Maintenance Manager

Chatham Area Transit Authority (CAT); Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Chatham Area Transit Authority is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead hands-on maintenance of facilities, grounds, passenger amenities, and bus stops. You will supervise staff, coordinate with contractors, and ensure safety, cleanliness, and operational readiness across transit properties.

The role requires inspecting and maintaining HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and building systems, with strong emphasis on preventive maintenance and timely repairs.

Qualifications

• Experience leading facilities maintenance teams and coordinating with contractors and vendors.
• Hands-on capability to inspect, troubleshoot, and repair building systems and equipment.
• Strong focus on safety, compliance, and facility cleanliness and accessibility.

Responsibilities

• Plans, assigns, and monitors daily work of facilities maintenance staff and passenger amenities personnel.
• Develops preventive maintenance schedules and tracks work orders for timely completion.
• Inspects and coordinates repairs for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and building systems.
• Supervises cleaning, grounds, and exterior maintenance, ensuring safety and accessibility.
• Coordinates with Operations, Planning, Safety, Procurement, and other departments as needed.
• Maintains asset inventories and coordinates contractor services for capital projects.

Skills

Facilities management

Supervision

Maintenance planning

Safety leadership

Tools

Facility management software

HVAC systems

Job description

Under general supervision, the Maintenance Manager manages, coordinates, and performs hands‑on work related to the maintenance, repair, cleanliness, safety, and operational readiness of Authority‑owned and operated facilities, grounds, passenger amenities, bus stops, fixtures, equipment, and related physical assets. This is a hands‑on management position. The Maintenance Manager is expected to actively inspect, troubleshoot, maintain, and repair facility systems while also supervising and coordinating employees, contractors, vendors, facility cleaners, and passenger amenities/bus stop personnel.

The Maintenance Manager is responsible for ensuring Authority facilities and passenger‑facing infrastructure are maintained in a safe, clean, functional, accessible, and professional condition.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Management and Supervision

• Plans, assigns, coordinates, and monitors the daily work of facilities maintenance employees, facility cleaners, and passenger amenities/bus stop personnel.
• Establishes work priorities based on safety, operational needs, passenger impact, regulatory requirements, and available resources.
• Provides hands‑on leadership and technical guidance to assigned employees.
• Develops and monitors daily, weekly, monthly, and preventive maintenance schedules.
• Ensures assigned employees complete work orders and scheduled assignments accurately and in a timely manner.
• Inspects completed work to ensure compliance with Authority standards.
• Provides training and instruction regarding equipment, tools, chemicals, work procedures, and workplace safety.
• Monitors employee performance and provides appropriate coaching, documentation, and recommendations to management.
• Coordinates employee schedules and assignments to maintain appropriate facility and passenger amenity coverage.
• Assists management with developing maintenance procedures, work standards, budgets, equipment needs, and capital improvement recommendations.

Facility Maintenance and Repair

• Conducts routine inspections of Authority buildings, facilities, grounds, fixtures, and equipment to identify maintenance, cleanliness, safety, and repair needs.
• Performs and supervises preventive and corrective maintenance necessary for the safe and reliable operation of facilities.
• Inspects, troubleshoots, maintains, and coordinates repairs to HVAC systems, electrical systems, boilers, fans, generators, switches, plumbing systems, lighting, and other building mechanical infrastructure.
• Performs general carpentry, plumbing, painting, electrical, mechanical, and facility maintenance work within applicable qualifications and authorization.
• Repairs and maintains locking systems for interior and exterior doors, cabinets, lockers, gates, and other secured areas.
• Coordinates preventive maintenance programs for building mechanical, electrical, plumbing, structural, and related systems.
• Identifies conditions requiring specialized or licensed contractors and coordinates the appropriate services.
• Responds to emergency facility repairs and other urgent maintenance conditions.
• Ensures work areas are properly cleaned, restored, and secured following maintenance and repair activities.

Passenger Amenities and Bus Stops

• Manages the maintenance, repair, installation, cleanliness, and overall condition of passenger amenities and bus stops throughout the transit system.
• Establishes inspection and cleaning schedules for bus stops, shelters, benches, bus stop signs, trash receptacles, and other passenger amenities.
• Conducts and assigns routine inspections to identify damage, deterioration, vandalism, cleanliness issues, accessibility concerns, and safety hazards.
• Coordinates and participates in the installation, relocation, replacement, repair, and removal of shelters, benches, bus stop signs, poles, trash receptacles, and related infrastructure.
• Ensures bus stop signs and passenger information fixtures are properly installed, visible, secure, and maintained.
• Ensures graffiti, unauthorized postings, litter, trash, weeds, and other debris are removed from bus stops and passenger amenities.
• Ensures bus stop and shelter areas remain clean, safe, accessible, and presentable for passengers.
• Identifies and reports sidewalk deficiencies, accessibility concerns, roadway hazards, drainage problems, vegetation obstructions, and other infrastructure conditions requiring corrective action.
• Coordinates passenger amenity activities with Operations, Planning, Safety, Procurement, Communications, and other departments as necessary.
• Maintains records of bus stop inspections, repairs, installations, replacements, cleaning activities, and outstanding work orders.
• Maintains inventory of shelters, benches, signs, poles, trash receptacles, replacement components, and related passenger amenity equipment.
• Responds to customer and departmental reports concerning damaged, unsafe, or unclean bus stops and passenger amenities.

Facility and Passenger Amenity Cleaning

• Directly supervises and coordinates facility cleaners and passenger amenities/bus stop cleaning personnel.
• Establishes cleaning schedules, assignments, inspection procedures, and cleanliness standards.
• Conducts routine inspections of offices, administrative buildings, maintenance facilities, restrooms, break rooms, passenger waiting areas, transit centers, shelters, bus stops, and other Authority property.
• Ensures assigned personnel perform sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, restroom cleaning, window cleaning, pressure washing, trash removal, litter collection, and other required custodial duties.
• Ensures trash receptacles at Authority facilities, bus stops, and passenger amenities are emptied and maintained according to established schedules.
• Coordinates removal of excessive trash, illegal dumping, graffiti, hazardous materials, and other unusual conditions.
• Ensures cleaning supplies, tools, equipment, chemicals, and personal protective equipment are properly maintained, stored, inventoried, and available.
• Ensures cleaning chemicals and materials are used according to manufacturer instructions and applicable safety requirements.
• Inspects completed cleaning assignments and initiates corrective action when established standards are not met.
• Ensures facility cleaners and bus stop cleaning personnel report maintenance deficiencies, vandalism, damage, and safety hazards discovered during their assignments.

Grounds and Exterior Maintenance

• Supervises and performs general grounds maintenance at Authority‑owned and maintained properties.
• Ensures sidewalks, walkways, parking areas, passenger areas, and exterior spaces remain clean and free of hazards.
• Coordinates vegetation control, minor landscaping, pressure washing, debris removal, and exterior cleaning.
• Ensures obstructions affecting pedestrian or passenger accessibility are promptly addressed.
• Coordinates weather‑related facility preparation, cleanup, and emergency response activities.

Asset and Inventory Management

• Maintains accurate inventory of physical assets, maintenance equipment, tools, supplies, passenger amenities, and materials.
• Manages assigned storage facilities and storage areas.
• Establishes appropriate inventory controls for equipment, replacement parts, cleaning supplies, tools, and passenger amenity materials.
• Coordinates receiving, storage, distribution, and tracking of facility and passenger amenity materials.
• Identifies inventory shortages and initiates requests for necessary equipment, parts, supplies, and materials.
• Assists with asset condition assessments and replacement planning.

Work Orders, Contractors, and Vendors