Fleet Maintenance Manager
Ready to run your own shop and get your weekends back? We need a hands‑on leader to manage our fleet maintenance department, control budgets, and ensure our heavy‑duty fleet is safe and road‑ready.
Why You’ll Love This Role
- The Ultimate Schedule: Mon–Fri, 7:30 AM–5:30 PM. No nights or weekends!
- Top Pay: $80,000–$110,000 base + 15% Annual Bonus Target.
- Zero Travel: 100% facility-based.
- True Autonomy: Manage your own budget, inventory, vendor contracts, and team culture.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the Shop: Direct technicians in the daily maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of the fleet.
- Manage Finances: Oversee the fleet budget, labor hours, and costs for parts and tools.
- Ensure Compliance: Enforce OSHA, DOT, and EFC policies and maintain flawless documentation.
- Optimize Operations: Schedule all preventative maintenance, rebuilds, and annual inspections to minimize downtime.
- Procurement: Oversee parts inventory, issue purchase orders, and manage vendor relationships.
What You Bring
- Experience: 3–5 years of hands‑on fleet maintenance experience withshop equipment knowledge.
- Education & Credentials: HS diploma/GED and a valid Driver's License (Class A CDL highly preferred).
- Skills: Knowledgeable business acumen to analyze operational reports, manage spreadsheets, and lead staff.
- Certifications (Preferred): ASE, Trailer Reefer (608), Cab Air (609), and Air Brake.
Physical Realities
- Environment: Active shop floor with exposure to varied temperatures, moving parts, and moderate noise.
- Physicality: Frequent standing, walking, climbing, stooping, and occasional lifting up to 100 lbs.
- Vision: Clear close, distance, color, and depth perception for safe inspections.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Shop: Direct the daily work of technicians engaged in the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair of the company fleet.
- Manage Operations & Budgets: Develop and oversee the fleet services budget, manage labor hours, track assets, and control costs for parts, tools, and consumables.
- Ensure Safety & Compliance: Guarantee that all maintenance operations comply strictly with OSHA, DOT, EFC, and company policies. Ensure all required documentation (work orders, pre/post-trip inspections) is flawless.
- Optimize the Fleet: Schedule all preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, rebuilds, and annual vehicle/trailer inspections to minimize downtime.
- Procure & Inventory: Oversee parts inventory, issue purchase orders, and manage vendor relationships to ensure efficient operations.
- Drive Team Culture: Maintain open communication, conduct daily audits, lead pre‑shift meetings, and partner with the Safety department to foster a secure, engaged work environment.
The essential functions of this role include:
- working in a smoke free environment
- working in a non-temperature controlled environment
- manual lifting up to 100lbs
- standing for 6 hours at one time
- working up to 5 hrs of overtime per week
Skills
- Team Leadership (4 years of experience is preferred)
- Safety Management (4 years of experience is preferred)
- Budget
- Cost Control (4 years of experience is preferred)
- Vendor Management (4 years of experience is preferred)
- Maintenance Scheduling (3 years of experience is preferred)
- Regulatory Compliance (4 years of experience is preferred)
- Auditing (4 years of experience is preferred)
- Leading
- Oral Communication
- Decision Making
- Business operations
Qualifications
- Years of experience: 3 years
- Experience level: Manager
salary: $80,000 - $110,000 per year
shift: First
work hours: 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
education: High School
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
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