Maintenance Supervisor - Luxury High-Rise | Philadelphia, PA
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Property Type: Class A Luxury Multifamily / High-Rise
Property Size: 250+ Units
Schedule: Full-Time, On-Site
On-Call: Approximately 1 week every 4-5 weeks
Maintenance Supervisor - Luxury Multifamily
Our client is seeking an experienced, hands-on Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance operations at a 250+ unit Class A luxury high-rise apartment community in Philadelphia, PA with retail space.
This is an excellent opportunity for a strong multifamily maintenance leader who can combine technical expertise, team leadership, building operations, and exceptional resident service. The property is currently undergoing a two-phase lease-up, creating an active environment where organization, responsiveness, and attention to detail are essential.
This is a working Maintenance Supervisor role. You will lead the maintenance team while remaining directly involved in HVAC, electrical, appliance repair, preventative maintenance, apartment turns, building systems, and troubleshooting.
Why This Maintenance Supervisor Role?
- Lead maintenance operations at a 250+ unit luxury high-rise in Philadelphia
- Join a property experiencing an active two-phase lease-up
- Work with an established maintenance team
- Remain hands-on with technical maintenance and building systems
- Have ownership of work orders, apartment turns, preventive maintenance, and maintenance administration
- Use Entrata to manage work orders, reporting, scheduling, and maintenance tracking
- Work closely with Property Management and Leasing in a high-touch Class A residential environment
Key Responsibilities
- Lead daily maintenance operations for a 250+ unit luxury multifamily high-rise
- Supervise and support the Maintenance Supervisor/Assistant Supervisor, Maintenance Technicians, and Porters
- Diagnose and resolve HVAC, electrical, appliance, plumbing, and general apartment maintenance issues
- Assign, prioritize, and monitor work orders and service requests
- Oversee apartment turns, make-ready schedules, and preventative maintenance
- Conduct regular property inspections and identify maintenance issues before they become larger problems
- Coordinate vendors, contractors, and outside service providers
- Maintain inventory of tools, parts, equipment, and maintenance supplies
- Ensure apartments, common areas, building systems, and retail areas are properly maintained
- Manage maintenance documentation, reporting, purchasing, invoices, and expense tracking
- Use Entrata to manage work orders, maintenance records, scheduling, and reporting
- Partner with Property Management and Leasing to support resident satisfaction and lease-up activity
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, safety, and property maintenance standards
- Participate in an on-call rotation approximately one week every 4-5 weeks
Maintenance Supervisor Qualifications
- 3+ years of maintenance leadership experience required; 5+ years preferred
- Proven experience in luxury multifamily, Class A apartments, or high-rise residential maintenance
- Philadelphia multifamily experience strongly preferred
- Strong hands-on knowledge of HVAC, electrical systems, appliance repair, plumbing, and building systems
- EPA/HVAC certification required
- Previous experience supervising a multifamily maintenance team
- Strong mechanical troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Experience with work-orders, apartment turns, make-ready, and preventative maintenance
- Entrata experience preferred
- Strong computer, administrative, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to prioritize multiple maintenance issues in a fast-paced residential environment
- Strong customer service and resident relations skills
- High school diploma or GED required
- Valid driver's license required
The Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a hands-on Maintenance Supervisor with luxury multifamily or high-rise experience in Philadelphia who understands that successful building operations require more than technical skills.
You should be comfortable diagnosing maintenance issues, leading technicians, coordinating vendors, managing apartment turns, and keeping preventative maintenance on schedule - while also handling the administrative side of the department through Entrata.
This is a fast-paced,