Area Maintenance Specialist - Denver

Mercy Housing; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 47,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early Friday close

Holiday early close

PTO holidays

Healthcare plans

PTO

403b + match

Volunteer PTO

Parental leave

Life insurance

Employee assistance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Mercy Housing in Denver is seeking an Area Maintenance Specialist to support a preventative maintenance program across multiple affordable housing communities. You will partner with Property Managers to ensure maintenance standards are met, drive timely turnover, and uphold environmental guidelines.

The role requires a high school diploma, building trades knowledge, and at least two years in skilled maintenance, with a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Technical training in building trades preferred.
• Minimum 2 years in skilled maintenance work.
• Valid driver's license and insurance.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Property Manager to execute the approved preventive maintenance schedule.
• Meet or exceed standard unit turnover timelines.
• Implement and maintain environmentally responsible guidelines.
• Ensure on-call maintenance and emergency response is executed when required.
• Oversee maintenance contracts for quality and cost efficiency.
• Deliver excellent customer service to residents.
• Maintain and update the property crisis plan and respond in crises.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Building trades

English proficient

Basic math

Blueprints & diagrams

Customer service

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

At Mercy Housing, we are on a mission to redefine affordable, low-income housing and create a more humane world where communities thrive, and all individuals can realize their full potential. As the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in the nation, we build, preserve, and manage program-enriched housing across the country.

Area Maintenance Specialist

This position collaborates with property management to ensure proper execution of a preventative building maintenance schedule for assigned properties and ensures that the operations of the properties in an assigned area are in compliance with maintenance standards and expectations.

This position will be based out of several affordable housing apartment communities in the Denver area.

Pay

$34-37/hour, depending on experience.

Benefits

• Early close Fridays (3 paid hours off each Friday)
• Early close prior to a holiday (3 paid hours)
• Paid Time off between Christmas Day and New Year's Holiday
• Several Healthcare plans to choose from, dental (includes adult and child orthodontia) and vision
• 15 days of earned PTO your first year, 12 company holidays + 2 floating holidays
• 403b + match
• Paid time off to volunteer with an organization of your choice
• Paid Parental Leave and Care Giver Leave
• Paid Life Insurance
• Free Employee Assistance Plan
• Pet insurance options

What You'll Do

Duties

• Collaborate with Property Manager to ensure proper execution of the approved preventative maintenance schedule established for assigned properties.
• Meet or exceed standard unit turnover timelines.
• Implement and maintain environmentally responsible guidelines.
• Ensure that on-call maintenance and emergency response is executed, as required.
• Partner with Property Manager to ensure that maintenance contracts meet or exceed the best possible quality and expense standards.
• Ensure delivery of great customer service to residents.
• Maintain and update the property crisis plan, respond appropriately in crisis situations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

What We're Looking For

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Technical training and expertise in one or more building trades.
• Minimum of two (2) years in skilled maintenance work.
• Legally operate a motor vehicle (valid driver's license and insurance).

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical certifications.

Knowledge And Skills

• Comprehend and communicate in the English language, both orally and in writing.
• Perform basic math and understand measurement systems used in the trade.
• Read and interpret electrical, plumbing, and mechanical diagrams and blueprints.
• Make working sketches.
• Use maintenance, trade, and testing equipment and tools.
• Interpret and understand maintenance information generated from property management software reports.
• Basic computer skills.

This is a brief description of the position. Mercy Housing is a fair chance employer; while we conduct background checks for all positions, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.