Maintenance Technician

A resident submits a work order at 7 a.m.: the kitchen faucet has been dripping for days and the bathroom outlet stopped working overnight. By noon, you've closed both tickets, logged the documentation, and you're already pulling the punch list on a vacant unit that needs to be make-ready before the weekend showing. That's a normal Tuesday in this role.

What the Work Actually Covers

Property Management Associates is hiring a Maintenance Technician for a residential portfolio in Venice, CA. The scope is broad by design. Day to day, you'll handle service requests across plumbing, electrical, HVAC, carpentry, and appliance installation, with a 48-hour completion target and proper documentation on every ticket. Make-ready work is a consistent part of the job: inspecting vacant units, completing all repairs and replacements, and ensuring the apartment is genuinely move-in ready, not just visually passable.

Beyond in-unit work, the role covers common areas and grounds. That includes pressure washing, painting, trash removal, and keeping amenity spaces clean and compliant with health and safety standards. You'll coordinate with pest control vendors, address parking area issues (including potholes), and support the Site Manager on curb appeal projects. Annual unit inspections round out the preventive side of the work, helping the team get ahead of repairs before they become capital problems.

On-call availability is required. Emergency response is part of the job description in a real sense, not a formality buried in the fine print.

Skills and Qualifications

• Working knowledge of plumbing repair: leaks, clogs, fixture replacement
• Electrical troubleshooting capability, including wiring and outlet issues
• Carpentry fundamentals: doors, windows, walls, basic structural repairs
• HVAC familiarity for diagnosis and repair
• Groundskeeping and exterior maintenance experience
• Physical stamina for a full active shift
• Strong attention to detail on punch lists and documentation
• Interpersonal skills to handle resident communication professionally and calmly
• Compliance awareness: OSHA standards, safety procedures, and property insurance requirements

Pay runs $23 to $26 per hour. PMA has operated in the greater Los Angeles area for over 30 years, managing both residential and commercial properties across Southern California.

The skills you build here compound quickly. Technicians who develop fluency across trades, keep clean documentation habits, and handle resident relations well tend to move into lead maintenance or maintenance supervisor roles within a few years. At a company like PMA that promotes from within, that path is available to people who perform consistently and show initiative on preventive work, not just reactive repairs.