Maintenance Supervisor (Lease Up)

Prometheus Real Estate Group calls this role a Neighborhood Service Manager, and that distinction is worth understanding before you apply. This isn't a title change for its own sake. Prometheus is the largest privately held apartment owner in the Bay Area, with over 13,000 units across Silicon Valley, Portland, and Seattle, and their operating philosophy treats each property as a long-term community investment. The person in this seat carries real operational weight.

The opening is a lease-up, which changes the texture of the work considerably. You won't be inheriting a stabilized asset with established vendor relationships, a trained team, and predictable rhythms. You'll be building those things from scratch while units are being delivered and occupied. Punch lists overlap with resident move-ins. Systems get stress-tested before they're fully broken in. The ability to stay organized when priorities are competing daily is something this role demands on day one, not something it teaches you over time.

What the role does build, especially for someone stepping into a lease-up for the first time, is a compressed education in capex planning, vendor management, and budget ownership. Prometheus is vertically integrated, which means the maintenance operation connects directly to an internal development and value-add renovation team. You'll learn how decisions made during construction affect long-term maintenance costs, and that knowledge transfers directly to any future role in facilities, operations management, or regional maintenance coordination.

Day-to-day, you're the person who sets the physical standard for the property. You hire and train your service team, oversee ongoing safety compliance, manage contractor relationships, and keep inventory in check. You'll also be on-call, which is honest acknowledgment that this role operates outside standard hours when the community needs it.

What Prometheus is looking for

• At least five years of apartment maintenance experience, with two or more years in a supervisory capacity
• A minimum of three certifications from recognized maintenance education programs such as BOMA, IREM, or equivalent vocational coursework
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local safety regulations, with the ability to apply them practically in the field
• Strong communication skills across audiences, from residents to contractors to internal leadership
• Physical ability to perform hands-on work, including lifting up to 50 pounds occasionally
• High school diploma or GED required

Compensation runs between $38.75 and $45.00 per hour, with a discretionary semi-annual bonus, standby and on-call premium pay, and a lease-up bonus that directly rewards your contribution during this phase. Benefits include fully company-paid medical, vision, and dental coverage for eligible employees and dependents, a 401(k) with employer matching, tuition reimbursement, and tenure-based housing discounts, among others.

The candidates who stand out for this type of role aren't necessarily the ones with the longest resume. They're the ones who can demonstrate that they've built a maintenance team's culture and not just managed its tasks. In a lease-up, the habits your team forms in the first 90 days tend to stick. Prometheus will be watching for someone who understands that.