Automotive Fleet Supervisor

UPS; South Bend (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

UPS seeks a Fleet Maintenance professional to maintain a safe, reliable, cost-efficient vehicle fleet. You will supervise mechanics, monitor maintenance, and coordinate repairs with internal teams and external vendors in multiple Indiana locations, including South Bend and surrounding areas.

The role emphasizes cost effectiveness, auditing, and ensuring adherence to safety, regulatory, and appearance standards while managing vendor relationships and internal customers.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of mechanical fundamentals, maintenance, diagnosis and repair of fleet operations.
• Ability to manage equipment repair and oversee corrections with tools and machinery.
• Ability to manage inspections, physical assets, and working relationships with vendors.

Responsibilities

• Schedule preventive maintenance inspections and review results to ensure safety and standards.
• Analyze equipment failures to determine root cause and coordinate repairs.
• Maintain inventory levels for parts and tires to support processes.
• Adhere to purchasing limits and expense approval procedures to stay within cost plans.
• Review and approve automotive expenses.
• Determine employee training needs for development plans.
• Conduct performance evaluations and address issues.
• Oversee operations in Elkhart, South Bend, Tri City, Hammond & South Bend Gateway.

Skills

Mechanical fundamentals

Maintenance diagnosis

Vendor relations

Job description

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Job Description

Job Summary

This position maintains a safe, reliable, and cost-efficient fleet of vehicles, both ground support equipment and street vehicles. He/She ensures proper use and care of physical assets, helps prevent equipment failures, controls costs, manages external vendor relationships, works closely with auto mechanics and internal customers, and performs regular equipment and facility audits. This position monitors fleet vehicle equipment maintenance. He/She maintains automotive cost effectiveness by identifying trends, monitoring key expense indices, and identifying and implementing cost-saving strategies. This position supervises mechanics within the department.

Responsibilities

• Schedules preventative maintenance inspections and reviews the results, monitors repairs, and performs vehicle audits to ensure mechanics adhere to safety, regulatory and appearance standards.
• Analyzes equipment or vehicle system failures to determine root causes and resolve problems, and plans and coordinates equipment repairs with internal and external groups.
• Ensures adequate inventory levels (e.g., parts, tires, etc.) to support business processes.
• Adheres to purchasing limits, expense approval procedures, and equipment disposal guidelines to remain within cost plan.
• Reviews and approves automotive expenses.
• Determines employee training needs to produce continuous development plans.
• Conducts performance evaluations and resolves individual and group performance issues.
• Oversee: Elkhart, South Bend, Tri City, Hammond & South Bend Gateway

Qualifications

• Knowledge of mechanical fundamentals, maintenance, diagnosis, and repair to vehicle or aircraft fleet operation
• Ability to manage equipment repair and oversee the correction of problems with tools, machinery, and other standard technical equipment
• Ability to manage inspections, physical assets, and working relationships with vendors

Employee Type

Permanent

UPS is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Other Criteria

UPS is an equal opportunity employer. UPS does not discriminate on the basis of race/color/religion/sex/national origin/veteran/disability/age/sexual orientation/gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Basic Qualifications

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National of the U.S., an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien authorized to work in the U.S. for this employer.