Make-Ready Specialist - Avana SoCo

Overview

Prepare vacant apartments for new tenants by performing repairs, cleaning, and inspections.

Key Responsibilities

• pressure washing
• seal repair
• make ready
• sheetrock repair
• touch‑up paint
• safety reporting

Tasks

-Assists in maintaining the grounds, common areas, and amenities by picking up trash and debris, pressure-washing breezeways and pool areas, performing general cleaning, and painting curbs and signage as needed. -Ensures apartment homes have been properly caulked and sealed as needed around windows, sink areas, toilets, bathtubs, and showers. -Complies with Greystar’s safety and risk-management policies by attending and participating in the community’s routine safety meetings, completing required training on OSHA and other safety related laws and requirements, and by reporting accidents and incidents promptly and accurately. -Completes make-ready checklist and all other required maintenance documentation in a timely manner as required by the Supervisor or Manager. -Inspects all sheetrock for damage, and repairs and/or replaces as needed. -Supports cost-cutting and expense control programs by fixing rather than replacing parts when possible, not being wasteful with materials and supplies, and practicing the correct use for tools and equipment. -Performs touch-up paints for vacant and occupied units as directed by Service Supervisor or Community Manager. -Completes all needed repairs and improvements to apartment homes prior to resident move-in by following the community’s make-ready checklist.

Requirements

• physical stamina
• heavy lifting
• flexible schedule
• customer service
• all weather
• travel

What You Bring

-Incumbents need to be able to stand, walk, and/or sit for extended periods of time and bend, stoop, climb ladders, reach, carry objects, and crawl in confined areas. -Incumbents must be able to work inside and outside in all weather conditions (rain, snow, heat, hail, wind, sleet). -Incumbents must be able to push, pull, lift, carry, or maneuver weights of up to twenty-five (25) pounds independently and fifty (50) pounds with assistance. -Incumbents must be able to work a flexible work schedule, which includes taking “call” during evenings, weekends and holidays. -Demonstrates customer services skills by treating residents and others with respect, answering resident questions, responding sensitively to complaints about maintenance services, and completing assigned work orders with efficiency and urgency. -Rare or regular travel may be required to assist other properties as needed, attend training classes, business meetings, or other situations necessary for the accomplishment of some or all of the daily responsibilities of this position.

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Benefits

-Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure. -Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listed information above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority. -Corporate Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in a quarterly or annual bonus program based on individual and company performance. -Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy). -For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability. -Charitable giving program and benefits. -Onsite Property Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs. -Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans. -6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter). -Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service. -Employee Assistance Program. -401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.

About Greystar

-Born in 1993 in Houston and now rooted in Charleston, its founder transformed a niche multifamily operator into a global real-estate powerhouse. -Today it owns, develops, invests in and manages a wide range of rental assets — from apartments and student beds to labs and logistics hubs. -Greystar has shaped skylines with projects like build-to-rent towers in the U.S. and Europe, student villages in Australia and modular living factories in Pennsylvania. -Specialisms span multifamily, student housing, active-adult and single-family rentals, logistics/industrial facilities, life-science campuses and modular construction. -Strategic bets include modular homes, life-science labs, single-family rentals and logistics distribution centers — marking it a versatile real-estate innovator. -With a reputation for vertical integration — managing assets, investments and construction in-house — it stands out in an industry of fragmented players.

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