Janitorial Maintenance

Description:
**JOB SUMMARY**:
This position must provide; a clean, sanitary comfortable, orderly and satisfying surrounding for the residents, employees, and visitors. The Janitorial Maintenance Tech must follow the instructions as given for handling, cleaning, disposing, and moving of objects/materials.

The Janitorial maintenance technician is also responsible for completing light building maintenance and repairs and performs unit make-ready duties on empty units.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**
- Cleaning of halls, common areas, and vacant units, to include but not limited to, floors, walls, doors, bathrooms, grounds, stairwells, windows and appliances as instructed.
- Develops property cleaning schedule with supervisor for adequate coverage of buildings and grounds.
- Maintains appropriate levels of cleaning supply inventory
- Maintains cleaning equipment in working order
- Post notices as needed.
- Work with maintenance and community manager for scheduling of vacant unit cleaning.
- Assist in community meetings, holiday functions and special resident requests as needed.
- Performs duties related to work orders and projects that include light electrical, plumbing, drywall replacement and/or repair, painting, lock replacement, tile repairs, blind and window treatment and/or replacement, HVAC furnace and a/c repairs.
- Complete all maintenance requests issued in a timely manner
- Organized record keeping of appliance replacement, carpet and paints.
- Ensure vacant apartment are made ready per The Monroe Group Standards - scheduling vendors, flooring, painting, cleaning, replacing of appliance and general repairs.
- Maintain building inventory for cost effective operations
- Responsible for 24-Hour emergency maintenance call outs; carry mobile phone/radio as required for on-call Maintenance
- Complete grounds work, which may include picking up trash, sweeping curbs, and maintain areas around the dumpster
- Assists with annual inspections with outside vendors on backflow pressure testing, elevators, fire panel and fire extinguisher testing.
- Follows all company emergency procedures. Ensure safety standards are used which comply with all company, local, City, State and Federal guidelines
- All other duties as assigned.

**Requirements**:
**REQUIREMENTS**
- Must be able to work assigned hours as scheduled.
- Must be able to use hand tools
- Must be able to use maintenance equipment
- Must be able to complete tasks in a timely manner.
- Must own and provide necessary tools related to assigned duties.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.

**EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE**:

- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- At least 1 year of maintenance technician including HVAC, Electrical, Plumbing, and appliance repair knowledge
- Experience in an affordable housing environment preferred
- Technical training and license preferred

**EQUIPMENT USED**
- Hand, power and specialty tools.

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS and WORK ENVIRONMENT**
- The employee will be exposed to indoor and outdoor work environments with frequent exposure to odors, waste, insects, pests and occasional exposure to confined spaces. The noise level changes on a consistent basis.
- The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, grasp with both hands, or feel; substantial movements (motion) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers; reaching and pulling with hands and arms.
- Prolonged standing. Occasional walking is required for short distances.
- Ability to consistently move/drag/lift up to 50 lbs on a regular basis
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include having accurate color vision
- Frequent stretching out of arms, and use of upper body.
- Occasional turning and twisting at the waist.
- Noise level is moderate.

**DISCLAIMER**

This position description is not intended, and should not be construed to be, an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with the job. It is intended, however, to be an accurate reflection of those principal job elements essential for making decisions related to job performance, employee development and compensation. As such, the incumbent may perform other duties and responsibilities as required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.