Regional Vehicle Maintenance Leader - Fleet Safety & Performance

Rumpke of Ohio, Inc.; Town of Lancaster (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Rumpke Waste and Recycling seeks a seasoned Region Vehicle Maintenance Manager to oversee maintenance operations across multiple sites, ensuring safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance. You will lead Maintenance Managers, manage budgets, and drive performance metrics across the fleet and containers.

You will develop talent, coach teams, and partner with regional leadership to optimize maintenance costs while sustaining high service levels, with hours that may include nights/weekends as

Qualifications

• 5 years of industry experience managing multiple locations.
• CDL preferred.
• Computer proficiency in Windows, Microsoft applications (Word & Excel); and SAP software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight to Maintenance Managers across multiple locations, ensuring effective workforce planning, budgeted payroll and DOT hour compliance, and consistent management of attendance, vacation, and leave scheduling.
• Drive operational excellence through quarterly audits of preventive maintenance, road calls, warranty recovery, and parts inventory management at each location.
• Ensure all maintenance operations meet quality, safety, and regulatory standards, maintaining full compliance with local, state, and federal regulations as well as company policy across every site.
• Build maintenance department capability by guiding managers on hiring, training, work assignment, performance management, and staffing within budgeted hours.
• Serve as the key liaison to Regional and Area leadership, providing regular visibility into fleet, container, and equipment status across the territory.
• Own maintenance financial performance, partnering with location managers to meet budgeted costs across internal and external repairs, personnel, purchasing, inventory, and maintenance metric trends.
• Maintain fleet-wide DOT compliance through consistent oversight of vehicle inspections and repairs.
• Ensure garage operations across all locations run efficiently, with full accountability for procedures and timely completion of assigned responsibilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Planning

Leadership

Cross-functional

Data analysis

Education

High School (required)

General Education Diploma (preferred)

Tools

Windows

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Job description

Rumpke Waste and Recycling seeks a seasoned Region Vehicle Maintenance Manager to oversee maintenance operations across multiple sites, ensuring safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance. You will lead Maintenance Managers, manage budgets, and drive performance metrics across the fleet and containers.

You will develop talent, coach teams, and partner with regional leadership to optimize maintenance costs while sustaining high service levels, with hours that may include nights/weekends as