Floating Maintenance Technician - Seattle Region

JOB SUMMARY

Salary range: $28.00 - $32.00 per hour.

Holland is seeking a skilled and detail oriented Floating Maintenance Technician to assist our various communities across the Seattle region. The Floating Maintenance Technician is responsible for performing highly diversified duties to ensure all physical aspects of their assigned property within the region is maintained to meet company set standards for cleanliness, appearance, safety, and overall functionality in accordance with Holland Partner Group’s Core Values.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Assist in maintaining the physical condition and general upkeep of assigned property per company operating and safety standards.
• Efficiently paint vacant units for rent-ready condition as required and per Holland standards.
• Maintain common areas, models, and office areas of the property by adhering to touch-up paint schedule required by Property and Maintenance Managers.
• Make recommendations to maintain a proper inventory of supplies and tools sufficient for turning units.
• Complete unit turns of assigned units generated on weekly turn schedule correctly and in a timely manner per Holland standards.
• Complete assigned service request orders in an accurate and timely manner per Holland standards.
• Follow all preventative maintenance programs and guidelines to minimize emergency repairs and service requests.
• Adhere to the company’s safety programs and guidelines to minimize emergency repairs and service requests.
• Assist in safety inspections on the property.
• Maintain an excellent and professional customer service relationship with all residents and coworkers to ensure excellent inside customer service, teamwork, and accountability.
• Participate in company training classes, as required.
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive documents and information regarding both Resident’s personal information, and confidential information regarding Holland Residential and Holland Partner Group.
• Represent Holland Partner Group in a professional manner at all times.
• Perform all other duties as directed and assist the overall team effort in any way possible.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education:  No specific level of education is required.  However, ability to read, write and speak English is required for safety and productivity reasons.

Experience:  Two years of previous experience in property management maintenance, other building maintenance, or related trade required. Prior renovation experience is preferred. Experience working at Holland in a maintenance capacity or specific property experience may be considered in lieu of some previous experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Knowledge of general maintenance processes and methods.

• Ability to accurately perform basic to intermediate mathematical functions.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to perform general maintenance repair tasks without endangering oneself or others.
• Knowledge of appliance repair, HVAC, basic to intermediate plumbing, basic to intermediate electrical, general carpentry, painting, roofing, tape and texture, wall and baseboard preparation, and sheetrock patching.
• Ability to safely use tools and general maintenance equipment.

Attendance:  This full-time position requires the ability to work any of the seven days of the week, 52 weeks of the year. Additional hours or overtime may be required. Position requires the incumbent to serve on-call, based on property needs.

Equipment:  Incumbent must provide own hand tools unless prohibited by State law (including side cutting pliers, needle nose pliers, combination jaw pliers, crescent wrench, channel locks, screw driver set, plain face claw hammer, tape measure, electrical tester, utility knife, drywall saw, flashlight and tool carrier).

Physical Requirements:  To successfully perform the essential functions of this role, this individual must have the ability to: sit, stand, reach, bend, and stoop for extended periods of time; walk on uneven surfaces and climb multiple flights of stairs daily. Must have mobility and flexibility to work in confined spaces and use ladders to heights of up to nine feet. This role requires the ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds of force on a frequent basis and up to 100 pounds of force on a seldom basis. Must have hearing and visual ability to observe and detect signs in an emergency situation.  

Working Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. Some phy