Equity Apartments

Maintenance Manager - Manhattan, NY (West 96th)

Equity Apartments • $76K — $84K *
Manhattan, NY 10020In-Person
Real Estate & Construction
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Hands-on maintenance experience in plumbing, electrical, appliance, boiler, and HVAC/PTAC systems.
  • Minimum of three years in a leadership role with team management experience.
  • Experience in fiscal oversight related to property service management.
  • Background in residential or commercial property management.
  • High School diploma or equivalent required.
  • Knowledge of federal and state housing laws and union environments is beneficial.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Community and Property Manager to achieve property goals.
  • Manage a high-performing maintenance team adhering to Equity standards.
  • Assist team with maintenance tasks and prepare market-ready apartments.
  • Analyze financial performance and recommend budget-saving measures.
  • Collaborate on capital improvements and maintain inventory control.
  • Perform scheduled maintenance and provide regular status reports.

Benefits

  • Onsite apartment provided with 100% discount.
  • Employees eligible for overtime pay and performance incentives.
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentoring.
  • Dynamic work environment with a focus on team performance.
Full Job Description
Job Description

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Maintenance Manager, your day-to-day will involve partnering with the Community and Property Manager to cultivate a high-performing team, ensuring adherence to Equity standards and assisting them with their tasks as needed. Additionally, you will analyze the financial performance of the property and help perform scheduled maintenance while providing regular status reports.

  • Partnering with the Community Manager to achieve property objectives
  • Managing a team that adheres to Equity standards, handling resident service requests promptly and safely
  • Assisting your team with performing various maintenance tasks and preparing market-ready apartments
  • Financial reporting & following community budget, making recommendations for expense minimization
  • Collaborating with the Property Manager on capital improvements and overseeing inventory control and fiscal responsibility
  • Performing scheduled maintenance and preparing status reports
  • Working schedule: Monday-Friday: 9am-6pm & Rotating emergency on call
  • This role is based onsite-an apartment will be supplied with a 100% discount

What You'll Need To Thrive:

  • Hands-on maintenance experience in areas including, but not limited to plumbing, electrical, appliance, boiler and HVAC/PTAC is necessary.
  • Minimum of three years of leading and managing a team (providing mentoring, training, & development, as well as driving performance against standards and issuing discipline as needed)
  • Experience providing fiscal oversight over the property service management: Expense mitigation, budget oversight, inventory costs & control.
  • Residential or commercial property service management experience.
  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • Knowledge of federal and state apartment housing laws
  • Experience working in a Unionized Environment
  • A valid driver's license, good driving record, auto insurance, and reliable transportation is required if the employee will operate a motorized vehicle (e.g., car, golf cart) during their workday and/or as part of their role.
  • Computer literacy and effective communication skills; Must be able to effectively communicate both orally and in writing in English for all work-related purposes.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and repair plumbing, electrical, appliances, HVAC PTAC equipment and perform interior repairs and painting required.
  • Must be able to work any assigned shift, including weekends. Shifts may change according to business needs. Must be able to respond to emergencies after normal business hours and on weekends when assigned on-call responsibilities. A telephone number where you can be reached after-hours must be provided to your manager.
  • Ability to perform numerous physical activities that require considerable use of your hands, arms and legs and moving your whole body, including prolonged or repeated standing, walking, climbing, sweeping, stooping, kneeling, shoveling, crouching, lifting and handling of materials. Frequent lifting, grasping and carrying materials and equipment up to 50 lbs.
  • Service team employees, with limited exceptions, are required to use their own smartphone to perform certain aspects of their job. The device must have updated software and must be password-protected and compliant with in-house security systems and operations software.

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Managing employees in a union environment

Salary: $36.63 - $40.70 / hour

  • Employees are eligible for overtime pay and performance incentives.
  • The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, and qualifications.

About Equity Apartments

Equity Residential is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that invests in apartments. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned or had investments in 304 properties consisting of 77,459 apartment units located primarily in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco, Southern California and Denver. Equity Residential is the third largest owner of apartments in the United States.
Learn more about Equity Apartments
Size
2,400 employees
Market Cap
$22.3 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
$913.6 million
Founded
1967
5 Year Trend
+0.3%
Revenue
$2.5 billion
NASDAQ
EQR
* Ladders Estimates

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