Maintenance Night Manager - Light Tree s, Palo Alto CA

Maintenance I Night Manager - Light Tree Apartments, Palo Alto CA

Position Summary

Performs maintenance duties and repairs, such as skilled plumbing, electrical, carpentry, painting, sheet rock repair, major appliance repair, refurbishing, and common area cleaning at one or more communities that have multiple maintenance technicians.

Responsibilities

• Utilize Yardi software to create and/or complete work orders and sync daily.
• Communicate with residents if there are delays in completing work such as needing to order parts.
• Actively walk the property daily looking for deficiencies and, if found, create and submit a work order.
• Complete quarterly property inspections and annual unit inspections using phone or tablet, including taking photos of deficiencies and syncing the inspection at day end.
• Notify the Community Manager if habitability concerns or other deficiencies are witnessed while completing an inspection or work order.
• Assist in custodial work/cleaning of common areas, including sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, emptying trash, window cleaning, etc., and assist in grounds work as needed.
• Ensure trash enclosures are free of overflowing trash.
• Follow safety protocols when moving dumpsters for trash pickup and inspect dumpsters regularly, reporting any deficiencies.
• Use a cell phone to record time worked and lunch breaks.
• Participate in company meetings and trainings using Zoom and Teams, adhering to the standard of having the camera on.
• Actively participate in the Teams group – Property Operations Maintenance.
• Attend and actively participate in monthly on‑site safety meetings.
• Participate in an on‑call emergency schedule for evening, weekend, and holiday coverage of the property and/or other properties.
• Maintain knowledge of water, gas meter cutoffs, all building and fixture cutoffs, sewer cleanouts, and maps and diagrams of each property with assigned HUB.
• Member of the property’s emergency response plan team.
• Assist other team members, participate in team days and company events.

Job Knowledge

• Rekeying / replacing door locks.
• Proficient in rescreening window screens.
• Unclog a sink or toilet.
• Replace a garbage disposal or faucet.
• Complete drywall repairs and satisfactorily texture as needed.
• Prepare vacant units for occupancy within five days.
• Complete interior and exterior paint projects without getting paint on hardware or switch plates.
• Troubleshoot and complete basic appliance repairs.
• Hang and fit doors.
• Install mini/vertical blinds.
• Follow manufacturer directions for utilizing products.
• Inspect equipment thoroughly before use and “tag out” any equipment that poses a safety hazard.
• Complete basic irrigation repairs.
• Special projects and other responsibilities may be assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one year’s experience in a maintenance or construction environment.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated experience with preventative and on‑going maintenance of a property.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Attentive to detail.
• Desirable second language skills may vary site by site.
• Ability to demonstrate skill in the safe use of tools.

Language, Math & Reasoning Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to contribute to routine written reports and correspondence. Ability to communicate effectively with residents or employees of the organization. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

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.

Physical Demands

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