across facilities maintenance and the skilled trades.

• Lead Technician

• Facilities or Project Lead

• Supervisor or Operations roles

• Long-term career growth within Home Smiles

• Transferable experience across facilities maintenance and related trades

• Technical college training preferred
• Reliable transportation
• Ability to perform physical, hands-on work outdoors
• Willingness to learn and follow safety standards
• Strong work ethic and accountability

If you’re a technical college senior or recent graduate looking to turn your training into real-world experience as a Facilities Maintenance Technician, apply here. If you met us at a Trident Technical College event or job fair, you’re in the right place.