Maintenance Technician - Duluth, MN

# Summary The Maintenance Technician provides repair and preventive maintenance for all on-site buildings they’re responsible for, including lawn and grounds care. This role upholds company standards for budgets, maintenance, guidelines, and applicable laws — and communicates regularly and effectively with residents, staff, and all levels of management. We’re looking for someone who takes pride in their work, treats residents with respect, and keeps growing their craft. # Our Core Values — HARD ASK *Everything we do at Hegenes runs on six shared values. They’re not a poster on the wall — they show up in how we treat residents, support each other, and own our work every day.* - **Humility:**Stay open, ask for help, and put the team and residents ahead of ego. - **Always Learning:**Grow your skills, stay curious, and keep up with changing tools, codes, and best practices. - **Relationships:**Build trust with residents, teammates, and vendors through honest, respectful communication. - **Drive:**Take initiative, follow through, and bring energy to getting things done right. - **Accountability:**Own your results, your records, and your commitments — no excuses, no surprises. - **Service with Kindness:**Treat every person with warmth and respect, especially under pressure. # Essential Duties and Responsibilities Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. Management may modify, change, or add to these duties at any time without notice. - Respond to “on-call” emergency maintenance requests and resident needs promptly and reliably. While on-call, you’re free to pursue your own activities within 50 miles of your residence or work site (whichever is closer), or a distance directed by your supervisor. On-call employees must not consume alcohol or take any drug or medication that would interfere with their ability to work or drive, and must personally wear and respond to the on-call cell phone. - Perform lawn care including mowing, trimming, seeding, sodding, repairing, and winterizing. - Maintain building exteriors including repairs, painting, and rescreening windows. - Keep occupied units in good condition and in compliance with all codes to maintain resident satisfaction, and ready vacant units within the required timeframe — including repair and maintenance of appliances, plumbing, electrical and lighting systems, heating and cooling systems, walls and flooring, sprinklers, reframing and hanging doors, troubleshooting phone lines and cables, and removal and disposal, using carpentry skills as needed. - Perform snow and ice removal — snow blowing, shoveling, salting, and chipping ice build-up on sidewalks, walkways, parking lots, roofs, and common spaces. - Replace unit locks as necessary and on all turnovers, plus outside doors and outbuildings, taking other steps as needed to maintain the security of the premises. - Coordinate and oversee the work of sub-contractors hired by the company, communicating clearly and holding work to our standards. - Perform small motor repair and maintenance on equipment such as lawnmowers, tractors, snowblowers, chainsaws, and other power tools. - Purchase approved supplies such as paint, brushes, locks, pipe, wiring, and light bulbs for maintaining the property, seeking good value on the company’s behalf. - Maintain and operate electrical, mechanical, plumbing, building, carpentry, and heating equipment; diagnose and troubleshoot malfunctions and use appropriate resources to correct problems. - Assist in periodic unit inspections to identify short-term repair needs, resident housekeeping and sanitation issues, and long-term capital and replacement needs — approaching residents’ homes with courtesy and care. # Secondary Duties and Responsibilities - Purchase and pick up approved parts and materials needed to perform maintenance duties. - Coordinate with the schedules of painters, carpet installers, and other contractors as necessary. - Prepare and maintain paperwork such as invoices, service re…