Maintenance Manager

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At Placemakr, home meets hospitality. We’ve combined the best of apartment living, vacation rentals, and hotel stays into one experience. We partner with developers, property operators, and investors to curate a collection of apartment-like spaces in hand‑picked neighborhoods. Our tech‑enabled buildings create one‑of‑a‑kind guest experiences and add tremendous value to the underlying real estate. Whether guests are with us for a night, a year, or somewhere in between, these are more than just spaces to spend the night — they’re a place to call home.

As Maintenance Manager, you are responsible for driving the overall execution of the engineering and maintenance excellence of your Placemakr property, including proactive and effective maintenance, and the experience of everyone onsite – employees, residents, guests, third‑party partners, and building ownership/management. This position will be supported by the Area Chief Engineer and General Manager and the manager reports to.

• Focus on building equipment (HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical)
• Life safety and building security
• Manage technicians and workload
• Manage vendor contacts for turns (flooring/paint/etc)
• Elevators
• Building inspections
• Building preventative maintenance
• Turnover planning and execution
• Unit work orders
• Supply ordering in accordance with budget and need
• Exterminating services
• Unit front door locks (Programming and troubleshooting)
• Provide back‑up support to Maintenance Tech team members for escalated maintenance/safety issues
• Participate in maintenance duties in the field as called for based on business needs
• Additional duties and responsibilities, as assigned

• Proactively completing property walks of both properties ensuring readings are taken of systems and issues.
• Working on PM schedules for above systems
• Manage the move‑in/out board notification
• Proactively completing vacant unit walks
• Managing storage and supply closets

• Monthly update on building inspections
• Supply ordering
• Outstanding projects and tasks

• Unit PM’s
• Hallway Painting
• Appliance repair tracker
• Monthly/Weekly PM sheets
• Safety walks

• CFC Universal certification required (either pre‑hire or post‑hire within the applicable timeline)
• Engineering/HVAC License not needed but preferred
• Experience with building engineering strategy and structure, as well as preventative maintenance plans, and understanding how to use them to drive occupancy, minimize vacancy loss, and help build NOI.
• Successfully cultivated, managed, and owned high‑level relationships onsite and leveraged them to address competing priorities, including managing resident communications and de‑escalating situations.
• Strong history of driving team performance and making effective decisions to beat budget while maintaining exceptional service levels and asset health and functionality.
• Clear communicator, big picture and forward thinker, effective risk manager, and strong knowledge utilization in helping cultivate positive resident experiences, culture building, and strong controllable expense skills.
• Skilled and hands‑on leader who supports your team and takes an active role in growing and developing them.
• Lead by example and embody the core values of Placemakr. You Own It. You Make It Better. You Treat People Right.
• Maintenance Managers will be on their feet and moving around (stand, sit, or walk for an extended time) and taking a hands‑on approach to work (move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 50 pounds without assistance).
• CPR Certification (if not certified, required to obtain within a week of start date, paid for by the company)

• Competitive salary
• Generous monthly performance bonus program
• Company stock options
• 401k + 4% employer matching program
• Medical, Vision & Dental Insurance plan options
• Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account options
• 20 days of paid time off (PTO) per year, with the flexibility to use it, roll it over, or cash it out
• PTO increases to 25 days per year after 2.5 years of…