Overview

Community Access leads the fight against New York City homelessness - as a provider of quality supportive housing since 1974, and through sustained advocacy for more housing. The affordable housing model brings together various populations, including individuals with psychiatric disabilities, low-income families, veterans, and youth aging out of foster care. Under the supervision of a Field Supervisor, the Building Superintendent is responsible for the daily maintenance, repairs, and building code compliance as it relates to local, state, federal, and governing codes and agency policies and procedures. The primary goal of this position is to provide a safe and adequate living/working environment for the tenants and assigned staff of the designated building.

Core Principles

The job responsibilities of all staff extend to understanding and incorporating certain principles into their work and into their relationships with program participants. These principles are:

• Program participants’ right to self-determination
• Respectful communication
• Services that support recovery and healing consistent with and nurturing each participant’s cultural background, experience, identity, and values
• Clear professional boundaries to support the limits and possibilities of services

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintain building and property in good condition and in compliance with all building codes, local, state, and federal codes, and agency policies and procedures.
• Conduct inspections as required for the Preventive Maintenance Program for all building systems and equipment and keep accurate records of all inspections conducted.
• Provide direct supervision and coordination of all assignments of his/her supervisee(s). Ensure all custodial work is completed daily.
• Process, using AppFolio or Yardi database, all resident, and staff repair request in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate records of all safety related building incidents in a timely manner.
• Ensure all apartment/units are prepared in a timely manner for new occupancy, to include cleaning, refuse removal, and painting as needed.
• In coordination with the Operations Manager, develop and implement maintenance and cleaning schedules to meet the changing needs of residents and staff.
• Maintain accurate log of records of all inspections and violations received from building, fire, health agencies. Building Superintendent must report immediately all inspections conducted and the results of those inspections to the Operations Manager and/or Director of Property Management.
• Ensure all common area lighting is functional on a daily basis.
• Maintain overall building as necessary to create clean, safe, and sanitary condition, including
• Perform minor repairs as needed.
• Perform exterminating services in addition to regularly scheduled extermination services to common and basement areas as needed.
• Ability to identify and operate all water and gas shut-off valves, sewer drains/traps, stand-pipe, and sprinkler system shut-off valves (if applicable, etc).
• Provide access to and monitor individuals or work teams providing service or repair in order to ensure quality services are being rendered.
• On call status 24-hours 100% of the time.
• Works at designated building 100% of the time.
• May be required to work additional hours as directed/required.
• Must be able to lift and carry items which weigh up to 100lbs regularly.
• May be required to take classes such as boiler maintenance, electrical repair, fire safety, etc. in order to adequately address maintenance needs of building and to increase knowledge of particular building systems

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.