Maintenance Technician - Launch Social Living

Kittle Property Group; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Kittle Property Group is seeking a Maintenance Technician responsible for on-site maintenance at our properties. You will provide reliable service, perform repairs, and ensure a professional image is maintained at all times.

Responsibilities include daily grounds and unit inspections, preventive maintenance, snow removal, and coordination with contractors. The role requires basic math, communication skills, and the ability to work independently and after hours in emergencies.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1 year of experience required.
• HVAC/EPA certification preferred.
• Ability to read, write, speak and interpret basic instructions and simple correspondence.
• Ability to perform basic math operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Ability to follow detailed instructions with common sense understanding.
• Basic MS Outlook and MS Word skills.

Responsibilities

• Monitor maintenance expenses and ensure costs stay below budget.
• Inspect community grounds each morning.
• Perform turn (painting, cleaning, maintenance of vacant units).
• Complete all maintenance requests in a timely manner.
• Prepare all vacant units for occupancy.
• Conduct preventative maintenance activities.
• Maintain landscaping and lawn care.
• Perform snow removal of sidewalks.
• Maintain records of maintenance performed at the site.
• Provide and maintain personal tools and assist with contractor supervision.
• Offer emergency resident support after office hours.
• Conduct quarterly unit inspections.

Skills

Language skills

Math skills

Reasoning skills

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

HVAC/EPA certification

Job description

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.

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.
• Conduct quarterly unit inspections.
• 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.
• Ongoing professional development.

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.