Maintenance Technician - Northwind, Austin TX

Join the Kittle Property Group team as a Maintenance Technician at Northwind Apartments and be part of a company that values excellence, collaboration, and community commitment. We’re looking for a dedicated professional who can deliver outstanding maintenance services and exceptional customer care at an apartment community within our Affordable Housing Business Unit.

• Pay Rate: $20.50/hour
• Perks: Competitive wages paid weekly and free safety/work boots through our Maintenance Boots Program.

As a Maintenance Technician, you will maintain the property, ensuring a safe and pleasant environment for residents, and present the company professionally at all times while performing essential duties.

• Monitor and manage maintenance expenses to stay within budget.
• Inspect community grounds each morning.
• Perform unit turns (painting, cleaning, maintenance of vacant units).
• Complete maintenance requests promptly.
• Prepare vacant units for new residents.
• Conduct preventative maintenance activities.
• Maintain landscaping, including bushes, trees, and lawns.
• Perform snow removal on community sidewalks and maintain records.
• Keep maintenance logs and records for all units and the site.
• Ensure all tools, equipment, and replacement parts are in working condition.
• Provide emergency resident support after office hours.
• Supervise contractors working on‑site.
• Conduct quarterly unit inspections.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or GED.
• At least 1 year of maintenance experience.
• HVAC/EPA certification preferred.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively.
• Basic math skills.
• Strong reasoning skills and common sense understanding of instructions.
• Beginner skills with MS Outlook and MS Word.

• Annually attend fair‑housing class.
• Ongoing professional development.

• Rarely must sit, climb, balance or lift up to 75 pounds.
• Regularly must stand, walk, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, talk and hear.
• Close and distance vision is required. The ability to adjust focus is also required.

• Normally works in an environment with moderate or loud noise.
• Rarely must work in wet or humid conditions, near moving mechanical parts, high/precarious places, around fumes/airborne particles/toxic or caustic chemicals and near risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally must work in outdoor weather conditions.

Supports the organization’s mission and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, respect, personalization, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership.

We celebrate diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.