Maintenance and Repair Supervisor II

TRAC Intermodal • Houston, TX

131d

About The Position

The position involves overseeing maintenance and repair (M&R) vendors, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and managing the quality of repair work. Responsibilities include performing inspections, audits, and making decisions regarding repairs while maintaining safety standards. The role also requires processing vendor invoices, supporting M&R management programs, and providing logistics support. Additionally, depot support is necessary to understand chassis progression and perform inspections related to lease terminations.

Requirements

• Must have a valid driver's license, pass a background check, meet Rail Terminal facility security requirements, and have or be able to obtain a TWIC card.
• Must be able to perform 'walk-around' inspection of chassis, as well as using a crawler to check brakes and axles.
• Must be able to lift and move truck tires.
• Must be able to multi-task, and work independently as well as contribute to the overall success of the team.
• Must have a command of MS-Office package, Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Must be able to receive and communicate repair instructions verbally and in writing in a professional manner.
• Understand and comply with all safety precautions.
• Have M&R experience and operational knowledge of rail, marine and port, CY, and depot facilities.
• Candidate must be free of potential conflicts of interest.

Nice To Haves

• IICL Chassis certification / know FMCSA rules / wheel end / brake / tire / electrical training a plus.
• Ability to travel a plus.
• Bi-lingual (English and Spanish) a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supervise M&R Vendors
• Ensure that all Safety rules are utilized and equipment repairs are performed to protect the integrity of the equipment.
• Perform pre- and post-repair inspections in the field, authorize repairs.
• Perform timely audits per month or as needed; evaluate and control quality of repair vendors' work.
• Make decisions on behalf of TRAC, pursuing the lowest total-cost options without compromising safety.
• Determine if repairs are due to damage vs. wear-and-tear items; ensure vendor accountability.
• Communicate with vendor/facility ensuring accurate gate inspection notations and yard handling procedures.
• Ensure that AAR and FMCSA rules are being employed and followed at all facilities.
• Ensure that Trac repair procedures and approved parts are being followed and used.
• Require and inspect accurate repairs prescribed and performed upon instances of missed or yard damage.
• Review take off tire inventories, ensure accuracy of vendor marking and coding, track tire usage.
• Review facility bad order/out of service inventories daily and address all chassis within required time frame.
• Use of hand held and mobile technology in the performance of the day to day duties.
• Review vendor repair invoices for accuracy; ensure all invoices are submitted and received according to terms in M&R Vendor Agreement.
• Assist Vendor Compliance to re-send to vendor for revision when inaccuracies are found.
• Manage 3rd party billing process to assist the Vendor Compliance group.
• Review field estimates and EDI invoices to assist Vendor Compliance in identifying repairs due to abusive handling by trucker.
• Provide expert opinion to resolve disputes between truckers and receiving facility regarding inbound TIR notations.
• Timely review and accurately code manual invoices if needed.
• Periodically assemble statistics for management, including audits performed, expenses related to a particular vendor or repair category.
• Maintain daily and/or weekly operational reports designed to manage and communicate operational climate.
• Perform daily count of available and damaged chassis by chassis size as needed.
• Review rail terminal operator information to determine grounded or mismatched member line containers.
• Complete chassis reconciliation between marine, rail, and CY locations and Seacastle / Trac Lease system.
• Assist with road calls when received, following TRAC OTR procedures.
• Understand each phase of the chassis progression for term lease terminations.
• Perform joint and independent COHNA surveys to maximize revenue of customer approvals from lease terminations.
• Review, identify, inspect, revise and prescribe correct repairs of chassis to be repaired or scrapped.

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Rental and Leasing Services
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees