Director of Fleet & Tooling Management; Bird Electric

Director of Fleet & Tooling Management (Bird Electric)

Location: Mansfield, TX, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Company :Bird Electric Enterprises

Job Summary

The Director, Fleet & Tooling Management reports to the COO and owns the enterprise fleet, equipment, tooling, maintenance, and related compliance platform for Bird Electric. This leader will set the standard for safe, reliable, cost‑effective, and audit‑ready fleet and tooling operations across all shops, yards, regions, projects, and emergency‑response deployments.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and execute a fleet and tooling strategy aligned to Bird Electric’s operating plan, backlog, storm‑response model, safety standards, and capital priorities.
• Maintain a complete, accurate asset registry with ownership/lease/rental status, location, utilization, condition, replacement timing, certification status, maintenance history, and total cost of ownership.
• Establish fleet and tool governance standards for acquisition, assignment, transfer, storage, inspection, use, maintenance, repair, calibration/certification, disposal, and loss/damage accountability.

• Lead all shop and field maintenance operations to maximize safe equipment availability and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Own the preventive/predictive maintenance program, PM intervals, inspection checklists, work‑order quality, backlog management, parts planning, mobile service response, and repair‑priority rules.
• Implement repair SLAs by asset criticality and operating need; create escalation paths for downed critical equipment affecting crew productivity, outage windows, storm response, or safety.

• Maintain audit‑ready compliance for vehicles, CMVs, drivers, shops, yards, tools, and equipment, including driver qualification files, MVR reviews, medical certificates, drug/alcohol program interfaces, HOS/ELD support where applicable, DVIRs, annual/periodic inspections, maintenance records, roadside inspection corrective actions, accident registers, and vehicle markings.
• Ensure fleet and tooling practices comply with applicable OSHA construction and electric utility requirements, including safe operation near energized lines, aerial device/bucket truck controls, mechanical equipment inspections, cranes/derricks/digger derricks where applicable, rigging/lifting controls, live‑line tool inspection/testing, grounding equipment, lockout/tagout interfaces, and manufacturer requirements.
• Maintain environmental controls for fuel, oil, DEF, waste oil, spill prevention/response, storage tanks/containers, and related shop/yard requirements.

• Lead enterprise tooling and warehouse/tool room operations with clear standards for issuance, return, transfer, audit, repair, calibration, certification, retirement, and replacement.
• Implement barcode/RFID or system‑based tool tracking for high‑value, high‑risk, and high‑volume tools; establish min/max levels and replenishment logic to prevent field delays and tool hoarding.
• Ensure live‑line tools, grounds, rigging, hydraulic tools, torque tools, meters/test instruments, fall protection, and other controlled tools are inspected, tested, calibrated, stored, and documented according to regulatory, manufacturer, customer, and Bird Electric requirements.
• Create accountability for lost, damaged, expired, uncertified, or unreturned tools and equipment while maintaining a field‑service mindset.

• Build an annual and multi‑year capital plan based on utilization, age, condition, reliability, safety/compliance exposure, forecasted work mix, storm readiness, and lifecycle cost.
• Develop lease/buy/rent and repair‑versus‑replace decision models; recommend asset specifications and replacement timing to optimize cash, uptime, crew productivity, and total cost of ownership.
• Own or co‑own rental governance, including preferred suppliers, rate cards, approval thresholds, dispatch coordination, off‑rent discipline, damage claims, utilization review, and rental leakage…