Service Director: Property Maintenance Leader

Gallery Residential; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Gallery Residential seeks a Service Director for its Property Management team. You will oversee maintenance, repairs, and preventive tasks to ensure buildings, grounds, and amenities meet company standards for safety and appearance.

Responsibilities include managing work orders, coordinating vendors, maintaining equipment, budgeting with the Community Director, and enforcing safety compliance while delivering excellent resident service.

Responsibilities

• Assists with and completes work orders generated from resident requests for service, as well as routine upkeep on the property by diagnosing the source or cause of the defect or problem, and making repairs in accordance with established policies, procedures, safety standards, and code requirements.
• Oversees and completes the “make-ready” process to prepare vacant apartment homes for leasing and new move-ins by completing the pre-move- out inspection, creating a “punch” list of maintenance work needed, scheduling vendors and contractors as needed, obtaining needed supplies and materials, completing all maintenance tasks, and inspecting completed work.
• Develops standards for the cleanliness and overall appearance of the community’s grounds, amenities, building exteriors, market ready unit interiors, breezeways, curbs, signage, leasing office, central garbage areas, parking lots, and other buildings and common areas to ensure that they reflect and represent the high quality of the community standards.
• Periodically inspects work performed by other service team members in person to assess effectiveness of policies and procedures and develop corrective action plans as needed. Periodically inspects work performed by contractors, vendors and other service providers to verify the work. Ensures materials and services meet quality standards, scope and specifications as required.
• Maintains adequate inventory of spare parts and maintenance materials and works with Community Director to order supplies and tools as needed to stay within budgetary guidelines.
• Assists Community Director in developing the budget for regular repair and maintenance and capital expenses. Supports cost-cutting and expense control programs by fixing rather than replacing parts when possible, not being wasteful with materials and supplies, and practicing the correct use for tools and equipment.
• Completes monthly Preventative Maintenance procedures.
• Conducts regularly scheduled safety meetings, ensure all MSDS sheets are current and readily accessible, and keeps up to date on all OSHA and other safety related laws and requirements to ensure property compliance.
• Demonstrates customer services skills by treating residents and others with respect, interfacing face-to-face with residents and service team, responding to questions from your team and residents, responding sensitively to complaints about maintenance services, and assigning work orders with efficiency and urgency.
• Must be able to meet predictable attendance and punctuality expectations and physical demands of the position complying with Gallery Residential’s policies and performance expectations.

Job description

Gallery Residential seeks a Service Director for its Property Management team. You will oversee maintenance, repairs, and preventive tasks to ensure buildings, grounds, and amenities meet company standards for safety and appearance.

Responsibilities include managing work orders, coordinating vendors, maintaining equipment, budgeting with the Community Director, and enforcing safety compliance while delivering excellent resident service.