Maintenance Supervisor, 300-500 Units - 212

The Skills That Drive This Role

Maintenance supervision at a 300 to 500 unit community is a coordination job as much as a technical one. You need solid hands-on knowledge, yes, but the bigger daily demand is organizing people, time, and resources so the work actually gets done right. At Berkshire at The Rim, you're running a service team, managing the shop, keeping inventory stocked, and making sure your crew has what they need before they show up at a resident's door. Your technical background earns you credibility with the team. Your organizational skills are what keep the property running.

Scheduling is a real skill here. Balancing make-ready turns, preventive maintenance, and unplanned service requests without letting anything fall through takes practice. You'll also need to stay familiar with the property budget and contribute to long-range capital planning conversations. That means understanding the difference between a repair that buys another year and one that signals a capex line item is overdue.

What You're Actually Responsible For

You manage the performance of your service team. That includes coaching, setting individual goals, and modeling the standard you expect. You support the Property Manager in holding the community to company policies and making sure safety protocols aren't optional. Route inspections and model units fall under your watch. If a prospective resident walks a unit today, it needs to reflect the quality your team is capable of.

• At least 2 years of experience managing maintenance operations at a residential community
• At least 1 year of direct team leadership
• Comfort with technology and property management software
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage inventory, supplies, equipment, and key security

One honest note: this is a role where after-hours calls happen. Equipment doesn't fail on a schedule, and residents notice when something's wrong at 9pm. If you've led a maintenance team before, that's not a surprise. If it would be, it's worth knowing upfront.

What's Different About Doing This Here

Berkshire owns and manages its own properties, which means decisions move differently than they do at a third-party management shop. You're not waiting on an owner who has never seen the property to approve a repair. The people setting policy are the same ones invested in the outcome. For a Maintenance Supervisor, that matters. It tends to mean less friction when you need something done correctly rather than cheaply.

What separates strong candidates here from average ones isn't just technical range. It's whether you actually enjoy developing the people on your team. A supervisor who fixes everything themselves keeps the work moving short-term but builds a team that doesn't grow. Berkshire is looking for someone who coaches, delegates with accountability, and takes some satisfaction in watching a newer tech handle something they couldn't six months ago. That's the job within the job.