Fleet & Tooling Director (Bird Electric)

• MBA/Graduate degree or equivalent experience.

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch.

We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

Company: Bird Electric Enterprises

Req : 116453

Opportunity Type: Staff

Relocation eligible: No

Full time/Part time: Full-Time

Project Only Hire: No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Join the Bird Electric (a Black & Veatch company) team and build with pride
. As a 100% employee-owned company, every role matters — you own your work, your impact, and your future. We lead with care
, and safety is non-negotiable and embedded into every role, site and decision
, ensuring our teams return home safe, every day.

From field engineering to project management to quality and startup, you’ll work with cutting-edge technology, learn from seasoned experts, and grow through real-world, hands‑on experience. With a strong backlog across power, water, grid, and industrial markets, you’ll have the stability to grow and the opportunity to shape what comes next.

The Fleet & Tooling Director is responsible for managing the acquisition, maintenance, utilization, and disposition of fleet equipment and third party rentals. The role functions to continuously improve business operations through the procurement of tooling equipment and fleet services for construction projects and regional offices. The positions ensures reliability of construction equipment to reduce equipment down time and manages overall fleet and tooling capital expenditure strategy.

It is expected to oversee and retain a staff to provide assistance with processes and procedures relative to the obtainment of equipment, tooling and fleet services.

• Manages, solicits, negotiates, awards and administers timely contracts for procurement of construction equipment ensuring alignment to the capital and operating budget.
• Manages, negotiates, awards the national agreements for services and 3rd Party rental equipment.
• Manages the capital and operating budget for maintenance and purchase of equipment.
• Ensures proactive maintenance, utilization and disposition of equipment to provide optimal usage.
• Provides return on investment (ROI) analysis for decision to purchase or rent equipment.
• Reviews contracts for completeness and accuracy and maintains appropriate documentation.
• Ensures purchase and appropriate inventorying of all warehouse tools.
• Provides supervision, training development, and performance management of direct reports.
• Identifies and assesses improvement opportunities and champion continuous improvement efforts.
• Assess and support the change management effect associated with the implementation of process improvements and procedure development.
• Support, encourage and facilitate staff to engage in continuous improvement activities.
• Provides management of fleet services through the purchase, distribution, maintenance, and disposal of obsolete vehicles from the fleet.
• Determines the appropriate allocation of equipment utilized on projects.
• Manages tool tracking, procurement, and expenditure control as aspects of overall tooling strategy.

Management Responsibilities

Supervises work of others. Responsible for hiring, discipline, and pay administration of their subordinates.

• 10 years' experience in fleet operations, construction equipment management, or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of managing staff to comply with the applicable safety manuals and BV safety and health program and policies.
• Ability to maintain strong relationships and develops a high level of trust and credibility with key clients and project teams.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include…