Assistant Maintenance Supervisor

Berkshire Residential runs a tight operation at Ellington Metro West, and the Assistant Maintenance Supervisor role sits right at the center of it. You're the Maintenance Supervisor's closest partner on the ground: coordinating make-readies, keeping technicians on schedule, and making sure the property looks the way it's supposed to look every single day.

The job touches a lot of ground. You'll help inspect and coordinate make-ready repairs, monitor work quality and quantity alongside the Maintenance Supervisor, and step in to assist techs when deadlines are pressing. Safety compliance is yours to enforce, not just report. You'll manage shop organization, equipment, supplies, and key security, and you'll keep leadership informed before any significant expenditure goes out the door. Tour routes and models are part of your territory too. If they don't look right, that's on the maintenance team.

One thing worth understanding about this kind of role: the make-ready cycle is where Assistant Maintenance Supervisors earn their credibility. A unit that sits down too long because of a missed punch item or a parts delay costs the property real money in lost rent. The candidates who tend to move up from this seat are the ones who treat every turn like it has a deadline attached, because it does.

What Berkshire Is Looking For

• At least one year of hands-on experience across general maintenance disciplines
• Comfort with technology and property management software
• Strong written and verbal communication in English
• Physical ability to meet the demands of a maintenance role
• A genuine interest in mentoring technicians and building a capable team

Berkshire is an owner-operator, which means the properties they manage are their own assets. That tends to produce a more invested maintenance culture than you'd find on the fee management side of the industry. Decisions get made closer to the property, and people who show initiative tend to get noticed faster. The 25% rent discount, three weeks of vacation, and personal development plans are part of the package they've put together to keep good people around.

If you've been a senior tech looking for your first supervisory step, this is a reasonable place to make that move. The role is structured to develop you, not just deploy you.