Maintenance Technician - Sunridge Management

Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547

About the Job

JOB DESCRPTION
MANTENANCE ENGINEER

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

To maintain the physical appearance of the community, service residents' needs with respect to their apartment homes, provide corrective, preventative and emergency maintenance and to assure safe and satisfactory operation of apartment appliances, community equipment and HVAC systems.

PHYSICAL REQUIRMENTS

Engineer/Maintenance personnel must be able to ascend or descend multiple flights of stairs and inspect and service locations where sidewalks or walkways are not provided. (See Physical Requirements as further outlined in the latter part of this description.)

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain neat physical appearance, including a clean, orderly and complete uniform (when provided).
Maintain a professional and courteous attitude with community residents, limiting communications during working hours to matters relative to service order requests.
Respond promptly to and provide all necessary services in connection with emergencies and calls for service.
Communicate hazards or unsafe conditions for public, residents and fellow employees to supervisor.
Inform supervisor of any residents or guests responsible for damage done to community structures, grounds or apartment interior.
Accept tasks assigned temporarily, or as a permanent addition to responsibilities.
Promote Fair Housing standards and Equal Housing opportunity.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

Complete service order requests timely and accurately, as assigned.
Perform the turnover process as necessary to ensure unit is ready for move in, as assigned,
Monitor maintenance supply inventory and inform supervisor of items requiring ordering.
Service and maintain community equipment, thereby allowing continued, uninterrupted use.
Perform preventative maintenance on plumbing, electrical, heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems.

6        Complete inspection forms, i.e., documenting boiler readings, water heater temperatures and routine service performed on systems.
7.       Accompany Lead Maintenance Engineer, when requested, on inspections of public areas, apartments during turnover process, semi-annual apartment smoke detector check and any other inspections conducted by Owner, Area Vice President, Manager, Insurance Agents, etc.
       Assist and/or supervise service companies contracted to perform specific duties at community.

Where designated by Manager, Area Vice President or Lead Maintenance Engineer, supervise performance of other members of Maintenance, Groundskeeping or Porter staff and any individuals temporarily assigned to Maintenance department.
Depending on community needs, participate in, and remain available for, 24-hour emergency maintenance service, as scheduled.
Assist, as needed, during community emergency situation (example: fire, snow removal, flood and natural or man-made disasters).
Attend seminars, classes or staff meetings for policy updates, reviews or instructions for equipment use and compliance with existing or changing government regulations.

PHYSICAL REQUIRENIENTS

The duties and responsibilities will require all or some of the following physical applications:

Lifting dead weight in excess of 40 pounds (bags of snow melting chemicals, air handlers, HVAC units, small appliances, etc.);
Operating powered equipment where manual pushing, pulling or steering of equipment is required (snow blower, leaf vacuum, etc.);
Operating powered equipment where manual lifting and transporting of apparatus is required (K- 1500 auger, refrigerant recovery system, vacuum pump, etc.);
Using powered tools requiring stability during operation and which may cause abnormal vibration to the body of the operator (sawz-all, hammer drill, etc.);
Using non-powered tools requiring stooping, bending, reaching or swinging tool above shoulders (shoveling, hammering, digging, etc.);
Using non-powered equipment where manual pushing, pulling or steering of equipment is required (wheelbarrow, appliance dolly, chemical spreader, etc.);
Climbing ladders to reach heights above 7 to 40 feet from ground (change light bulbs or fixtures, roof inspections, repairs to plumbing located in ceilings, clean gutters, etc.);
Stooping, bending or crawling to gain access to confined areas, to effect repairs (crawl spaces, plumbing access panels, sink base cabinets for plumbing traps or garbage disposal repairs, etc.); and
Driving community equipment (trucks, tractors, riding lawn mowers, etc.).

Source : Sunridge Management