Maintenance Supervisor

Newport News City Redevelopment & Housing Authority (VA); Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Newport News City Redevelopment & Housing Authority (VA) seeks a skilled Supervisor for maintenance, overseeing crews performing repairs and upkeep on Authority buildings and grounds. You will inspect job sites, coordinate contractors, and ensure work meets plans and safety standards.

The role includes training staff, managing inventories, and documenting maintenance records. A Virginia driver’s license and supervisory experience in building trades are required; REAC/Fair

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED with considerable public housing facility maintenance supervisory experience.
• Experience in construction/building trades and ability to manage crews.
• Valid driver’s license in Virginia.
• REAC, Fair Housing, Electric and Plumbing certifications within six months of hire; HVAC certification within one year.

Responsibilities

• Supervises and coordinates assigned personnel in renovating, repairing, and maintaining Authority buildings and grounds; ensures timely completion of work.
• Reviews workload, schedules, and personnel assignments to plan maintenance activities.
• Generates work orders and closes them out per procedures.
• Oversees contractors and inspects job sites for quality and safety; approves payments.
• Orders supplies and maintains inventory.
• Trains crew in maintenance techniques and safety procedures.
• Maintains records of work performed, including labor, equipment, materials, and supplies.

Skills

Supervision

Maintenance knowledge

Blueprint reading

Record keeping

Education

High school diploma or GED with supervisory maintenance experience

Job description

Performs difficult skilled trades work participating in and overseeing the work of crews engaged in the maintenance, construction, installation, and/or repair of buildings, HVAC, plumbing, and/or electrical systems, maintaining files and records, preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited supervision of the Property Manager. Continuous supervision is exercised over Maintenance Mechanic.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions

Supervises and coordinates assigned personnel in renovating, repairing, and maintaining Authority buildings and grounds; reviews the work of crews to ensure assignments are properly completed on a timely basis.

Reviews workload, schedules, personnel assignments, status of on-going work, projects, and available personnel for work assignments in order to plan and perform maintenance activities.

Generates work orders in response to requests for repairs from residents; closes out work orders in accordance with established procedures.

Meets with and oversees the work of contractors; inspects job sites to ensure conformity to established plans and specifications and standards of quality; prepares scope of work; approves payments.

Orders supplies, materials, equipment, tools, etc.; maintains inventory.

Supervises and participates in grounds keeping activities; picks up trash and bulk items, trims bushes and trees, repairs fencing and exteriors of buildings.

Supervises and participates in maintenance activities including electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and other trades.

Trains crew in proper maintenance techniques and safety procedures.

Maintains records of all work performed by crew including labor, equipment, materials, and supplies; reviews work orders, resident charges, inventory, and other records prepared by personnel for clarity, completeness, accuracy, and conformance with maintenance policies.

Assists with the recruitment and selection of staff; assigns, directs, and inspects the work of crews; coaches, counsels, disciplines, and evaluates staff performance.

Diagnoses problems and provides technical guidance and assistance to assigned employees for the safe, cost-effective, efficient, and timely maintenance of housing stock, grounds, equipment, supplies, and materials.

Conducts inspections of units and grounds; recommends and performs unit renovations as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Comprehensive knowledge of the methods, practices, tools, and materials used in building maintenance and repair work related to public, private, and commercial housing; thorough knowledge of the building trades; thorough knowledge of the occupational hazards and safety precautions of the trade; ability to supervise, instruct, and train employees in proper methods and use of equipment; ability to inspect the work of others to ensure safety and proper completion of work; ability to identify maintenance and repair problems; ability to perform manual work requiring some physical strength and agility; ability to work from sketches, blueprints, and drawings; ability to complete and maintain records and logs; ability to use independent judgment and discretion in supervising subordinates; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, tenants, contractors, vendors, and the general public.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or GED and considerable experience in public housing facility maintenance including supervisory experience in the construction/building trades, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Requirements

This work requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force, frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of over 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, walking, speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling, lifting and repetitive motions and occasionally requires sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling and tasting or smelling; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using of measuring devices, assembly or fabrication of parts within arm's length, operating machines, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work frequently requires exposure to wet, humid conditions (non-weather) and exposure to outdoor weather conditions and occasionally requires working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals, exposure to the risk of electrical shock, exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).

Special Requirements

Obtain REAC, Fair Housing, Electric, and Plumbing certifications within six months of hire.

Obtain HVAC certification within one year of hire.

Valid driver's license in the Commonwealth of Virginia.