Service Technician II - Floater, Santa Barbara & Goleta CA Areas
About The Position
Build Your Career with a Central Coast Legend For over 60 years, The Towbes Group has been creating communities where people thrive. As an award-winning, fully integrated property management, development, and construction services firm headquartered in Santa Barbara, we're looking for a skilled, adaptable Service Technician – Float to join our Facilities maintenance team and help us keep our communities running beautifully. This isn't just a maintenance job – it's a chance to grow your skills across multiple properties, build relationships with residents and teams throughout our portfolio, and be part of a company culture built on Community, Integrity, Quality, ROI, Sustainability, Team, and Customer Service. What You'll Do As our Float Technician, you'll be based at a home community and travel to nearby properties as needed, bringing hands-on expertise wherever it's needed most. Your day-to-day will include: Completing maintenance work orders promptly, accurately, and with great customer service Turning vacant units and repairing fixtures, plumbing, electrical systems, appliances, doors, cabinetry, fencing, and more Diagnosing and resolving resident service requests with sound technical judgment Communicating clearly with residents, teammates, supervisors, and vendors Keeping your tools and workspace organized, safe, and ready to go Following safety standards set by Towbes, communities, OSHA, and the EPA Partnering with community managers and on-site staff to deliver efficient, cost-effective results Rotating through our on-call schedule to support residents after hours Tracking and reporting on parts inventory each month
Requirements
- Intermediate to advanced skills with hand and power tools across plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and light drywall/paint repair
- A strong customer-service mindset and clear communication skills
- The flexibility to travel between communities and adjust to shifting property needs
- A safety-first approach to every task
- Reliability, resourcefulness, and pride in a job well done
Responsibilities
- Completing maintenance work orders promptly, accurately, and with great customer service
- Turning vacant units and repairing fixtures, plumbing, electrical systems, appliances, doors, cabinetry, fencing, and more
- Diagnosing and resolving resident service requests with sound technical judgment
- Communicating clearly with residents, teammates, supervisors, and vendors
- Keeping your tools and workspace organized, safe, and ready to go
- Following safety standards set by Towbes, communities, OSHA, and the EPA
- Partnering with community managers and on-site staff to deliver efficient, cost-effective results
- Rotating through our on-call schedule to support residents after hours
- Tracking and reporting on parts inventory each month
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance
- 401(k) with a liberal company match
- paid vacation and sick time programs
- access to the Local Coastal Housing Partnership benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
