Hire a Maintenance Coordinator.
Repairs triaged, trades booked and jobs closed out.
Also called: Work Order Coordinator, Facilities Coordinator
From £3.50 an hour£3.50-17/hr
- Real estate
- Property management
- Trades & home services
- Works your hours
- Nigeria hub, on London time or an hour ahead
- Month to month
- Logs maintenance requests from tenants and site staffIntake & triage
- Assigns the right trade from the approved contractor registerDispatch & contractor management
- Requests two or three quotes on non-routine workQuotes & approvals
- Verifies completion through photos and tenant confirmationCompletion & invoicingDoing
- Xero
- Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Google Workspace with Gemini
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Canva AI
Pick the level. See the price.
£3.50an hour
Level 1 of 4, also called junior.Logs and classifies requests using the policy and issues routine work orders to approved contractors.
- Work orders issued with clear scope and photos
- Tenant and contractor appointment confirmations
- Open work-order log with next actions
£7an hour
Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Owns the maintenance pipeline for 150-400 properties.
- Quote comparison sheets with recommendation
- Completed and verified work-order records
- Invoice-to-order reconciliation
£10.50an hour
Level 3 of 4, also called senior.Manages 400-1,000 properties or several sites.
- Preventive-maintenance calendar with certificates tracked
- Contractor performance scorecard
- Monthly spend and repeat-fault analysis
£17an hour
Level 4 of 4, also called lead or specialist.Leads a maintenance team.
- Maintenance SLA framework and escalation matrix
- 24/7 emergency coverage model
- Panel strategy with rate cards and performance targets
Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management. Prices exclude VAT.
What you hand to your Maintenance Coordinator
Tasks
Intake & triage
- Logs maintenance requests from tenants and site staff
- Classifies each request as emergency, urgent or routine
- Gives tenants immediate safety instructions
Dispatch & contractor management
- Assigns the right trade from the approved contractor register
- Arranges access with the tenant
- Onboards and refreshes contractors
- Rotates work across the panel
Quotes & approvals
- Requests two or three quotes on non-routine work
- Requests approval from the owner or manager under authority thresholds
- Reviews variations and scopes changes, pause work
Completion & invoicing
- Verifies completion through photos and tenant confirmation
- Matches every invoice to its work order and quote, query differences
Preventive maintenance & compliance
- Maintains a planned-maintenance calendar
- Schedules the visits, collects certificates
Reporting
- Produces a weekly open work-order ageing report
Week one
- Maintenance or property management system user created
- Authority limits and approval rules written down
- Contractor register loaded with trades, coverage areas
- Shadow one full triage-to-close cycle and one after-hours emergency
Tools
Work tools
- Property Meld
- Latchel
- Fixflo
- AppFolio
- Buildium
- PropertyMe
- Console Cloud
- Propertyware
- ServiceM8
- Jobber
- Housecall Pro
- Simpro
- UpKeep
- Limble CMMS
- MaintainX
- Fiix
- Bill.com
Xero
Tested live in the tools on your job description.
AI tools
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Google Workspace with Gemini
ChatGPT
Claude
Canva AI
- Your CRM's AI features
Tested in the AI features of the tools you use, including catching the AI's mistakes.
Works inside your Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, under your admin settings.
- Microsoft 365Copilot
- Google WorkspaceGemini
AI
AI speeds up listings, enquiry replies and tenancy admin. Your Maintenance Coordinator makes sure nothing overstates a property or breaks the rules.
Listing copy from the agent's notes
Drafted from notes and photos, then checked so every feature is real and nothing misleads.
Enquiry replies and inspection bookings
Fast, personal replies drafted from your templates and CRM, sent by your Maintenance Coordinator.
Appraisal and CMA packs
Sales data formatted into your template, with every figure checked at the source.
Tenancy and maintenance admin
Tenant requests summarised and notices drafted from approved templates.
Our rule: business-grade AI only, never free or personal accounts.
Prefer no AI on a task? Tell your Maintenance Coordinator and they won't use it.See AI & automation roles
Tested before you meet them
- Written English & tenant/contractor messaging testAll levels30 min
- Triage judgement testAll levels30 min
- Work-order platform practicalAll levels40 min
- Quote comparison & approvalIntermediate and up45 min
- Contractor & tenant call role-playAll levels20 min
- Invoice-to-work-order reconciliationIntermediate and up30 min
Sample shown
92%
- Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
- English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
- ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees
From booked call to day one
Step 1: Book a demo
Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.
Step 2: Meet your shortlist
Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.
Step 3: Pick your person
Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.
Step 4: They start work
In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.
Questions answered
An Intern Maintenance Coordinator is £3.50 an hour, Intermediate £7, Expert £10.50 and Specialist £17, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month. Prices exclude VAT.
Intake & triage, dispatch & contractor management, quotes & approvals and completion & invoicing, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.
Six practical tests, marked by a senior, including written English & tenant/contractor messaging test, triage judgement test and work-order platform practical. You see the score before you meet.
Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.
Meet the people who fit your work.
A 15‑minute call on Teams. You leave knowing the level you need and its hourly price.