Maintenance Technician

Student housing runs on a different clock than conventional multifamily. Move-outs cluster at the end of May, move-ins flood back in August, and the turn window in between is compressed and unforgiving. The Facilities Technician II role at The Grove at Waco sits inside that rhythm, and if you've worked in student living before, you already know what that means for your day-to-day.

What the Work Actually Looks Like

This position covers the full maintenance scope for a student housing community in Waco. That means responding to resident service requests, completing make-ready work between turns, and staying ahead of preventive maintenance on major building systems. A meaningful part of the job involves life safety systems: fire pumps, sprinkler systems, fire alarm panels, backflow preventers, CO2 sensors, emergency lighting, and egress paths. You'll run diagnostics, conduct preventive testing, and help develop emergency preparedness plans, so this isn't purely a request-and-repair role. You're expected to think about the whole asset.

Vendor coordination is part of the job too. You'll manage scheduling and accompany contractors on-site as approved by the Facilities Manager. Key control and security protocols fall to this position as well. You'll track supply needs and submit requests before things run out, which matters more than it sounds during high-traffic periods when delays compound fast.

What You Bring

• 3 to 5 years of full-time general maintenance experience, or an equivalent combination with trade school training
• EPA 608 certification (Core, Type I, II, and III) required
• CPO certification, or a genuine commitment to obtaining it within six months
• Comfort with building automation systems, CMMS platforms (Scion uses Entrata), and digital control systems
• Valid driver's license and willingness to travel periodically
• Physical capacity to stand for extended shifts and lift up to 100 lbs.
• Availability for on-call coverage outside regular hours, because student housing doesn't observe a clean 9-to-5 boundary

Where This Role Can Take You

Technicians who build depth in life safety systems, building automation, and preventive maintenance programs tend to move into lead or senior technician roles faster than those who focus only on service requests. From there, Facilities Supervisor and Facilities Manager paths open up, particularly within a platform like Scion that operates student communities at scale. The skills you develop here, reading diagnostics, coordinating vendors, managing safety compliance, transfer cleanly to conventional multifamily or mixed-use, giving you options beyond student housing if you ever want them. Strong candidates here are the ones who already approach a building as a system to manage, not just a list of tickets to close.