Maintenance Supervisor (Trestle)

It's 7 AM and a resident just flagged a water heater failure in one of the units. Your team lead is already fielding two other work orders, and you're deciding in real time whether to pull in a vendor or handle it in-house. That's a normal Tuesday at Trestle.

The Role at Trestle in San Carlos

Prometheus Real Estate Group is hiring a Maintenance Supervisor (internally called a Neighborhood Service Manager) for Trestle, one of their Bay Area communities in San Carlos. Prometheus is the largest privately held apartment owner in the Bay Area, with over 13,000 units across Silicon Valley, Portland, and Seattle. They're vertically integrated, which means decisions about capex, renovations, and operations run through the same organization. That structure matters for this role because you're not waiting on a distant corporate office to approve every vendor call or repair budget. You have real responsibility for physical operations, and you're accountable to outcomes.

The day-to-day covers the full range: scheduling and supervising your maintenance team, managing vendors and contractors, keeping up with safety training, overseeing capital projects, and controlling costs through the maintenance budget. You'll own the punch list culture on your property. Make-readies, preventive maintenance cycles, inventory management, and on-call response all fall within your scope. The on-call piece is real. This position requires genuine availability outside standard business hours when the property needs it.

Leadership is a meaningful part of the job. You'll hire, train, and mentor your team. When problems come up between staff or between staff and residents, you're the one working through them. Prometheus uses their own operating standards, so you'll also be the person your team looks to for answers on compliance, safety rules, and company policy.

What Prometheus Is Looking For

• At least five years of apartment maintenance experience
• At least two years in a supervisory capacity
• A minimum of three certificates from recognized maintenance or trade programs (BOMA, IREM, or vocational equivalents)
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local safety regulations
• Ability to read and apply safety rules, operating manuals, and maintenance instructions
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally, with the stamina the role requires
• High school diploma or GED

Strong candidates will have experience in California specifically. The state's regulatory environment around habitability, safety inspections, and contractor licensing adds a layer of complexity that someone newer to California maintenance supervision will feel immediately. If you've already managed vendors and capex projects under California requirements, that experience will show quickly in this role.

Compensation runs from $40.25 to $44.00 per hour, with a discretionary semi-annual bonus and additional standby and on-call premium pay. 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. Prometheus also offers paid volunteer time and recognizes employee birthdays as a paid holiday, which is a small detail that tends to say something about a company's culture.