Senior Housing Maintenance Technician

Salary: $27.37 - $38.37 Hourly
Location : Mankato, MN
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 202600002
Department: Administrative Services
Opening Date: 12/01/2025
Closing Date: 12/11/2025 11:59 PM Central

Description

The 2025 starting rate of pay is $27.37 to $30.04 per hour with advancement to $38.37 per hour.

Grade: STA3 FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Safety Sensitive Position: Yes
Supervisor Title: Facilities Supervisor

DUTIES / RESPONSBILITIES:
Minimum Qualifications of Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of eight (8) years in the building trades or building maintenance trade in tasks that include carpentry, plumbing, electrical repair, custodial and/or heating/cooling system maintenance.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience supervising one or more employees, including seasonal staff.

OR

• Any satisfactory equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the job proficiently may be substituted for the above requirements.

Nature of Work:

• Under the direct supervision of the Facilities Supervisor, performs a variety of skilled and moderately difficult technical work for building facilities, public housing and grounds work surrounding those facilities. Assists the Facilities Supervisor/Project Manager with the execution of Capitol projects. Responsible for managing, assigning, and ensuring work orders are completed that come in on a daily basis. This position will also work closely with vendors and contractors to secure quotation(s) on work order and turnover work in line with HUD and City procurement policy as needed. This individual will also code invoices and receipts for materials and services tied to facilities work. Oversees and leads Facilities custodial staff as needed.

About Us:
Our employees are committed to working in an environment that fosters the core values of the City of Mankato - positive attitude, accountability, respect, teamwork, and integrity. We care about making a positive difference in the lives of others. Our work is challenging and has purpose. We listen and engage with each other and our community. We are empowered and trusted to make good decisions that align with the public service principles and core values. Our organization is committed to investing and developing each other. We will recognize and celebrate our collective achievements and individual accomplishments.

We take pride in investing in our employees. Our team enjoys a supportive work environment that encourages not only success for the community we serve, but for you as well. Come grow your career with us
Duties / Responsibilities

Primary Essential Work Functions:

• Coordinates the performance of or performs building scheduled maintenance for complex mechanical systems, structural systems, general repairs, painting, and housekeeping at City Facilities and Public Housing Units.
• Assists the Facilities Maintenance Supervisor with creating and execution of equipment maintenance schedules and management of the division's records
• Oversees custodial functions for city owned and operated facilities.
• Provides operational direction for custodial staff.
• Provides an elevated level of customer service to all tenants of Facilities managed locations.
• Coordinates or safely performs the necessary repairs to all components of the buildings and sites.
• Identifies and coordinates or safely performs scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance on plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and building hardware equipment.
• Assists with the development of project procurement documents and contracts.
• Performance of complex problem solving to determine corrective repairs required for city facilities and public housing units.
• Uses or assists using automated systems for various building functions.
• Performs inspections of contract construction projects as assigned.
• Communicates or assists in communication with internal and external customers formally and informally through written correspondence; individual and group meetings; presentations; website updates; and telephone.
• Continue to perform core dues of Housing Maintenance Technician as needed.

Other Work Functions:

• Performs physical and mental demands and work environment requirements for this position.
• Attendance during regularly scheduled work hours and outside regular hours as necessary.
• Effective and respectful communication and interactions with other employees, supervisors, individuals from other organizations, and community customers.
• Performs other related work as assigned or apparent.

The above is a general listing of job duties. Essential and non-essential functions may vary by individual position. Reasonable accommodations may be available for both essential and non-essential job duties.

Communicates With:

• Internally - All city employees, department building representatives, housing division of Community Development.
• Externally - Citizens, contractors, architechts/engineers, building tenants for leases spaces (HUD, DNR, Historical Society, Mankato EDA managed facilities), regulatory agency inspectors (MN Dept of Labor & Industry, Elevator inspectors, Boiler inspectors, etc.)

Supervision:

• Non-supervisory

Qualifications / Conditions of Employment

Conditions of Employment:

• Mobility to work around field constructions sites, climb ladders, and access aerial, buried and surface improvements and facilities for inspection and performance of tasks.
• Ability to work in confined spaces under all normal outdoor temperature conditions as well as in an office environment.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and be able to drive in the state of Minnesota.
• Satisfactory completion of fingerprinting, background examination, physical examination, and drug testing.
• Applicant must pass a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) background check and successfully pass the required BCA Criminal Justice Information Services Security Awareness Training test.
• Must be able to work emergency overtime.
• Must be able to respond to callouts in thirty (30) minutes or less when on call
• Must register as an unlicensed maintenance electrician within twelve (12) months of employment
• Must meet expectations of the work functions and knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.
• Must comply with organizational and departmental policies.
• Must comply with data practices policies and standards relative to not public data. Any access to not public data should be strictly limited to accessing the data that are necessary to fulfill the employment responsibility. While data are being accessed, incumbent should take reasonable measures to ensure the not public data are not accessed by individuals without a work reason. Once the work reason to access the data is reasonably finished the not public data must be properly stored according to city policy and the Minnesota Statutes.

