Fleet Maintenance Manager
About The Position
MV Transportation is seeking a Fleet Maintenance Manager for a proposed fixed-route bus operation. This senior professional will manage the operation’s day-to-day maintenance activities, ensure contractual requirements are met, prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reports, and manage the maintenance-program budget. The role involves overseeing staff, schedules, projects, assignments, parts inventories, vendors, suppliers, and the financial and accounting aspects of fleet maintenance. The manager will also interface with the client and communicate with staff at all levels.
Requirements
- At least three years of recent, relevant experience within the last five years managing maintenance functions at a transit bus maintenance shop of similar scope, size, and complexity, with the same or similar types of transit vehicles and equipment.
- Experience managing or directing more than 10 employees, such as fleet technicians, service workers, or cleaners.
- Experience working with more than 50 buses within the last year.
- Ability to manage and interface with the client.
- Ability to track and control parts inventories, vendors, and suppliers.
- Ability to prioritize, implement, and manage work schedules, projects, and assignments.
- Ability to manage the financial and accounting aspects of a fleet maintenance operation.
- Effective written and oral communication skills with all levels of staff.
- Computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheets, and Microsoft Outlook.
- Technical competence with light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicle repair and preventive maintenance.
- Professionalism, initiative, candor, and tact.
- Technical experience with fixed-route transit bus maintenance.
- Solid knowledge of managing audits and preventive maintenance schedules.
- Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Class B with passenger and air-brake endorsements.
Nice To Haves
- Previous passenger transportation experience in the current project or a similar environment.
- ASE or manufacturer certifications.
- Experience with diesel, CNG, and alternative fuels.
Responsibilities
- Manage all day-to-day maintenance aspects of a fixed-route bus operation.
- Ensure contractual requirements are achieved.
- Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and annual reports.
- Manage the maintenance-program budget and the financial and accounting aspects of fleet maintenance.
- Manage and direct fleet technicians, service workers, and cleaners.
- Track and control parts inventories, vendors, and suppliers.
- Prioritize, implement, and manage work schedules, projects, and assignments.
- Interface with the client.
- Communicate effectively with staff at all levels in written and oral formats.
- Manage audits and preventive maintenance schedules.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
