Maintenance Technician

Role Summary

The successful candidate will support the Maintenance Manager and assist with the ongoing maintenance of the company's portfolio in Southampton (Market Quarter and Vantage Tower) with a key focus on delivering excellent customer service to residents throughout all aspects of the tenancy lifecycle. They will be responsible for all aspects of building maintenance, including managing service requests, ensuring works are completed within the agreed SLAs, overseeing external contractors, and assisting the Maintenance Manager and Senior Property Manager with any tenancy-related matters such as health and safety and customer retention.

If not already completed, the candidate will be required to undergo Fire Safety, H&S, and First Aid courses (all paid by the company).

The successful candidate will support the Maintenance Manager and assist with the ongoing maintenance of the company's portfolio in Southampton (Market Quarter and Vantage Tower) with a key focus on delivering excellent customer service to residents throughout all aspects of the tenancy lifecycle. They will be responsible for all aspects of building maintenance, including managing service requests, ensuring works are completed within the agreed SLAs, overseeing external contractors, and assisting the Maintenance Manager and Senior Property Manager with any tenancy-related matters such as health and safety and customer retention.

If not already completed, the candidate will be required to undergo Fire Safety, H&S, and First Aid courses (all paid by the company).

Compass Rock provides asset and property management services to the rental housing sector. Originally founded in the U.S., the company has expanded to the UK and Ireland and is rapidly growing its portfolio of Build-to-Rent (BTR) assets across Europe. Backed by private equity, Compass Rock is in an exciting growth phase, actively acquiring and developing new assets at a fast pace.

With an entrepreneurial and innovative culture embedded in its DNA, the company values the dynamic, forward-thinking individuals it employs. As Compass Rock continues to expand, there will be abundant opportunities for career advancement and professional development.

• Service Requests:
  Receive and manage maintenance requests, prioritising the most urgent but ensuring all issues are resolved in a timely fashion.
• Defects Period:
  Working closely with the builder to ensure any items covered under defects are passed to them to resolve with your oversight of work undertaken.
• Quality of Work:
  Assure quality and quantity of market-ready apartments.
• Community:
  Help maintain community appearance by carrying out regular community inspections and tours.
• Health & Safety:
  Installing and checking smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.
• Working with the Senior Maintenance Technician to conduct emergency audits of equipment, recording and testing of Health & Safety equipment such as the AOVs.
• Legionella testing, carrying out weekly flushing and recording of the vacant units.
• Assisting in the undertaking of risk assessments.
• Other Roles:
  Fitting shelves, hanging pictures and installing window locks.
• Facilitating move in and move outs of residents.
• Ensuring the external grounds around the property are kept to the highest standard.
• Assist with parcel management.
• Any other standard maintenance requests.
• Waste Disposal:
  Working with the team to ensure bins are collected on time.
• Moving bins internally / externally when they are full.
• Teamwork:
  Working as a team to ensure the building consistently performs at, or ahead of, organisation's expectations.

• Customer Service:
  Ability to build strong relationships with customers/residents/tenants while…