Senior Director of Fleet Maintenance

Company: Groendyke Transport
Location: Enid
Posted on: March 5, 2020

Job Description:

Job Purpose

This position has direct responsibility to develop and manage policies and practices conducive to maintaining the company?s revenue-producing physical assets to the highest standards to support our safety and cost control initiatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to

--- Manage a fleet of 1,100 power units, 1,800 bulk tank trailers and 150-person maintenance team.
--- Create, maintain, and manage maintenance-related policies and programs
--- Maintain equipment to DOT compliance
--- Communicate out-of-service equipment that may require disposal
--- Prepare selected equipment for disposal
--- Manage HM-183 cargo tank testing programs
--- Manage HM-183 Registered Inspector program
--- Manage terminal physical parts inventory programs
--- Manage within the established Warranty Programs and National Accounts. Assisting with the establishment of these programs.
--- Approve major repair estimates.
--- Establishing and managing to performance metrics
--- Coordinate, schedule, and audit vehicle maintenance repairs to include preventative, mechanical and electrical repair to tractors and trailers.
--- Prioritize and assign work and coordinate equipment repairs with Planning Centers to meet customers? needs.
--- Ensure quality, compliance, and safety of company?s assets
--- Control repair, inventory, and labor costs
--- Hire, coach and mentor technicians
--- Manage associate work levels
--- Manage facilities, assuring a clean and safe working environment
--- All other duties as assigned

Education and Experience Requirements

--- Bachelor?s degree or equivalent experience preferred
--- Excellent customer service and organizational skills
--- Excellent communication and management skills to engage your team, maintain good morale among your team.
--- Hiring, training, and ongoing development of vehicle maintenance technicians.
--- Successful history of establishing and rolling out new maintenance programs
--- Able to budget and manage a P&L
--- Able to establish and manage efficiency and productivity metrics

Computer Equipment and Software Requirements

--- Proficiency with computers including Microsoft Office and web-based applications

Additional Preferred Qualifications

--- Strong process orientation
--- 3-5 years of fleet maintenance management experience preferred, or at least 3 years of team management in an environment with strong operational metrics.
--- Lean management and Six Sigma background

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has direct supervisory responsibility of the shop employees at all of the company?s facilities.

Personal Competency Profile

--- Personal Characteristics/Self Image
- Positive outlook on life, customer-focused
- High levels of initiative; exhibits a sense of urgency and is results-oriented
- Works well under pressure and meets deadlines
- Defines and practices moral and ethical behavior at all times
- Considers the impact of one?s actions and decisions on others, both inside and outside the organization
- Well-dressed and businesslike
- Remains professional when interacting with employees, vendors, guests, and/or customers
--- Communication
- Expresses one?s needs, wants, opinions, and preferences without offending the sensitivities of others
- Listens with objectivity, asks for input; gives and receives feedback effectively
- Ensures all information and ideas are flowing in appropriate directions
- Maintains composure and exhibits with empathy and humility when expressing opinions and ideas
- Team player
--- Personal Situation
- Sufficiently mobile
- Is mature while exhibiting eagerness to grow, gain new experiences, and identify new areas for learning.
- Establishes an understanding of workplace behavior
- Able to work extended hours during peak season or when required
--- Accountability
- Exhibits attention to detail
- Makes no excuses and takes full responsibility for own actions
- Can be counted on to do what he/she says is going to be done
- Follows up personally and monitors progress to ensure that things stay on track
- Holds self and others accountable for keeping commitments
--- Critical Thinking
- Conceptual: Thinks in abstract terms, to see the ?big picture? and understand how the various parts of an organization and idea can fit together
--- Interpersonal/Diversity
- Accepts others? opinions in a non-judgmental way
- Establishes relationships with and learns more about people of other racial, religious, ethnic, or cultural backgrounds; is an advocate for diversity
- Examines one?s own biases and behaviors to avoid stereotypical actions or responses; exhibits behavior which excludes any biases
--- Leadership
- Understands when to rally resources; facilitates others in the decision-making process
- Remains flexible with decisions
- Explains unpopular decisions to others to gain their understanding and support
- Defines and respects circle of influence
- Uses effective coaching skills with peers/subordinates to develop and empower team members
- Puts needs of team over personal needs
--- Technical Knowledge
- Demonstrates satisfactory level of technical and professional skills in job-related areas; understands technical terminology and developments
- Knows where to resource and how to apply information creatively to specific tasks or problems
- Finds, gathers, organizes, summarizes, and analyzes information from multiple sources
- Converts findings into meaningful and useful information for making decisions or taking specific actions
- Keeps abreast of current product developments and trends; synthesizes new solutions to problems
--- Managing Change
- Remains flexible; embrace and participate in the evolution of the firm
- Exhibits creativity and curiosity; displays a willingness to take risks
- Manages and supports change within your team
- Understands controlling forces in the environment that affect change (e.g., customers, trends, competitors, employees, and society as a whole)
--- Team Work
- Collaborate on projects
- Acknowledges other team members? concerns and contributions
- Is aware of the effect of one?s behavior on others; apply personal filter to enhance work of team
- Effectively resolves conflict while building trust
- Facilitates team effectiveness; works with, understands, and motivates other people as individuals or in groups to reach a common goal
--- Literacy and Numeracy
- Competent writer of business letters, quotations, and proposals

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work environment is typical of an indoor, office setting; however, frequent physical indoor and outdoor activity is involved.

Physical Functions

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The position requires a majority of sitting and some walking. It also requires frequent lifting up to 50 lbs. It is essential that the candidate be able to speak, hear, and have vision appropriate for the job requirements.

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