The Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt work community grew by one person at the beginning of March, as Tommi Sarenko started work in the company's maintenance team. – ”…
– ”Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt is surely a nice place to work,” many acquaintances told me after hearing about my job change. Based on my few weeks of experience, that is exactly what it is, says the new maintenance specialist at Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt, Tommi Sarenko.
Sarenko moved to Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt from Schneider Electric, where he worked for 16 years in building automation tasks. His duties included, among other things, controlling building heating, monitoring, and ventilation systems using automation. During his years at Schneider, Sarenko also became familiar with Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt.
– TriviumCity and EduCity, as well as the Hemsö healthcare properties managed by Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt, use Schneider automation, and I visited the buildings regularly as part of my previous job, so I was already familiar with Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt.
Sarenko saw the Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt job advertisement on Facebook, where he had been following the company for some time.
– For a couple of years, I had been interested in the idea of moving from the service provider side to the customer side. A year ago, I saw that Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt was looking for a maintenance specialist, but I decided not to apply at the time because I had recently started my studies.
”The best part of my job is doing things together.”
Sarenko is studying building services engineering alongside his work at XAMK in Mikkeli, and plans to graduate as a building services engineer in the spring of 2025.
– I am studying in Mikkeli because I am interested in the HVAC and real estate sector, which could not be studied in Turku. I complete my studies as blended learning, so it is enough for me to visit Mikkeli twice a month.
Sarenko's work at Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt is very different from his previous job. His days are filled with a wide range of property-related tasks and there is plenty to learn, even though the plan is for his work at Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt to also focus on automation technology.
– The buildings at Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt are modern, and the new buildings are implemented innovatively and as well as possible. The best part of my job, however, is doing things together.
Sarenko has three children, and in the summer, he and his family move from their city home in Petrelius to their summer cottage in Merimasku. In his free time, Sarenko might be spotted performing at weddings or Christmas parties in the future.
– I play bass in a party band called Zarnome. We used to perform more, but now, after a quiet period, there might be time again to play Finnish rock at parties, Sarenko concludes.