Maintenance Technician Cover Letter Example

At the 240-unit community I look after, 91% of work orders are closed within two days, because I sort the whole queue by urgency every morning before the first call. I am applying to join Franklin Mountain Residential as a Maintenance Technician.

With one other technician I cover plumbing, electrical, heating and cooling and appliance repairs for all 240 units. When the same apartment calls twice, I look for the cause, such as a slow leak or a worn part, and that has cut repeat repairs by 30%. Vacant units are turned over in four days on average, paint, cleaning and repairs included, so leasing is not left waiting on maintenance. I hold EPA Section 608 Universal certification for the cooling work.

Franklin Mountain Residential is moving maintenance requests into an app this year, and that is where a morning queue like mine pays off: residents can watch a job move instead of calling the office to ask. I want to work somewhere that shows residents that progress. Spanish is my first language, which helps when a resident wants to explain a leak in their own words. You also need people to join an after-hours on-call rotation; at Sun Valley Apartments I cover one week in four and arrive within an hour, and I log every monthly check of smoke alarms, fire doors and lighting.

A walk around one of your communities with your lead technician would show me which repairs come up most, and I could point out what I would check first. Any weekday afternoon after my shift works for that walk, and I could start two weeks after an offer.