Maintenance Manager

Maintenance Manager

Eleanor | Edmonton

The Opportunity

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for the effective delivery of maintenance and building operations within an assigned residential property or portfolio. The role ensures building systems, equipment, common areas, and residential units are maintained to established standards, with a focus on safety, reliability, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and resident experience.

The Maintenance Manager coordinates preventative and corrective maintenance, supports capital and building improvement initiatives, and oversees the performance of contractors and service providers.

What You Will Do

• Lead, supervise, and mentor maintenance staff, contractors, and service providers.
• Coordinate daily maintenance activities, schedules, performance reviews, and team communication.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation, including the Residential Tenancies Act, Fire Code, OHSA, and RentSafeTO.
• Oversee preventive, routine, corrective, and emergency maintenance, including inspections and accurate recordkeeping.
• Coordinate suite turnovers and ensure vacant units are clean, functional, and move-in ready.
• Perform and supervise minor plumbing, electrical, painting, mechanical, and general repairs.
• Monitor building systems and equipment, including boilers, HVAC, fire panels, elevators, filters, and scheduled testing/service.
• Maintain accurate inventories, service records, readings, and maintenance documentation in Yardi.
• Deliver responsive, professional resident service by addressing concerns promptly and maintaining strong relationships with residents and vendors.
• Support sustainability, energy-efficiency, environmental safety, and community engagement initiatives, including responding to hazards and participating in staff/resident programs.

Other related duties at this location or other BGO locations as required.

Who You Are

Key Qualifications

• Education - High school diploma supplemented with post-secondary courses.
• Experience - 5 years’ experience in all areas of building operations, including mechanical, fire and safety, electrical and HVAC systems. General building construction knowledge and experience.
• Able to read and review construction drawings. Other building maintenance certification would be an asset.
• Industry Knowledge: A complete understanding of all applicable laws, legislation, and rights concerning resident / landlord relations.
• Licences / Certifications: 5th Class Power Engineer Certification considered an asset. WHMIS and First Aid Training an asset.

Other Skills And Behaviours

• Communication & Collaboration – Communicates clearly and works effectively with employees, Property Management, residents, contractors, and other stakeholders.
• Organizational Skills - Ability to handle multiple demands and competing priorities, and adapt to new ideas and constant changes; results oriented, detail oriented and accurate
• Decision-Making & Problem Solving – Assesses operational issues, determines priorities, and makes timely decisions while appropriately escalating significant risks or concerns.

Who We Are

BGO is a global leader in real estate investment management, partnering with more than 750 institutional clients to invest in and manage high-quality real estate across office, industrial, residential, retail, and hospitality sectors. With a presence in 28 cities across 12 countries, BGO combines deep local expertise with global reach to unlock value in real estate markets worldwide. As part of SLC Management and Sun Life, BGO brings the strength, scale, and trusted expertise of one of the world's leading financial services organizations.

For more information, please visit www.bgo.com

Why Join Us

At BGO, you'll be part of a collaborative team that values your growth, supports your success, and empowers you to make a meaningful impact. We offer a competitive total rewards package, including comprehensive benefits and an annual discretionary bonus. You'll work in a supportive, team-oriented environment with access to ongoing learning, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to help you grow your career.

Thinking About Applying?

At BGO, we recognize that each employee’s unique experiences, perspectives, and viewpoints strengthen our ability to create and deliver the best value to our clients, partners and stakeholders/investors and therefore we strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientations and life experiences to apply.

BGO is committed to equitable hiring practices and we welcome the opportunity to discuss accommodation and ensure fairness and equity in our hiring process. If you require accommodation, please email us at [email protected] and include: Job posting #, your name and your preferred method of contact.

We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with BGO, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Application Deadline: we will be accepting applicants for this role until September 25, 2026