Maintenance Supervisor, 1-299 Units (258) Houston, TX

The Ivy is a sub-300-unit community in Houston, and Berkshire Residential Investments is hiring the person who keeps it running. That person is a Maintenance Supervisor with real leadership experience, a service-first mindset, and the technical range to handle whatever a day in Houston's climate throws at a property.

Houston's heat and humidity put genuine pressure on HVAC systems, plumbing, and building envelopes in ways that supervisors coming from drier markets sometimes underestimate. At a community this size, the Maintenance Supervisor is close enough to the work to stay hands-on while also being responsible for the performance of the full service team. That dual role requires someone who can coach a technician through a difficult turn in the morning and still be the one walking tour routes in the afternoon to make sure models are showing at their best.

Day to day, this role involves scheduling and prioritizing service work, monitoring quality and output across the team, and keeping the shop organized with proper inventory and key security in place. You'll work directly with the Property Manager to uphold community standards and support budget awareness, including familiarity with long-range capital planning recommendations. Safety enforcement is a real part of the job, not a checkbox. So is resident-facing service: how your team communicates with residents during maintenance visits reflects directly on the community's reputation and retention.

Berkshire owns and manages its own properties, which means decisions move faster and accountability sits closer to the team doing the work. There's no third-party management layer between the service staff and the people who set community standards. For a Maintenance Supervisor, that structure tends to reward people who take ownership seriously and don't wait to be told when something needs attention.

Strong candidates in this role typically bring a combination of trade competency and people management instincts. Technical skill gets you in the door; the ability to develop your team, hold performance standards, and stay calm when multiple things break at once is what makes someone genuinely effective here. Prior experience managing maintenance at a residential community is required, as is at least one year of team leadership.

• Minimum 2 years of residential maintenance experience at the community level
• At least 1 year leading a maintenance team
• Comfortable with technology, including property management software and related applications
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Ability to manage scheduling, inventory, equipment, and key control

Berkshire offers three weeks of vacation, a 25% rent discount, personal development planning, and competitive benefits. The company's stated commitment to an inclusive, people-first culture is reflected in how they structure career growth for their maintenance leadership.