Fleet Maintenance Data Specialist & Dashboards

CAPITAL AREA TRANSIT SYSTEM; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a Maintenance Data Coordinator to coordinate maintenance data, work orders, and preventive-maintenance documentation. You will manage fleet history records and generate recurring performance reports for management review.

The role focuses on ensuring data accuracy, audit-readiness, and timely reporting, supporting maintenance and finance teams with data quality and timely dashboards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in data coordination or related administrative/data function.
• Strong spreadsheet, data-entry, reconciliation, recordkeeping, and reporting skills.
• Ability to review detailed information for accuracy, identify discrepancies, and coordinate corrections.
• Ability to learn maintenance terminology, vehicle and equipment records, preventive-maintenance processes, and fleet-management software.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel.

Responsibilities

• Review maintenance work orders for completeness, accuracy, coding, labor, parts, mileage, defects, repairs, and closeout information.
• Identify missing, incomplete, or inconsistent records and coordinate corrections with Maintenance supervisors and staff.
• Maintain standardized data-entry procedures, coding conventions, and vehicle/equipment history records.
• Monitor preventive-maintenance due dates, mileage/hours, completion status, and exceptions.
• Prepare upcoming-due, overdue, and preventive-maintenance compliance reports.
• Maintain supporting documentation for audits, inspections, and management reviews.
• Prepare recurring reports and dashboards for fleet availability, road calls, reliability, open work orders, repeat defects, PM compliance, labor, overtime, and parts usage.
• Analyze data for trends, inconsistencies, and unusual patterns requiring management review.
• Support weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements.
• Provide source data for executive, Finance, asset-management, and regulatory reporting as assigned.
• Track defect trends, repeat repairs, warranty items, and repair status as assigned.
• Support warranty documentation with accurate repair and parts histories.
• Coordinate data needs with Maintenance, Transit Asset, Finance, Procurement, Transportation, and other departments.
• Support maintenance-management software, data cleanup, standardized user procedures, and report development.
• Assist users with data and reporting questions and identify opportunities to improve data quality and workflow.
• Maintain organized electronic records and protect confidential and sensitive information.

Skills

Data coordination

Data-entry

Reporting

Attention to detail

MS Excel

Reviewing records

Problem solving

Education

Associate degree

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Capital Area Transit System (CATS) is seeking a Maintenance Data Coordinator to coordinate maintenance data, work orders, and preventive-maintenance documentation. You will manage fleet history records and generate recurring performance reports for management review.

The role focuses on ensuring data accuracy, audit-readiness, and timely reporting, supporting maintenance and finance teams with data quality and timely dashboards.