Maintenance Technician, Multifamily (Floating)

cw; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Retirement savings plans

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

The Maintenance Technician role at Cushman & Wakefield is a frontline position supporting residents with move-ins, service requests, and high-quality customer care across multifamily properties. You will perform maintenance tasks across plumbing, HVAC, electrical, carpentry, and grounds keeping with safety and compliance in mind.

On-site work requires reliability, punctuality, and strong communication; you may travel between properties, respond to emergencies, and participate in training

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED, trade/technical/vocational training.
• 1+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare make-ready apartments including painting, cleaning and repairs.
• Respond promptly to resident requests with professionalism.
• Perform maintenance across plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and carpentry.
• Maintain grounds and common areas for safety and cleanliness.
• Follow safety procedures and report issues to the supervisor.
• Attend required training and stay compliant with company policies.

Skills

EPA 608 Type II

Driver's license

HVAC basics

Plumbing

Carpentry

Safety awareness

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Trade/Tech/Vocational training

Job description

Maintenance Technician, Multifamily (Floating)(https://careers.cushmanwakefield.com/)

Job Description Summary

The Maintenance Technician provides support and is accountable for delivering on our commitments to our residents. This includes quality move-ins, residential satisfaction, expedited service, and personal attention to the resident. The Maintenance Technician responds to our residents' service needs and is instrumental in helping deliver superior customer service to our residents.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES

• Prepares make ready apartments, which may include painting, carpet repairs, cleaning, general repairs, housekeeping duties, and any necessary duties to provide our residents with that quality move in experience.
• Responds to resident requests in a timely manner and with a professional attitude.
• The Maintenance Technician provides support and is accountable for delivering our commitments to our residents. This includes quality move-ins, residential satisfaction, expedited service, and personal attention to the residents. The Maintenance Technician responds to our residents' service needs and is instrumental in helping deliver superior customer service to our residents.
• Has knowledge of maintenance functions such as plumbing, HVAC, basic electric, general carpentry skills, painting, and snow removal (if applicable).
• Maintains grounds, pools/ hot tubs, common areas, and dog park amenities to keep clean, operational, and safe for our residents.
• On call scheduling may be required to respond to after hour emergencies.
• Reports any maintenance concerns on vacant units, models, and common areas, to the Maintenance Supervisor.
• Performs maintenance as scheduled by the Maintenance supervisor.
• Knowledgeable state, local, and federal fair housing laws.
• Attends and participates in training programs as required by Cushman and Wakefield
• Performs all duties as assigned, in a timely manner.
• Delivers superior customer service and represents the company in a professional manner at all times.
• Dresses per Cushman and Wakefield uniform and professional appearance standards.
• Maintains all safety procedures and safeguards all company tools and equipment.
• Achieves high productivity through reliable and punctual on-site attendance, and timely reports any tardiness and/or attendance issues to immediate supervisor.
• Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.

COMPETENCIES

• Valid Driver's license, EPA 608 - Minimum Type II and CPO or local city required certificate.
• Ability to read/ understand documents such as policy manuals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to prepare and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several known variables in situations of a routine nature.
• Ability to utilize common sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral or diagrammed instructions.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Follow all safety procedures.

IMPORTANT EDUCATION

• High School Diploma, GED, Trade, Technical, or Vocational school

IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE

• 1+ years of related experience

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. Regularly required to travel outside between properties in varying weather conditions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may need to stand and walk for extended or continuous periods of time. They must be able to ascend and descend staircases, ladders, and/or step stools and may be required to travel outside between buildings in varying outdoor weather conditions. The employee may also be regularly required to remain in a stationary position (sit or stand) for 85% of the time; regularly operate office machinery. The employee must be able to travel up to 10% of the time. Travel may vary in frequency and duration. The employee must demonstrate the ability to exert up to 100 pounds occasionally, and/or up to 100 pounds frequently, and/or up to 100 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects.

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman & Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $20.40 - $24.00Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [e-mail]. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.

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