Senior Director, Enterprise Fleet Strategy & Ops

Iberdrola; Orange (CT); On-site; USD 189,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

12% 401(k) match

Health insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

AVANGRID MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC. is seeking a Senior Director of Fleet Operations to lead strategic oversight of a 5,000-vehicle fleet across multiple states, ensuring reliability, cost control, and regulatory compliance.

The role drives standardization, sustainability, and data‑driven decisions for emergency and storm response. Responsibilities include leading a team of 5 direct reports, managing budgets, coordinating with operations and vendors, and advancing telematics, maintenance, and fuel

Qualifications

• BS or BA degree with an MBA or MS degree is strongly desired but not required.
• Minimum 12+ years managing large complex teams for a regulated entity, utility or transportation industry.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in fleet or asset management.
• Minimum 7 years of vehicle maintenance and repair experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of State/Federal motor vehicle safety and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a Fleet Team with 5 direct reports and a mix of 97 union and nonunion employees.
• Enterprise Strategy & Leadership: Develop and execute a multi‑year fleet investment strategy, aligned with corporate and operating company goals, commitments and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the strategic adviser to senior leadership on fleet investments, standardization, budget, risk mitigation and operational performance.
• Lead geographically dispersed teams, including fleet directors, managers, maintenance operations and vendor parters in each (OpCo) Operating Company.
• Drive organizational transformation initiatives (i.e. standardization, telematics, predictive maintenance, fuel strategy and sustainability).
• Monitor industry trends and implement innovative solutions for new fleet technology.
• Fleet Lifecycle Management: Manage the full lifecycle of vehicles and specialty equipment while enhancing asset strategies to balance cost, reliability and operational readiness with regulatory commitments and equipment lead times.
• Develop and implement cost saving and efficiencies initiatives across the fleet and devise strategy on the optimum level of in‑house v outsource maintenance.
• Oversee timely vehicle registrations, inspections and in service dates, including decommissioning and sales of replacement vehicles.
• Operational Excellence & Performance Management: Manage and expand established KPI’s and performance dashboards.
• Ensure accurate and timely global reporting.
• Leverage telematics and analytics to enable data driven decision making and continuous improvement.
• Optimize shop productivity and service delivery models.
• Stakeholder management and coordination with business operations for growth initiatives and business cases (e.g. Gas and Electric Ops, Windfarm Ops).
• Responsible for fuel hedging or bulk purchase strategies with regular audits to ensure strategy is aligned to business needs.
• Management of the non‑hedged fuel and fuel management systems such as Wright Express (WEX) fuel cards.
• Lead cross‑functional department coordination of telematics program and supporting hardware to ensure reliable deployment and operability.
• Provide oversight of device installation and decommissioning.
• Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure compliance with DOT, OSHA, EPA, State Utilities Commissions & Internal Departments including Health & Safety, Compliance and Environmental.
• Maintain audit ready documentation including inspections and reporting.
• Manage fleet safety programs, driver policies and incident investigations.
• Ensure fleet readiness for storm response, outage restoration and mobilization.
• Lead fleets strategic support for rate case development and regulatory proceedings, providing the analysis and business justification needed to secure favorable outcomes for fleet investments aligned with operational needs.
• Financial Management: Develop annual and long‑term operating and capital budgets.
• Drive cost optimizations across maintenance and repairs, fuel and energy usage, vendor contracts and leasing strategies.
• Perform long‑term capital planning aligned with rate cases and regulatory filings.
• Delivery financial transparency through forecasting variance analysis and benchmarking.
• Develop and oversee required Investment Dossiers for acquisition of new fleet over $6m working with other stakeholders in General Services, Avangrid Investment Control as well as Global General Services Fleet.
• Vendor & Supply Chain Management: Oversee procurement of vehicles, upfits, equipment, parts and services.
• Ensure alignment with corporate sourcing strategies and procurement guidelines.
• Drive standardization across fleet specifications and supplier base.
• Provide comprehensive data driven framework analysis for new requests.
• Support local and global RFI’s with timely thorough responses.”],
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Skills

Leadership

Fleet management

Regulatory compliance

Strategic planning

Education

BS/BA with MBA/MS desirable

Tools

SAP

Maximo

Telematics Platforms

Job description

AVANGRID MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC. is seeking a Senior Director of Fleet Operations to lead strategic oversight of a 5,000-vehicle fleet across multiple states, ensuring reliability, cost control, and regulatory compliance.

The role drives standardization, sustainability, and data‑driven decisions for emergency and storm response. Responsibilities include leading a team of 5 direct reports, managing budgets, coordinating with operations and vendors, and advancing telematics, maintenance, and fuel