• Safety Sensitive Notice This is a safety sensitive position which requires cannabis pre-employment drug testing. Safety sensitive position means a job in which an impairment caused by drug, alcohol, or cannabis usage would threaten the health and safety of any person.

Hours of Work

This position will typically work Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Evening, weekend and overtime hours may be required as necessary. Works in an on-call capacity on a rotating schedule.
City of Mankato
2026 BENEFITS OVERVIEW
For Regular Full-Time Employees
The City of Mankato provides a comprehensive, balanced, and competitive benefits package as part of your total compensation. The City's benefits programs address both the immediate needs that you and your family may have, such as medical coverage or flexible spending accounts, and your long-term needs, such as retirement savings. The following outline of City-offered benefits serves as an overview and does not provide all provisions, limitations, and exclusions. If there is a contradiction between this and the official plan documents, the plan documents will prevail.
EMPLOYER PROVIDED BENEFITS:
Paid Vacation:
Vacation accruals, utilization, and payouts vary within each collective bargaining agreement and/or employee handbook. The following is the general overview of the vacation benefit:

• Vacation hours may be accrued to a maximum of 50 days or 400 hours.
• Hours are accrued incrementally each pay period.
• Vacation hours may be taken in 30-minute increments.
• Unused balance carries over year to year.

Years of Service - Vacation Days Per Year

0 - 5 years - 10 days
6 - 10 years - 15 days
11 - 14 years - 17 days
15 -20 years - 20 days
21 years - 21 days
22 years - 22 days
23 years - 23 days
24 years - 24 days
25 years - 25 days
26 years - 26 days
27 years - 27 days
28 years - 28 days
29 years - 29 days
30+ years - 30 days
Paid Sick Leave:

Employees earn 8 hours of sick leave per month.

11 Paid Holidays and 1 Floating Holiday:

All regular full-time employees of the City, except those who are governed by a union contract or different holiday policy, receive the following paid holidays:

1. New Year's Day

2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

3. Presidents Day

4. Memorial Day

5. Juneteenth

6. Independence Day

7. Labor Day

8. Veterans Day

9. Thanksgiving Day

10. Friday After Thanksgiving Day

11. Christmas Day

12. Floating Holiday
Health Insurance Coverage Through Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MN:

• Health insurance plans to choose from: $5,000 HDHP with an HSA, $3,400 HDHP with an HSA, $500 CMM, $100 CMM/Traditional Plan
• Single Coverage
  • The City will contribute 95% of the premium for the IRS Minimum Embedded Deductible Plan.
  • The City will contribute 100% of the premium for the alternative High-Deductible plan.
  • For all other single coverage plan options, the City will contribute at the same premium rate as the IRS minimum embedded deductible plan.
• Dependent Coverage (Employee + Spouse, Employee + Children, or Family)

• • The City will contribute 90% of the premium of each High-Deductible Plan option. All other plan options the City will contribute at the same premium rate as the IRS minimum embedded deductible plan.
• Employee Responsibility
  • Employees are responsible for paying the remaining percentage of premiums, which will be deducted through payroll, on a bi-weekly basis.
• City contributions for union members will follow negotiated contract language.

Employer and employee contributions for non-union employees are shown below. Please note that union employee health insurance benefits may vary by contract.
NICE Healthcare (Free to all full-time employees):
NICE Healthcare is an integrated primary care clinic - meaning NICE offers almost all of the services of a traditional primary care clinic and then some. And better yet, NICE brings that care to your home, office, or wherever you happen to be.
Offers employees and their household members an amazing healthcare benefit with no out-of-pocket fees. Below are the comprehensive primary care services that NICE offers:

• Same-Day Chat and Video Visits
• In-Home Visits with 35 Free Labs and Physical Tests
• 550+ Free Medications Can Be Prescribed by Our Clinicians
• Free Virtual Physical Therapy
• Free Virtual Mental Health Therapy
• Free In-Home X-rays and EKG Services

Minnesota Paid Family Medical Leave
Minnesota Paid Family Medical Leave is a benefit for employees to be able to have paid time off (with partial wage replacement) and job protection for employees who need to take leave for certain medical or family-care reasons. This is a State required benefit for all employers in the State of Minnesota. Premium contributions for this benefit will be at a shared cost to the City and the employee. Premium rates for 2026 are .78% of gross earnings. This will be split 50/50. Employees will see a .39% of gross wages after tax deduction.
Term Life Insurance:
The City provides a term life insurance policy at no cost to the employee. (Face value is 125% of employee's base salary up to a maximum of face value of $50,000).
Retirement - PERA (Public Employees Retirement Association)
1. Must participate as directed by Minnesota Statutes.

