Field Maintenance Technician
Blueground, United States
Job Description
At Blueground, we are guided by a vision to make people feel at home wherever they choose to live. By offering fully-furnished apartments that are move-in ready in the world’s most vibrant neighborhoods, we provide our guests with the opportunity to simply #ShowUpStartLiving. Behind the scenes, we strive for a tech-powered living experience that guests love, homed in an organization where great people are proud to work.
We’ve grown a lot since our founding in 2013. We are now hosting guests in more than 3,500 homes in 14 cities. We have raised more than $80m in funding to date and that’s just the beginning.
What drives our success is how each of our team members applies our core values. To our team, Time is everything, and we cherish it greatly. For us, Excellence isn’t simply a standard, but an exciting way to look at life. We Care deeply about our clients and colleagues and never lose sight of the human element, which goes hand-in-hand with Transparency which we believe makes our day-to-day life easier.
We are looking for a Field Maintenance Technician (Contract to hire) to join our New York team. The ideal candidate should be a stickler for detail, proactive, skilled in maintenance tasks and thoughtful as to ensure that the property is continuously in pristine condition for our guests. The role is primarily responsible for assisting our Operations Team in preparing new units, ensuring that existing units are perfect for our guests, and handling any issues or emergencies that arise. These issues include but are not limited to: guest lockouts, emergency relocations and communication to keep Operations Managers informed of potential repairs and actions being taken.
This position will require weekend and evening shifts but will not exceed a total of 40 hours/week.
What you will mostly focus on:
- Assist Operations Managers in the set-up of the units with un-boxing, furniture assembly and installation of frames, sconces, and large mirrors.
- Complete maintenance tasks to ensure positive guest experience such as repairs of furniture (broken bed frames, loose legs on tables and chairs)
- Assist in delivering missing items to clients, such as glassware, lighting, small appliances, etc.
- Supervise outsourced technicians while working on resolving an emergency in our apartments (locksmith, plumber etc.)
What you may focus on:
- Perform messenger related duties such as collecting paperwork, delivering items, receiving mail
- Deliver keys to front desks, or placing lockboxes for client arrivals
What we are looking for:
- Willingness to get your hands dirty as needed to achieve operational excellence
- Great at handy work
- Must be comfortable using tools such as drills, hammers, mounting
- Can perform heavy lifting when needed
- Is flexible and available to work weekends and or evenings
- Problem solver, with ability to work in a fast-paced and "get the job done" culture
- Hard working with great attention to detail
- Ability to multitask and remain calm under pressure
- Confident user of technology (email, slack, G suite)
- A positive, upbeat and friendly personality
Your benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible paid time off
- Enhanced parental leave
- 401k retirement plan
- Private life and health insurance plan
- Dynamic working environment with talented people
- Complimentary accommodation in Blueground locations. Think summer in Greece and winter in Dubai!