
Floating Painter
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Job overview
The Floating Painter paints interior and exterior property areas, prepares apartments for move-in, and assists the maintenance team with service requests. The role includes painting work orders, wall preparation, property inspections, and scheduled on-call emergency maintenance. A high school diploma or equivalent is required; one year of painting or make-ready experience is preferred.
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Full job description
Job Title: Floating Painter
Unlock your potential with Avenue5 Residential.
Your ideas. Your development. Your experience.
We take care of you, so you can take care of our residents, properties and clients.
Property management may be our business, but people are our passion.
Empowering you to be the best.
Our benefits take a holistic approach to take care of your mind and body. We care about you as a whole person, both inside and outside of work.
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Physical wellness: Medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage options.
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Financial wellness: Competitive pay plus basic life insurance and matching 401(k) contributions.
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Mental and emotional wellness: Generous time-off plan includes 10 paid holidays including a community service day and your birthday.
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Perks and more: Mentoring. Professional development. Discounts. Tuition reimbursement. Robust recognition program. And we’re just getting started.
About the floating painter position:
We’re looking for a talented painter who will be responsible for painting the interior and exterior areas of the property. This position is also responsible for ensuring apartments are painted and ready for move-in and assisting the maintenance team with service requests.
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Schedule, monitor, and perform work orders, as needed, such as painting
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Wall repair and preparation, spackle
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Ability to identify appropriate materials for each surface to be painted
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Paint the interiors and exteriors of apartments according to company guidelines
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Perform property inspections to ensure the grounds are clean as well as to identify any problems
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Respond to on-call pager when scheduled and perform emergency maintenance to items that need to be repaired
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Ensure all work area supplies are net, clean, and orderly after painting or when work orders have otherwise been completed
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Comply with all policies, practices, and applicable health and safety rules and regulations, as well as applicable local, state, and federal laws
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Perform other duties as assigned
Education and Experience:
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High school diploma or equivalent is required.
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Minimum of one year of previous painting and/or make-ready experience (or that of a similar function) is preferred
Skills and Requirements:
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Ability to read, write, understand, and communicate in English
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Ability to use paint sprayer, roller, brush, paint pad, etc.
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Adhere to all OHSA guidelines
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Ability to use general office equipment, such as telephone, fax machine, printer, copier, and key track system
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Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills with the ability to relate to others
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Strong organization and time management skills
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Ability to perform basic mathematical functions
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Ability to cope with and defuse situations involving angry or difficult people
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Ability to maintain confidentiality
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Must maintain a professional appearance and comply with the prescribed uniform policy
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May be required to possess a valid driver’s license if required to drive
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Musty comply with all safety requirements
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Required to complete and successfully pass the Avenue5 Fair Housing and Preventing Discrimination and Harassment training and other courses, if assigned
Our Core beliefs:
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Put people and partnerships first
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Empower associates
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Focus on solutions
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Champion ideas that accelerate success
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Deliver proof over promises
Experience our award winning culture:
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Top 15 national finalist on the Best Places to Work Multifamily™
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Certified as a Great Place to Work® since 2017
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Listed as one of the Best Workplaces in Real Estate™
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Ranked second on the 100 fastest-growing private companies in Washington by The Puget Sound Business Journal
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Ranked 8 on the 2024 National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) Top 50 Managers List
We’re a fast-growing property management company with new opportunities popping up daily. Search open positions to find your next adventure. If you don’t see anything today, keep checking. Tomorrow, you may find your dream job.
How this job compares
Set against the 430 open Painter jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$21–25/hr176 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 40 open Painter jobs in Texas and 430 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- CBRE10 open
- Panelmatic Inc.4 open
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- Experience
- Painter postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (176 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 171 of the 430 open Painter jobs (40%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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