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

About The Role

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
.

Benefits:

• Free uniforms
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development

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.

Each franchise is independently owned and operated. Your application will go directly to the franchise and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of each franchise. All inquiries about employment should be made directly to the franchise location.