Director of Maintenace

Davidson Transit Organi•Nashville, TN

12d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for the performance, control, guidance, and direction of the maintenance department, which includes the maintenance, cleanliness, and repair of all revenue vehicles, support vehicles, and shop equipment. The successful applicant will have a proven record of interpersonal skills, fleet diagnostics, alternative fuel systems, statistical analyses, team building techniques, and causal inference.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, public administration, transportation or related field
Five (5) years’ experience as an assistant director or senior manager of a similar department or equivalent
Three (3) years’ experience in fleet management and labor relations
Proven record of interpersonal skills
Proven record of fleet diagnostics
Proven record of alternative fuel systems
Proven record of statistical analyses
Proven record of team building techniques
Proven record of causal inference
Ability to operate office equipment, including but not limited to telephone system, computer system, printer, copy machine, calculator, facsimile machine, and camera equipment.
Ability to report to work on assigned schedule
Ability to work with little supervision
Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of employees
Ability to understand and carry out detailed written or verbal instructions
Problem solving skills
Ability to make oral presentations
Ability to compose written documents
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Ability to respond to emergency situations (reporting to work early/staying late due to bad weather)
Ability to meet required deadlines
Ability to work under stressful situations
Ability to perform arithmetic calculations

Responsibilities

Oversee the day-to-day operation of the Maintenance Department
Personnel management
Budgeting
Disciplinary oversight
Dispute resolution
Customer relations
Operational reporting
Performance appraisal
Safety programs
Ensures the Maintenance Department maintains appropriate standards of cleanliness and repair for all vehicles and equipment.
Makes recommendations for properties, facilities, and passenger amenities.
Ensures that state of good repair is followed and ensures required repairs are made.
Work with contract awarded bus manufacturers on engineering designs of the vehicles in order to achieve a more reliable, safer, and customer friendly vehicle.
Develop vehicle specifications for all rolling stock assets both revenue and non-revenue.
Provide oversight to the maintenance management team on specifications and purchasing of all shop related equipment to include tooling, test, and safety equipment and provide this information for maintenance personnel.
Work closely with the operations department to ensure vehicle equipment needs are met and that the appropriate vehicles are assigned to each run block.
Ensures that MTA / WeGo Public Transit is in compliance with all maintenance related safety, maintenance, and environmental regulations of the Federal, State, and Local authorities.
Ensures the efficient operation of heavy-maintenance activities such as in-house rebuild programs body/accident repair and engine/transmission overhauls.
Develops departmental policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and work methods.
Analyzes and evaluates reports, practices, and trends for ways to improve operation of department, i.e. fluid report, road call tracking, safety campaign, equipment recalls, etc.
Formulates long and short-range goals and objectives for better operating efficiency of the Maintenance department; initiates programs targeting specific equipment to increase vehicle reliability, safety and performance.
Develops and manages capital and operating budgets.
Working with appropriate departments, coordinates safety and training requirements with Training Dept. for all maintenance employees.
Assists Parts Manager in monitoring work performed by employees under his/her supervision; helps to ensure that proper work records and inventories are kept and assists in determining proper inventory levels.
Oversees records of fuel and oil consumption, tire use, equipment, road failures, shop work progress and overall maintenance costs, provides necessary reports for senior staff.
Maintains information for specifications for acquisition of new equipment and formulation of the annual maintenance budget, and develops necessary specifications for the purchasing department.
Controls expenditures, performs cost/benefit analysis of proposed business decisions.
Meets with the Union, handles second step discipline and grievance hearings.
Performs other duties as assigned.