Maintenance Engineer

Job Description

Murfey Company, Inc. is a recognized leader in development and general contracting, built on a reputation for exceptional service, superior craftsmanship, and on-time delivery. With deep expertise across both residential and commercial construction, we specialize in high-end custom homes and urban infill mixed-use projects. As we enter an exciting period of growth, we're looking for driven, talented individuals to join our team and help shape what we build next.

Job Title:Maintenance Engineer

Reports To: Maintenance Manager, Director of Property Management

Supervision Responsibility: Vendors, subcontractors

FLSA Status: Exempt

General Summary: Murfey Company, Inc. is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer to serve as an integral member of the property management team, contributing to the quality of our properties and resident satisfaction. The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for restoring vacated apartments to “market ready” status; completing work orders within established time frames; maintaining the physical integrity of the property by performing maintenance and repair tasks as scheduled by the Maintenance Manager and/or the Property Manager;

assisting in providing a comfortable and well-maintained living environment for residents, visitors and staff; and reporting potential safety and liability issues as well as other physical defects on the properties.

Nature of Work: General maintenance, upkeep, and repair of mixed portfolio of residential and commercial properties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Maintenance Services and Operations

Perform maintenance duties including: make readies, service requests and general maintenance activities in order to provide a quality customer experience, achieve customer loyalty and community occupancy and NOI objectives.

A. Make Readies

• Executes basic 3-5-day turns (repairs, plumbing, electric, painting, etc.) in a quality and timely manner and completes Make Ready checklist
• Anticipates and communicates needs
• Inspects and diagnose all needed make-ready repairs and services
• Assembles all required materials to complete turn and reports all major expenditure of funds to Maintenance Manager

B. Resident Service Requests

• Completes service requests in a quality manner within 24 hours
• Utilizes property management software to input data (e.g close service requests) and verify data (e.g.: verifies resident information with  lock outs)
• Responds, diagnoses, and repairs urgent requests immediately (eg plumbing leaks, etc.)
• Requests parts and establishes a timeframe for completion, notifying Maintenance Manager of work requiring additional time.

C. General Maintenance

• Diagnoses and performs minor or routine maintenance/repair, as directed, involving the following on a daily basis:
• Plumbing (includes water lines, drains, leaks, disposals, and moisture management protocols)
• Electrical (outlets, fixtures, electrical meter, junction boxes, etc.)
• HVAC
• Appliance repair and installation (dishwasher, ranges, washer, dryer, refrigerator, etc.)
• Wood and wrought iron repair and replacement
• Tile, carpet, flooring repairs
• Preventative maintenance of roof and gutters
• Repair/replace shutters, screens, doors, cabinets, mirrors, and windows
• Re-keying or changing locks and making keys as needed
• Painting and dry wall repair
• Pool maintenance, including chemicals, water levels and cleaning as applicable
• Report water irrigation system issues/problems
• Moves heavy furniture, appliances and equipment from storage areas to and from apartments and/or dumpsters as needed.
• Clean common areas and trash enclosures using power washer, hose, broom, and blower as needed
• Maintains awareness of inventory levels of spare parts and supplies and informs Maintenance Manager of shortages

2. Teamwork

• Work cooperatively and helpfully with maintenance and office staff to achieve community goals
• Is cooperative and responsive with team members (maintenance and office staff); helps others accomplish assigned tasks including custodial duties and delivery of resident communication as needed and assigned
• Is reliable, dependable and trustworthy working with team members and reliably performs quality work on time and in alignment with Murfey Company standards and safety standards
• Takes initiative to offer help to team members when time permits
• Build and maintain positive, open, ongoing working relationships and communication with all staff

3. Asset Preservation

• Perform preventative maintenance activities in order to preserve the…