East Regional Fleet Leader

Black & Veatch; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k plan

Paid vacation

Dental insurance

Job summary

Bird Electric Enterprises, a Black & Veatch company, seeks a Fleet Manager - East to oversee the day-to-day operations of the East regional fleet and partner with field operations to meet business needs.

You will lead regional Fleet Operations, coordinate with the Director of Fleet & Tooling Management, and drive utilization, maintenance, and lifecycle decisions across assets. The role requires travel to regional sites and collaboration with multiple departments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of seven (7) years of fleet, equipment, transportation, maintenance, or construction operations experience.
• Experience managing fleet or equipment operations in a field-based environment.
• Experience leading people and managing operational performance.
• Strong understanding of vehicle and equipment maintenance, utilization, and lifecycle management.
• Ability to travel regularly to regional field locations.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall operational performance of the East regional fleet.
• Serve as the primary fleet point of contact for regional and field operations.
• Ensure fleet assets are available, reliable, safe, and appropriately assigned to support business requirements.
• Maintain visibility into vehicle and fleet asset assignments and align assets with employee, project, and operational needs.
• Monitor fleet utilization and identify underutilized, excess, idle, or improperly assigned assets.
• Provide regional oversight of fleet maintenance activities and asset reliability.
• Escalate significant reliability, safety, or lifecycle concerns to the appropriate leader.
• Support standardized maintenance practices and enterprise fleet standards.
• Drive regional fleet utilization and minimize unnecessary rental vehicles and equipment.
• Provide input for fleet budgets, forecasts, and capital requirements.
• Analyze utilization and data to improve efficiency.

Skills

Fleet management

Operations leadership

Budgeting

Data analysis

Communication

Travel readiness

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Fleet management software

Telematics

Job description

Bird Electric Enterprises, a Black & Veatch company, seeks a Fleet Manager - East to oversee the day-to-day operations of the East regional fleet and partner with field operations to meet business needs.

You will lead regional Fleet Operations, coordinate with the Director of Fleet & Tooling Management, and drive utilization, maintenance, and lifecycle decisions across assets. The role requires travel to regional sites and collaboration with multiple departments.