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JOB DESCRIPTION  

Join the KPG Team as a Maintenance Technician at Edgewood Square Apartments!

Are you a proactive problem solver who loves working hands-on? Do you take pride in maintaining a safe and well-kept environment? If so, we want you to join our team at Edgewood Square Apartments as a Maintenance Technician!

**Position Overview:**
As a Maintenance Technician, you’ll be responsible for ensuring our properties are in top-notch condition. Your role is crucial in providing excellent customer service while presenting Kittle Property Group in a professional manner.

**What We Offer:**
- Competitive wages at $18/hour, paid weekly!
- Free safety/work boots through our Maintenance Boots Program.
- Opportunities for ongoing professional development and training.

**Key Responsibilities:**
- Monitor and manage maintenance expenses to stay within budget.
- Conduct daily inspections of community grounds.
- Prepare vacant units for new residents, including painting, cleaning, and general maintenance.
- Perform preventative maintenance and maintain landscaping.
- Handle snow removal and maintain records of efforts.
- Keep all KPG tools and equipment in proper working order.
- Provide emergency support to residents after hours.
- Conduct quarterly inspections of units and maintain records.

**Qualifications:**
- High school diploma or GED required.
- At least 1 year of maintenance experience; HVAC/EPA certification preferred.
- Basic skills in MS Outlook and MS Word.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work well in a team.
- Physical ability to perform tasks requiring standing, walking, and lifting.

**Work Environment:**
- Regular exposure to moderate or loud noise levels.
- Occasionally work in outdoor weather conditions.

Support our mission and embody our values of excellence, collaboration, and community commitment. If you’re ready to take on a rewarding role where you can make a difference, apply today and join the KPG family!

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.