Maintenance Technician - Arrowhead Gardens

Title: Maintenance Technician

Location: Arrowhead Gardens - West Seattle, WA

Type: Full-Time/Hourly/Non-Exempt

The Maintenance Technician reports directly to the Community Manager and is responsible for the materials and maintenance needs of the property. The Maintenance Technician maintains the cleanliness of all exterior areas of the property and performs general maintenance and repair of building(s) structures and their mechanical or electrical systems.

Note: Workweek may include weekends, and overtime depending upon urgency, need, and company policies and procedures. All overtime must be approved by Management.

• Follow all safety procedures, including wearing prescribed safety and personal protective equipment and notify supervisor of safety hazards. All Maintenance Technicians must wear back supports, and heavy-duty gloves when transferring garbage bins and/or lifting/pulling over 15 pounds.All Maintenance Technicians must wear steel toe shoes/boots.
• Ability to meet deadlines and quality requirements.
• Maintain building appearance and features in good condition; replace electrical switches and outlets, tighten door handles, replace and re-key locks, adjust or replace door closers, repair or replace plumbing fixtures, assemble and maintain common area furniture, replace common area light bulbs or fixtures, inspect and make repairs on appliances, patch and texture damaged drywall.
• Make certain all service requests are completed in a timely manner.
• Maintain inventories of supplies, tools, and equipment needed for maintenance repairs.(Order supplies only upon Manager’s approval).
• Notify Manager of any supplies, parts or vendors needed to complete service requests
• Perform tasks associated with preventative maintenance.
• Inspect operation and condition of building systems including; Fire Sprinkler, HVAC, Boilers, Electrical, Door Entry System, Elevators, Garage Doors, Compactors.Report problems and damage to Manager promptly.
• Remove all trash, obstacles and debris from exterior grounds, street, plant beds, breezeways, stairwells, courtyards and compactor rooms.
• Change out trash dumpsters as necessary, pull dumpsters and place for pick-up promptly and on a weekly basis for the waste removal company.Remove lodged debris from compactor chutes. Depends upon skill level, physical ability and property needs.

Related Job Duties:

• Perform property inspections.
• Inventory maintenance supplies.
• Clean work area.
• Check and correct lighting problems.
• Painting or touch-up painting of common areas.
• Seasonal upkeep and preventative maintenance on property.
• Other duties as assigned.

General Maintenance Personnel Policies

• Maintenance employees are expected to conduct themselves in a courteous fashion at all times, whether interacting with residents or other employees.
• Maintenance employees are required to present a neat and clean appearance when reporting to work.
• Maintenance employees are to adhere to the dress/appearance code of the Company.
• Maintenance employees are responsible for immediately reporting any job-related injuries and accidents to their supervisor.
• The consumption of alcoholic beverages or use of illegal drugs during working hours or during lunch is sufficient cause for immediate termination.
• Maintenance employees must follow all safety procedures, including wearing prescribed safety and personal protective equipment and notify Manager of safety hazards. All Maintenance Technician employees must wear back supports, and heavy duty gloves when transferring garbage bins and/or lifting/pulling over 15 pounds. All Maintenance Technician employees must wear steel toe shoes/boots.
• Maintenance employees are responsible to know and understand landlord and tenant laws as it pertains to their position and refrain from any illegal discrimination practices.
• Maintenance employees must be able to meet deadlines and quality requirements. Must have reliable transportation
• Equipment that is damaged or lost by negligent employees may be charged to the associate responsible for it, at the determination of management.
• Maintenance employees will not be permitted to perform any outside services for tenants.

All hand tools, power tools and electronic metering devices are to be furnished by the maintenance team member personally.The property will furnish consumable items such as: saw blades, flashlight batteries, drill bits, utility knife blades, sandpaper, etc.Tools, power tools, equipment and special devices will be furnished by individual properties and may include: Ladders, closet augurs and plungers, key making tools and parts, painting equipment, extension cords, blowers, brooms, rakes, etc.

Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to be on his/her feet for extended periods of time. The employee frequently must squat, stoop or kneel, reach above the head and reach forward. The employee will frequently bend or twist at the neck and trunk more than the average person while performing duties of this job. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds such as paint buckets, equipment, garbage bins, supplies, etc.). The employee will sometimes push/pull items. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

• Ability to present written and verbal instructions.
• Ability in hand and finger dexterity.
• Possess knowledge and skill to use common hand and power tools.
• Possess knowledge of cleaning techniques and product use.
• Ability to use vacuum cleaner, floor strippers and buffing machine and other common janitorial equipment, bother manual and power.
• Ability to perform minor maintenance service for apartment interiors (i.e. replacing smoke alarm batteries, remove/replace switch covers, tighten loose screws, etc.)
• Ability to use chemicals and tolerate “safe” fumes according to manufacturer’s warning labels.
• Ability to climb stairs and/or ladders up to six feel high, spend extended periods of time standing or walking, working in the weather extremes of summer and winter.
• Possess knowledge of painting techniques and skills.
• Ability to use roller, pad and brush to paint interior walls and trim according to company standards.
• Possess knowledge of basics of landscape chemicals, plants and lawn maintenance.
• Ability to use the following landscape tools efficiently and safely: power mower, power edger, blower, weed eater, fertilizer spreader, shrub trimming tools, tree pruning tools, etc.
• Ability to use long handle rollers to paint ceilings.
• Ability to ben over to pick up items from ground level, turn from side to side, kneel down and work on knees for extended periods, maneuver heavy objects (appliances), maneuver body in small confined spaces (under sinks, small closets, in building crawl spaces, etc.).
• Works with mechanical equipment.
• Ability to push/pull using up to 75lbs force.
• Ability to lift/carry 75 lbs.
  

Note: This description represents the requirements of the job based on observations, discussions with the employer representatives, incumbents and others. On occasion, practicality and feasibility prevent the direct observation and/or gathering of objective, quantifiable data. For this reason, a “best estimate” may have been used.

The intent of the Job Description is to provide a summary of the major responsibilities performed and results expected by persons assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.