Multi-family Residential Maintenance Technician

Wakefield Residential is offering an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced full-time Maintenance Technician with great technical and people skills to play a key role at The Lodge Apartment community in Marysville, Washington.

The Lodge is a 686-unit multi-family residential community where our Maintenance Technicians play an integral part in resident satisfaction. They are responsible for all preventive, corrective, and deferred maintenance plans.

Why Work For Wakefield Residential?

We take pride in cultivating a positive working environment that celebrates genuine relationships, shared values, and inclusivity. We offer ongoing training, development, and advancement opportunities to support long-term careers in all positions.

In addition to our competitive compensation structure, Wakefield also offers health/dental/vision/life insurance, paid sick and vacation, and paid holidays including your birthday!

What Does A Maintenance Technician's Day Look Like?

• Clock in at 8am ready to join a fun and hardworking team that takes pride in their work
• Complete resident service requests such as appliance repair, electrical work, plumbing, and other general maintenance tasks in a timely manner with minimal call-backs
• Prepare units for new residents by completing turns in a timely fashion. This includes anything from painting, spackling, and carpet/flooring to appliance repair/installation, pressure washing, swapping out lightbulbs/outlets, etc.
• Enjoy an hour-long lunch break
• Ensure property and common areas are clean and looking their best
• Work with and/or around paints, pool chemicals, and other potentially hazardous materials
• Provide professional customer service for our residents at all times
• Ensure that all materials, supplies, tools, and equipment are well taken care of through routine maintenance and inspections
• Clock out at 5pm

What Qualifications Are Required To Be Successful In This Role?

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a maintenance role is REQUIRED.
• Ability to safely use and maintain hand tools, power tools, and mechanical equipment
• Experience with basic plumbing, carpentry, painting, and appliance repair
• Ability to function professionally and effectively in a customer service atmosphere
• Basic computer skills and strong written/oral communication
• Available for emergency on-call duties one weekend per month

Physical Demands:

• Must possess strength, stamina, and mobility to perform physical work (machines, climbing/descending ladders, various tools and equipment, operating motor vehicles)
• Must be able to read printed materials and a computer screen, and to distinguish colors in wiring
• Must be capable of hearing and speaking to communicate in person and over the telephone or radio
• Must be capable of frequent walking in operational areas to identify problems or hazards
• Must possess finger dexterity needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, calculator and/or to operate tools and equipment
• Must be capable of bending, stooping, kneeling, reaching, and inspecting work sites
• Must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects weighing up to 50 pounds or heavier with/without assistance and/or the use of proper equipment

Working Environment:

• Maintenance Techs work in indoor and outdoor environments with moderate to loud noise levels
• May work in cold and hot temperatures, or inclement weather conditions, including snow, rain, and wind
• Exposure to chemicals, mechanical and electrical hazards, and hazardous physical substances and fumes.
• Maintenance Techs will interact courteously with residents, guests, and staff and must follow all applicable policies, and procedures

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8am-5pm with one hour lunch

Salary:  $28-$32/hour based on experience

Benefits:

• Health/Vision/Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off including sick, vacation, holiday, and birthday

Job offers will be contingent on the successful completion of a criminal background check.

Wakefield Residential is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to ensuring equity, inclusion, diversity, belonging, and accommodation at all properties and workplace environments. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, or disability status.