Fleet Manager

Summary

The Fleet Manager oversees the acquisition, operation, maintenance and disposal of Fairbanks Scales vehicles and equipment. This position will also assist in negotiating with vendors, coordinating repairs, tracking vehicle usage and implementing efficiency and safety programs.

• Ensures employees have proper driving credentials and manages the driver's license renewal process, DOT physicals and medical examiner's certification, annual motor vehicle reports and the evaluation of the driving history, random drug/alcohol screening program, and driver qualification files.
• Manages company drug/alcohol program.
• Ensures proper vehicle licensing, registration, insurance, and signage.
• Schedules repairs and/or preventative maintenance, ensuring that the necessary numbers of fleet vehicles are available at all times.
• Orders vehicles yearly based on fleet plan/budget.
• Coordinates delivery of new vehicles and assigned vehicle kits.
• Oversees the vehicle maintenance/repair approval process and fuel program.
• Serves as the main fleet contact with the various service providers as well as Fairbanks management and all drivers.
• Analyzes and identifies vehicle candidates to retire and replace based on age, odometer, maintenance spend, mileage activity, and other cost considerations.
• Maintains fuel program.
• Analyzes cost of repairs and negotiates rates when necessary.
• Analyzes performance and initiates projects to improve vehicle program efficiency.
• Administers and enforces company driver/vehicle policy.
• Maintains vehicle records.
• Develops and maintains fleet reports and expense trackers.
• Additional duties as required.

Required qualifications to effectively perform the job. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered. (Additional requirements may be designated by position.)

• This position requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Must have five years of operations and analytical experience working in a fleet, logistic, and/or operations field.
• Experience with GPS maintained commercial fleet is preferred.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office products - specifically Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience and fluency with CDL, DOT requirements and DMV policies is preferred.
• Requires reading and review of regulatory, legal and periodically, technical documents.
• Critical thinker with exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to effectively organize and prioritize work as well as concentrate on multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to develop and maintain business relationships.
• Strong negotiation skills.

• General office conditions. Exposed to moderate noise levels.

• Required to use close vision and be able to focus.
• Regularly required to talk and hear; frequently required to sit, stand and bend at the knee and waist, and walk.
• Must be able to have repetitive wrist, hand and/or finger movement to type and work on computer.
• Must have finger dexterity and hand‑eye coordination to work on computer, telephone, and related office equipment.
• Regular attendance is a necessary and essential function.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets

Fairbanks Scales Inc. may obtain information about you from a third‑party consumer reporting agency for employment purposes. Thus, you may be the subject of a "consumer report" and/or "investigative consumer report" which may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and/or mode of living, and which can involve personal interviews with sources such as neighbors, friends, or associates. The reports may contain information regarding your credit history, criminal history, social security verification, motor vehicle records ("driving records"), verification of your education or employment history, or other background checks.

Credit history will only be requested where such information is substantially related to the duties and responsibilities of the position for which you are applying.

Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing for all roles prior to being hired into any role as part of our Drug Free Workplace Policy. In addition, Fairbanks Scales Inc. performs post‑offer, pre‑employment drug testing under the authority of the U.S. Department of Transportation prior to being hired for any role or transferred into a safety‑sensitive role.