Maintenance Technician

Kittle Property Group, Inc.; Franklin (IN); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kittle Property Group, Inc. is seeking a reliable Maintenance Technician to perform on-site upkeep at our communities. You will handle preventative maintenance, repairs, and property inspections while representing the company professionally to residents and staff.

You'll manage landscaping, snow removal, and coordinate with contractors, ensuring safety, cleanliness, and timely responses to maintenance requests, including after-hours emergencies.

Qualifications

• Language skills to read, write, speak, and interpret basic instructions and simple correspondence.
• Math skills: add, subtract, multiply, divide by 10s and 100s.
• Reasoning skills to follow instructions and solve problems with few variables.
• MS Outlook and MS Word basic proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Monitor maintenance expenses and ensure below budget.
• Perform daily inspections of community grounds.
• Prepare vacant units for occupancy and perform turn.
• Complete all maintenance requests in a timely manner.
• Perform preventative maintenance activities.
• Maintain landscaping, trees, bushes and lawn.
• Provide emergency resident support after hours.
• Maintain logs and records of maintenance activities.

Skills

Language Skills

Math Skills

Reasoning Skills

MS Outlook

MS Word

Education

High school diploma or GED

HVAC/EPA certification preferred

Job description

Career Opportunities with Kittle Property Group, Inc.

A great place to work.

REPORTS TO:

Property Manager/Dotted Line to Maintenance Supervisor

SUPERVISES:

None

FLSA STATUS:

Non-Exempt

EXPECTATION FOR ALL EMPLOYEES

Supports the organization's mission and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect personalization, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible and accountable for providing maintenance at the properties, providing customer service and presenting the company in a professional manner at all times.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor maintenance expenses and ensure that they are below budget.
• Perform an inspection of community grounds each morning.
• Perform turn (painting, cleaning, maintenance of all vacant units.
• Complete all maintenance request in a timely manner.
• Prepare all vacant units for occupancy.
• Complete preventative maintenance activities.
• Maintain landscaping, bushes, trees and lawn.
• Perform snow removal of community sidewalks.
• Maintain log of weather and snow removal efforts.
• Maintain records of maintenance performed in all units and at the site.
• Maintain all KPG’s tools, equipment and replacement parts in working condition.
• Provide and maintain own set of personal tools.
• Sweep, clean and maintain all common areas of the community.
• Supervise contractors working at the site.
• Provide emergency resident support after office hours.
• Maintain resident and specific apartment preventative maintenance records.
• Provide service and maintenance for all common amenities.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• 1 year of experience
• HVAC/EPA certification preferred
• Language Skills – Ability to read, write, speak and interpret basic instructions, simple correspondence and present information one-on-one or in small groups.
• Math Skills – Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide by 10s and 100s.
• Reasoning Skills – Ability to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions with common sense understanding. Ability to deal with problems that involve few variables in standardized situations.
• Computer Skills – Beginner skills with MS Outlook and MS Word.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

• Annually attend fair housing class.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Rarely must sit, climb, balance or lift up to 75 pounds.
• Regularly must stand, walk, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, talk and hear.
• Close and distance vision is required. The ability to adjust focus is also required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Normally works in an environment with moderate or loud noise.
• Rarely must work in wet or humid conditions, near moving mechanical parts, high/precarious places, around fumes/airborne particles/toxic or caustic chemicals and near risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally must work in outdoor weather conditions.