Maintenance Manager

Waste Pro USA; Jackson (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Waste Pro USA is seeking a Maintenance Manager to plan, organize and supervise the Division's maintenance staff and functions, focusing on fleet/equipment support, inspection, repair, and post-service activities. This role partners with Regional Maintenance Managers and Operations teams to ensure reliable equipment and cost-effective fleet performance.

The position emphasizes maintaining EPA and regulatory compliance, driving preventive maintenance programs, and delivering data-driven

Responsibilities

• Manages departmental staffing, scheduling, performance management, and overtime authorization.

Job description

The Maintenance Manager plans, organizes and supervises the Division's maintenance staff and functions. This management position holds responsible for overall fleet/equipment support and associated maintenance processes that include inspection, repair, pre/post servicing, vehicle distribution, quality assurance and disposal at the Division level. This manager will work in partnership with the Regional Maintenance Manager and Operations teams to ensure overall fleet condition, equipment reliability, safety and cost effective fleet performance.

Job Functions

• Manages departmental hiring, training, coaching, performance management, discipline, scheduling of work assignments, and overtime authorization.
• Maintains an ongoing preventive/corrective maintenance program which sets the standard for service excellence.
• Reviews status reports including road calls, breakdowns, parts inventory, repairs, and safety performance.
• Provides hands‑on maintenance assistance as needed.
• Education of driver responsibilities as it relates to DVIR's, operation of fleet vehicles, and basic CDL requirements.
• Assures all maintenance‑related data is available for input in the vehicle maintenance system.
• Monitor Dossier efficiencies to include inventory control, goals for improved performance, monitoring, measuring and reporting.
• Assists in purchasing of new vehicles, equipment, tools and containers.
• Responsible for establishing maintenance related training sessions that improve overall fleet condition and operational knowledge of drivers, mechanics, and shop personnel.
• Administer and monitor regional adherence to federal and state programs, and oversees maintenance in accordance with EPA and other mandatory regulations.
• Verifies implementations of required DOT, OSHA, EPA regulations and monitors conformance as required on an ongoing basis. Coordinate efforts with local Safety, Corporate Safety and Regional Maintenance Manager.
• Ensuring efficient utilization, vehicle maintenance quality, and transportation to ready-lines.
• Fleet inventory/condition reporting, including out of service listing, matched to asset list.
• Manages divisional maintenance budgets.
• Responsible for implementation/monitoring of all fleet maintenance activities (e.g.Pre/Post pre‑trip, safety lane, warranty recovery, tire standards, oil/lubricants, major component failure, and all new initiatives).
• Facilitate movement of equipment between division ensuring proper inspections and delivery of equipment in ready condition.
• Evaluate body damage estimates as it relates to maintenance and fleet functions; manages cost controls and enhances vendor service.
• Evaluate equipment performance and recommend modifications and/or alternate vendors based on maintenance/costing information.
• Analyze service issues related to fleet maintenance and performs root cause analysis, recommends remediation methodologies and escalates as needed to address issues.
• Supports efforts to create useful metrics and performance (on‑line/off‑line) diagnostic reporting tools (e.g. machinery dynamics) to support fleet quality trending and fleet maintenance performance.

Other Job Responsibilities

• Employees in this job classification must attend and participate in corporation sponsored training courses as assigned.
• Employees in this job classification are responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by Waste Pro.
• Any additional job duties that may be assigned by the Supervisor.