Maintenance Technician

At Unified Residential Management, we're not just managing properties – we're creating homes and building communities. As a leader in multifamily property management, we're passionate about providing exceptional living experiences for our residents and rewarding careers for our team members.

We're seeking dedicated professionals who share our commitment to excellence and customer service. If you're ready to grow your career in a dynamic, supportive environment where your contributions make a real difference, we want to hear from you.

Join us in shaping the future of multifamily living. Your next great opportunity awaits!

The Maintenance Technician is responsible for responding to maintenance requests as instructed by the Maintenance Manager/Supervisor or property staff, or as requested by residents or vendors. This position ensures that the physical aspects of the property meet the Company’s established standards and any applicable laws.

Essential Job Functions:

• Schedules, monitors, and/or performs preventative maintenance and apartment turns.
• Diagnoses problems and repairs in the areas of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, swimming pool, carpentry, dry wall, exterior structural, and appliances.
• Ensures that work order requests are responded to promptly and professionally.
• Ensures residential units have been turned in on time and efficiently, as well as determines if work has been completed properly.
• Provides excellent customer service to prospective and current tenants and promotes a quality living experience for all residents
• Uses software to schedule and perform emergency maintenance work when required
• Inspects buildings and grounds to ensure safety and cleanliness and alerts Maintenance to items that need to be repaired.
• Assist supervisor with scheduling and communicating with vendors and contractors
• Assists supervisor with obtaining bids from outside contractors, as well as oversees contractor work for completeness
• Assists with purchasing maintenance supplies for the property while staying within the planned budget
• Accurately prepares and submits property invoices in accordance with established guidelines
• Communicate with the supervisor regarding the overall maintenance function of the property.
• Participates in Company-provided training such as fair housing, safety, non-discrimination, and harassment prevention
• Complies with all company standards, applicable health and safety rules and regulations, as well as applicable local, state, and federal laws
• Achieves high productivity through reliable and punctual attendance and reports any tardiness, attendance and disciplinary issues to immediate supervisor
• Other duties as assigned

Certifications Required:

• HVAC Certification
• CPO Certification (preferred)
• Other licenses and/or certifications as required by state law

Desired Qualifications/Skills:

• A high school education or equivalent is required (college hours preferred)
• 1 year of electrical, painting, drywall, and plumbing experience
• Must be available for night/weekend call duty

Work Schedule: 8 am-5 pm, Monday-Friday, with extended hours and/or weekends being required as scheduled or as needed to meet business needs.

Physical Requirements/Environment: The physical requirements described here represent those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements include frequently sitting, standing, walking, reaching forward and overhead, and grasping. Must be able to bend, crouch, or stoop. Must be able to lift and carry up to 100 lbs. and push and pull up to 100 lbs. with mechanical assistance. Must have close and distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the functions of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places, and outdoor weather conditions; frequently exposed to fumes of airborne particles, and occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The ability and means to travel locally, overnight, in specific regions or states via automobile and airplane may be required.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Drug-Free workplace. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and drug screen.

Unified Residential Management, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.