2. Employer and employee contribution rates vary depending on position.

3. May obtain refund of employee contribution on termination of service.
2026 Employer/Employee PERA Contribution Rates - Effective January 1, 2026

Contributions are calculated on gross bi-weekly salary each pay period.
Coordinated Plan

Employer: 7.5%

Employee 6.5%
Police and Fire Plan

Employer: 17.7%

Employee 11.8%
OPTIONAL VOLUNTARY BENEFITS AVAILABLE:

The following benefits are available on an elective basis at the employee's choice:

Deferred Compensation Plans (457)

Plans available through Mission Square Retirement, Nationwide Retirement Solutions, and MN State Deferred Compensation Plan.

Health Care and Day Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Computer Purchase Program
0% interest for up to 3 years (max. $3,500) to purchase a home computer
Voluntary Payroll Deductions Available for:

• Dental Insurance - Coverage through MetLife - 100% employee cost
• Vision Insurance - Coverage through MetLife - 100% employee cost
• YMCA membership at corporate rates
• Savings Bonds
• Various voluntary group life and disability plans.
• AFLAC

Credit Union Membership - Eligible for membership

• MN Valley Federal Credit Union
• Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union

Vacation Purchase Program
Employees may purchase additional vacation time (limits apply).
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
In Addition:
The City of Mankato is a qualifying employer of the Student Loan Forgiveness Program.
Questions regarding benefit information can be directed to Human Resources at 507-387-8664.
01

The following supplemental information may be used as a scored evaluation of your knowledge, skills and experience. Be certain that the choices you make correspond to the information you have provided in your application. By completing this supplemental questionnaire you are attesting that the information you have provided is true and accurate. Any information provided may be reviewed by the hiring manager. Any misstatements or falsification of information will eliminate you from consideration or may result in dismissal. Do you understand and agree with this statement?

• Yes
• No

02

Which of the following best describes your level of education?

• High school diploma / GED
• Some college
• Technical Certification
• Associates / 2 year Degree/Certificate
• Bachelors
• Masters or higher
• None of the above

03

If applicable, list the field of study in which you possess a degree. If no degree, type N/A.
04

Do you currently have a valid Minnesota driver's license or a valid driver's license from another state?

• Yes, I have a valid Minnesota driver's license
• Yes, I have a valid driver's license from another state
• No, I do not currently possess a valid driver's license

05

Which of the following best describes your years of full-time employment experience in building trades or building maintenance trade in tasks that include carpentry, plumbing, electrical repair, custodial and/or heating/cooling system maintenance?

• No experience
• Less than 6 months
• More than 6 months, but less than 1 year
• More than 1 year, but less than 2
• More than 2 years, but less than 3
• More than 3 years, but less than 4
• More than 4 years, but less than 5
• More than 5 years, but less than 6
• More than 6 years, but less than 7
• More than 7 years, but less than 8
• More than 8 years, but less than 9
• More than 9 years, but less than 10
• 10 or more years

06

Which of the following best describes your years of experience supervising one or more employees, including seasonal staff?

• No experience
• Less than 6 months
• More than 6 months, but less than 1 year
• More than 1 year, but less than 2
• More than 2 years, but less than 3
• More than 3 years, but less than 4
• More than 4 years, but less than 5
• More than 5 years, but less than 6
• More than 6 years, but less than 7
• More than 7 years, but less than 8
• More than 8 years, but less than 9
• More than 9 years, but less than 10
• 10 or more years

07

Select the full-time work experience you have in any of the following areas. (select all that apply)

• HUD policies and procedures
• Uniform Building Code, OSHA, ADA, and EPA regulations for buildings
• Service contract preparation and negotiation
• Building Automation Systems
• Bituminous and concrete pavement management concepts
• Installation, maintenance & operation of plumbing components of a building
• Installation, maintenance & operation of electrical components of a building
• Installation, maintenance & operation of HVAC components of a building
• None of the above

08

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: If selected as a finalist, are you willing to undergo a background investigation which may include, but not be limited to: verification of employment and education records, identification verification, driver's license record, criminal history, fingerprinting, and pre-employment physical and drug testing. Must pass a Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) background check and successfully pass the required BCA Criminal Justice Information Services Security Awareness Training test.

• Yes
• No

09

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: If selected as a finalist, are you able to respond to callouts in thirty (30) minutes or less when on call?

• Yes
• No

10

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT: If selected as a finalist, are you willing to register as an unlicensed maintenance electrician within twelve (12) months of employment?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

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