Fleet Manager

Praxair • Tonawanda, NY

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Associate Director, Fleet Equipment, the Manager of Fleet Equipment serves as a key individual contributor responsible for the performance, maintenance, lifecycle management, and operational readiness of Linde’s tractor fleet. This position manages a Capex budget of approximately 35million in 2026. Ensure that tractors are specified, procured, deployed, maintained, and decommissioned in alignment with LGUS operational, financial, and safety objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or 10+ years relevant distribution experience, 5 of which should be managing fleet operations (>25 tractor/trailers)
• Demonstrated understanding of tractor maintenance processes, diagnostics, and repair standards, power train, emission systems, electronic control systems, trailer loading/unloading
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively with field maintenance, operations leadership, drivers, OEMs, and third‑party vendors.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Travel requirements up to 25%25.

Nice To Haves

• Cryogenic experience a plus
• EAM/CMMS experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage budget to capex request annually with quantity of tractors being purchased or leased
• Purchase and deploy tractor upfit supplies to the upfitters to match tractor’s delivery and shipment schedule
• Work with OEM to get trucks serviced at the dealers in a timely manner
• Oversee claim warranty reimbursement where applicable
• Offer technical assistance to regions and sites when repairs are needed outside of their knowledge base
• Advise procurement on annual spec of tractors and bidding of OEM suppliers for selected number of tractors
• Advise procurement when new tractors should be added to lease schedule
• Generate, collect, and maintain equipment profile data ensuring EAM is the single source of equipment related data
• Administer tracking for new tractors
• Assist as needed with work order entry for Third-Party tractor repairs.
• Assist in RCA events around safety/operational tractor issues
• Regularly reviews tractor hours and miles reports to evaluate utilization of assigned tractors to plants/recommends based on data trends
• Use tractor hours and miles report to determine replacements needed upcoming year
• Manages lease end dates/avoids duplicate costs
• Assist maintenance personnel with Preventative Maintenance and Corrective Maintenance workorder entry
• Manage/dispute turn in costs invoiced to Linde by leasing company
• Work with sites to decommission tractors – owned tractors to asset recovery for sale or turn in paperwork to leasing company to stop leases
• Actively assist in locating hard to find parts or warranty parts issues
• Identifies cost savings opportunities

Benefits

• Linde Gases US offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package.
• Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth.
• Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager