Lead Maintenance Technician - Olympus Latitude

Lead Maintenance Technician roles at garden-style communities carry real operational weight. You're not just turning wrenches. You're running a department, managing a team, coordinating vendors, and keeping the physical asset performing the way ownership expects it to.

What You're Actually Running

At Olympus Latitude in Albuquerque, the Lead Maintenance Technician (titled Maintenance Supervisor internally) owns the full scope of the property's physical operations. That means turn-key management from move-out to make-ready, preventative maintenance scheduling, grounds and common areas, pools, irrigation, HVAC, structural, mechanical, and electrical systems. You'll work directly with the Business Manager and office staff to keep show units sharp and vacant units move-in ready. Occupancy depends on that pipeline staying clean.

Day to day, you're inspecting the property, building out your team's weekly and monthly workload, tracking service requests in the property software, and making sure the maintenance shop stays organized and stocked. You'll also handle vendor coordination, which means writing scopes, communicating timelines, and holding contractors accountable to quality. When something goes sideways with a third-party repair, it lands on your desk.

What This Role Requires

• Minimum 3 years of experience in residential, commercial, or apartment maintenance, including supervisory experience
• EPA/HVAC certification (required)
• CPO (Certified Pool Operator) certification (required)
• Full-time availability, Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM, with some schedule flexibility
• On-call rotation, bi-weekly

The certifications aren't negotiable here. HVAC and pool systems are two of the highest-cost maintenance categories on any multifamily asset, and ownership wants someone who can diagnose and manage those systems without defaulting to outside labor every time.

What Separates Strong Candidates

The technicians who struggle in lead roles usually have solid hands-on skills but underestimate the scheduling and communication side. At a property like this, your ability to prioritize a punch list, keep the office team informed on unit readiness, and manage a vendor relationship is just as important as knowing how to diagnose an HVAC unit. If you've run turns during a lease-up or managed a team through a high-delinquency period where maintenance requests pile up fast, you already understand the pressure this role carries.

Olympus Property has earned the National Apartment Association's Top Employer recognition three consecutive years, 2023 through 2025. The benefit package includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with employer match, tuition reimbursement, apartment rental allowance, sabbatical, and monthly and quarterly bonus eligibility. The culture emphasis is genuine, not just marketing copy. Team members across their portfolio consistently point to the collaborative, family-oriented environment as a real differentiator.

If you're ready to own the physical performance of a property and build something with a team that actually invests in its people, this is a strong opportunity to do exactly that.