Apartment Maintenance Tech

Are you a handy person?

- Do friends/family always bug you for light electrical/plumbing repairs and maintenance?

- Maybe you like to keep things in working condition, so they bug you less often?

Well, how would you like to be paid for your efforts?

Pax is currently looking for a Maintenance Tech to join the team at their Renaissance Apartments complex in Tallahassee, FL. If hired, you'll play a critical role in the success of the apartments as they benefit significantly from preventative maintenance as well as direct repair requests.

The Maintenance Technician reports to the Chief Engineer and is responsible for property and facility general maintenance repairs, unit make-readies, preventive maintenance and other tasks to ensure quality standards and appealing grounds keeping. Hands-on position includes general carpentry work, plumbing, electrical, painting, heating, air conditioning and appliance repairs while ensuring all safety requirements are consistently met with quality standards delivered.

This position may require overtime, hours in the evening and/or weekends to include an on-call schedule. Building a strong cohesive daytime family, this key contributor will apply solid skills and experience to include:

• Maintains a professional, courteous manner with all residents, vendors, contractors, and staff.
• Responsible for the completion and quality of all maintenance service requests to include general repairs such as drywall, painting, carpentry, etc. as well as heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) and other appliances.
• Assists with organizing, prioritizing, and ensuring that service requests and repairs are made correctly and in a timely manner, recording data.
• Assists with turnkey operations with preparing vacant units rent-ready in a timely manner, performing various repairs.
• Assists with maintaining a preventative maintenance program.
• Repairs issues with plumbing systems which can include replacing faucets, toilets, and hot water tanks; fixing garbage disposals, dishwashers, water-dispersing refrigerators, and washing machines.
• Responsible for minor electrical repairs such as power switches, fuses, and wall sockets. Troubleshoots electrically powered appliances such as ceiling lights, fans, climate control systems.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications and skills:

• Completion of high school/GED or specialized vocational training with a minimum of three (3) years' experience in building and facility maintenance.
• Would prefer: licensing and trade certification in HVAC, Electrical Wiring, or Plumbing highly desired.
• Must possess the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Must be able to read and write in English at intermediate level to read diagrams, meters, instructions, write reports, etc.
• Ability to problem solve and troubleshoot equipment.
• Possesses skills in drywall repair, carpentry and other home-type of construction maintenance.
• Ability and willingness to work collaboratively with other staff, vendors, contractors, and residents.
• Organized and detail-oriented with strong level of accuracy and the ability to multi-task.
• Ability to prioritize and adhere to strict deadlines.
• High level of integrity; ability to handle confidential resident information.
• Comfortable using computers for data entry, word processing, spreadsheets, or custom applications.

This position has physical requirements that are essential functions of the job to include use of hand strength to grasp tools, supplies, and equipment, occasionally climbs ladders, and stairs, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 to 50 pounds with and without assistance by another or supporting equipment. Additional requirements are further detailed during the interview process and full job description provided.

Requirements:

• Minimum of three years experience in building/facility maintenance 
• Must have a flexible schedule (scheduled hours may include off-hours and weekends -- depending on the hotel's operational needs)
• HVAC certification 
• Additional requirements are further detailed during the interview process and full job description provided.

Please also consider the following aspects of this position:

• Compensation: $20 - $22/hr Commensurate with experience and certifications
• Collaborative bonus structure -- succeed by helping others succeed
• Work with a great group and a fast-growing company
• Plenty of advancement opportunities

*Keep in mind, Background Checks and Drug Testing will be conducted on all applicants*

About Pax Properties/Pax Hotel Group..

With several locations throughout Florida and Oklahoma, Pax shares one singular value: to provide extraordinary value for people of ordinary means. 

Whether it’s through exceptional customer service, luxuriously styled suites, or 4-star amenities on a 2-star hotel’s room price, we aim to change the notion that inexpensive means “cheap”. Pax wants to be the go-to hotel for travelers looking to travel on a budget without sacrificing the creature comforts they’ve come to love from costlier alternatives.

So that covers why you would want to STAY at a Pax hotel, but why would you want to WORK here?

If awards are important to you, our hotels are no strangers to winning.

• 4 of our 5 hotels have won Trip Advisor's Traveler's Choice Award in 2022
• The last three hotels we've acquired, renovated, and repositioned have won Trip Advisor's top award every year they've been in operation as Pax Properties hotels
• We've won Booking.com's Best Value award along with county beautification awards
• And we've most recently been awarded one of Top Workplaces Best Places to Work award:

At Pax we believe in the importance of taking care of our employees without the existence of advancement ceilings – this is reflected in the company’s benefits (that are normally found in companies twice as large) and its commitment to advancing employees within the company, in their personal lives, or both.

How many companies do you know that will commit resources to work as your buying agent when looking to buy a home – only to give their commission back to you (after closing on a home) in your paycheck?

Pax will! ✔

How many companies have ever given you a $300 year-end bonus after your third year with them – only to increase that by $100 for every subsequent year?

Pax will! ✔

The benefits don’t stop there either. You can also expect...
- Generous individual AND team performance bonuses
- Approachable management
- Employee discounts at all our locations
- Educational reimbursements

...and plenty more.

Our employees work hard to provide customers with stellar service, and Pax wants to show appreciation by giving back in a way that’s beyond fair. We are constantly working to add to our benefits programs too and we welcome suggestions.

Simply put, we want working at Pax Hotels to be about more than a paycheck if you would like it to be.

Last updated on Oct 23, 2024