Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

At Sentral, we are building a team of people-first focused individuals who thrive on going above and beyond. Ideal candidates will exemplify a can-do attitude, a growth mindset, and an entrepreneurial drive. Successful candidates will be proactive, solution-oriented, and have strong ownership of their work. The Maintenance Manager is expected to have fantastic organizational and time management skills. You will display natural leadership and possess fantastic communication skills with a great eye for detail. To ensure success, the Maintenance Manager should display strong problem-solving and decision-making skills with a solid understanding of building maintenance, repairs, refurbishments, cleaning and leading team members.

This is an in-person position located on-site of the property. This position requires a rotating on-call schedule.

What You'll Do :

• Treat residents and others with respect, answer questions from your team and residents,
• respond sensitively to complaints about building services, and assign work orders with
• efficiency and urgency.
• Coordinate daily with the General Manager on overall maintenance projects.
• Inspect sites regularly to identify problems and necessary maintenance.
• Prepare weekly maintenance schedules and allocate work based on forecasted workloads.
• Oversee the "make-ready" process to prepare vacant apartment homes and new move-ins by completing the pre-move-out inspection, creating a "punch" list of maintenance work needed, scheduling vendors and contractors as needed, obtaining needed supplies and materials, and inspecting completed work.
• Employ, supervise and train team members.
• Develop standards for the cleanliness and overall appearance of the community's grounds, amenities, building exteriors, market-ready unit interiors, breezeways, curbs, signage, leasing office, central garbage areas, parking lots, and other buildings and common areas to ensure they reflect and represent the high quality of the community.
• Manage the completion of all work orders generated from resident requests for service, as well as ensure routine upkeep on the property is diagnosed and repaired or replaced in accordance with established policies, procedures, safety standards, code requirements, and budgetary requirements.
• Maintain and order adequate inventory of spare parts and maintenance materials as needed to stay within budgetary guidelines.
• Complete monthly Preventative Maintenance procedures as outlined in the Policy and Procedure Manual.
• Conduct follow-ups on all maintenance and repair work.
• Periodically inspect work performed by other service team members to assess the effectiveness of policies and procedures and develop corrective action plans as needed.
• Periodically inspect work performed by contractors, vendors, and other service providers to verify the work, materials, and services meet quality standards, scope, and specifications as required.
• Conduct regularly scheduled safety meetings to ensure all SDS sheets are current and readily accessible.
• Keep up with all current OSHA and other safety-related laws and requirements to ensure property compliance.
• Complete minor plumbing, electrical and miscellaneous repairs (HVAC boilers, hot water heaters).
• Assist capital expense manager with the preparation of a maintenance and capital expense budget for the property by analyzing and evaluating financial statements and accessing operational reports that establish the historical background for the asset and predict performance patterns based on yearly unit inspections.
• Support cost-cutting and expense control programs by ensuring parts are repaired, when possible, rather than replaced. Ensure the team is not being wasteful with materials and supplies and practicing the correct use of tools and equipment.
• Participate in on-call rotation to respond to emergency calls for maintenance and repairs after-hours.
• Perform other related duties and assignments as needed and assigned

Skills and Experience :

Community Team Perks + Benefits :

The following requirements are intended to reflect the expected work environment and physical demands of the role. Candidate must be able to perform the following activities with or without reasonable accommodation to be successful in the role :

If you require accommodations to the above listed job duties or would like to request accommodations during the interview process, please indicate so on your applications in the "Accommodations" section.

Sentral is dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that champions all backgrounds, identities, and voices. We strive to cultivate a space where our team members feel valued, and our residents feel loved. While there is no exact recipe for ensuring our residents feel loved, we believe a key ingredient is seeking and employing individuals that reflect the uniqueness of our residents.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate based upon actual or perceived race, religion, color, national origin