Director of Property Maintenance

A Director of Property Maintenace, is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and upkeep of residential properties and tenant satisfaction. Their duties include scheduling routine maintenance like landscaping, mowing lawns, replacing roof tiles or changing air vents, overseeing a team of resident and maintenance staff and enforcing rental terms.

The most common responsibilities are:

• Collecting rent and other property fees from tenants and individual owners
• Paying property expenses, including taxes, mortgages, payroll, insurance premiums and maintenance costs
• Reporting the propertys financial status, occupancy and expiring leases to property owners
• Meeting potential tenants, showing them the property and assessing their applications in accordance with anti-discrimination laws
• Advertising vacant properties and hiring a leasing agent to find tenants as needed
• Inspecting properties and arranging for repairs and new materials as required
• Arranging contracts for maintenance, trash removal, landscaping, security and other ongoing services and managing disputes with these service providers where appropriate
• Investigating and resolving property complaints and rental violations