Building Maintenance Assistant

Cushman & Wakefield•Valley Stream, NY

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Assistant provides support and is accountable for delivering on our commitments to our residents. This includes quality move-ins, residential satisfaction, expedited service, and personal attention to the resident. The Maintenance Assistant responds to our resident's service needs and is instrumental in helping Cushman and Wakefield deliver superior customer service to our residents. This role involves preparing market-ready apartments, responding to resident requests, and maintaining grounds, pools/hot tubs, common areas, and dog park amenities. The assistant will also report maintenance concerns and perform scheduled maintenance, while adhering to fair housing laws and company standards.

Requirements

Ability to read policy manuals, safety rules, operating, maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to utilize common sense understanding in order to carry out written, oral or diagrammed instructions.
Ability to deal with problems involving several known variables in situations of a routine nature.
Valid Driver's license
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to prepare and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Follow all safety policies and procedures
High School Diploma, GED, Trade, Technical, or Vocational school
Related experience
EPA 608 – Minimum Type II, or CPO, or local city required certificate

Responsibilities

Prepares Market Ready apartments, which may include painting, carpet repairs, cleaning, general repairs, housekeeping duties, and any necessary duties to provide our residents with that quality move in experience.
Responds to resident requests in a timely manner and with a professional attitude.
Has knowledge of maintenance functions such as plumbing, HVAC, basic electric, general carpentry skills, painting, and snow removal (if applicable).
Maintains grounds, pools/ hot tubs, common areas, and dog park amenities to keep clean, operational, and safe for our residents.
Reports any maintenance concerns on vacant units, models, and common areas, to the Maintenance Supervisor.
Performs maintenance as scheduled by the Maintenance supervisor.
Knowledgeable of state, local, and federal fair housing laws.
Attends and participates in training programs as required by Cushman & Wakefield.
Performs duties as assigned, in a timely manner.
Delivers superior customer service and represents the company in a professional manner at all times.
Dresses per Cushman and Wakefield appearance standards.
Maintains and safeguards all company tools and equipment.
Perform any other related duties as required or assigned.