Maintenance Technician - Traveling - Tacoma Area

About us:

Cambridge Management, Inc. (CMI) began in 1987 as a small team managing a portfolio of communities in Tacoma, Washington. Our focus soon shifted to providing quality management for affordable housing communities. These affordable communities provide homes for those with limited incomes including families, senior citizens, and people with disabilities. Today, our team has grown to nearly 350 employees managing 120 communities and more than 9,000 apartment homes. Our portfolio includes market rate, Low Income Housing Tax Credit, and Project-Based Section-8 communities that range in size from 6 to 344 units. We currently manage communities in California, Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Washington State, and Virginia.

Why work for us:

Cambridge Management, Inc. offers the following Compensation and Benefits package for full time employees:

Position Salary Range: $28.00 - $32.00 

Paid time off:

• An accrual of 80 hours of Vacation.
• Up to 6 paid sick days per year. (varies based on state sick leave laws)
• 8 paid holidays
• 2 paid floating holidays

Benefits offered:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, AD&D & EAP
• 401(k) with employer match
• Voluntary benefits available

Job Summary:

Under direct supervision of the Director of Property Management, the Regional Manager, or the local Community Manager, the Maintenance Technician- Traveling is responsible for assisting in the preservation and upkeep of the properties. The Maintenance Technician- Traveling will be aware of and always operate within OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Act) Standards and company safety policies and procedures. The Maintenance Technician- Traveling is responsible for assisting with the maintenance teams and assisting with the overall maintenance of the communities, including repairs, the make-ready process, and preventative maintenance.

Requirements

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

This job description does not list all duties that will be required of this position. You will be required to perform other duties, as requested by your supervisor.

• Travel between properties as needed to assist local maintenance teams.
• Work with the maintenance team and efficiently perform maintenance activities, such as make readies and service requests.
• Monitor and prioritize service requests and tasks assigned to them; and then identify and expedite emergencies that should be top priority.
• Partner with the maintenance team and community manager to complete the workload throughout the day to make sure that tasks are completed timely and efficiently.
• Perform preventative maintenance on community and apartment appliances and equipment.
• Manage the make ready process by walking vacant apartments after move-out to determine make ready needs, communicating with vendors and monitoring progress, ensuring that all repairs and replacements are completed, and notifying the Community Manager when the make ready process is complete.
• Monitor repairs that are continuously repeated and work with the team to determine a cause and course of action.
• Participate in completing service requests including repairing and replacing appliances, plumbing systems, and air conditioning, heating, and electrical systems, etc.
• Accurately complete records in OneSite regarding service requests, preventative maintenance, and make-ready of vacant apartments.
• Identify any issues regarding safety, hazardous conditions or maintenance needs in the community and correct them or report them to the Community Manager.
• Assist Community Manager in recruiting and interviewing potential maintenance team members as needed
• Assist as needed in training, developing, and mentoring the community’s maintenance staff.
• Periodically complete written property safety audits.
• Responsible for maintaining adequate inventory of supplies for repairs.
• Assist with grounds keeping, pool maintenance, housekeeping, distribution of notices, apartment inspections, and other tasks as needed.
• May assist in new development or rehabilitation of a community (i.e., market surveys/strategies, provide property management insight/input to construction team or contractor, walk apartments, punch-out, etc.)
• Maintain overall organization and cleanliness of work areas and maintenance shops
• Participate in on call and snow removal activities (if applicable).

Knowledge, Skill, and Competency Requirements

• Competency is based on education, training, skills, and experience. In order t