Maintenance Technician- Palm Breeze

Kittle Property Group; Palm Bay (FL); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Kittle Property Group in Palm Bay, FL is seeking a Maintenance Technician to perform maintenance and provide strong customer service at our properties. You will maintain grounds, units, and common areas, coordinate with the Property Manager, and ensure work is completed in a timely and professional manner.

Responsibilities include inspecting sites, performing preventative maintenance, responding to maintenance requests after hours as needed, and keeping accurate records of work performed while

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• 1 year of experience preferred.
• HVAC/EPA certification is a plus.
• Language Skills – read, write, speak and interpret basic instructions.
• Math Skills – basic arithmetic (add/subtract/multiply/divide).
• Computer Skills – beginner MS Outlook and MS Word.

Responsibilities

• Monitor maintenance expenses and ensure they stay below budget.
• Inspect community grounds each morning.
• Perform unit maintenance, painting, cleaning, and preparation of vacant units.
• Complete maintenance requests promptly.
• Prepare vacant units for occupancy and perform preventive maintenance.
• Maintain landscaping and common areas.
• Perform snow removal and document weather-related efforts.
• Keep records of maintenance performed in all units and site.
• Maintain tools and replacement parts in working condition.
• Provide and maintain own set of personal tools.
• Supervise contractors at the site as needed.
• Provide after-hours emergency resident support.
• Maintain preventative maintenance records for residents and apartments.
• Provide service for all common amenities and conduct quarterly unit inspections.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Reading & Writing

Basic Math

Reasoning

MS Outlook

MS Word

Education

High school diploma or GED

HVAC/EPA certification (preferred)

Job description

DEPARTMENT: Property Management

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.

$22.00/hour

JOB TITLE: Maintenance Technician

DEPARTMENT: Property Management

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.
• 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.