Senior Manager of Fleet Maintenance

Overview

Interstate Waste Services is the most progressive and innovative provider of solid waste and recycling services in the greater New York, New Jersey and Connecticut markets with a rail-served landfill in Ohio. IWS is committed to delivering high-quality waste, recycling and environmental services, while prioritizing the safety of our employees, customers and communities. We cater to a diverse range of industrial, medical and commercial/residential customers.

Founded in 1998, IWS has grown over the years through acquisitions, many of which were family-owned businesses that remain a part of our team today. We’re proud to combine the resources of a large company with the values and care of a family-run business.

The Senior Maintenance Manager is a senior field-execution leader responsible for overseeing multiple fleet maintenance locations within an assigned area. This role serves as the primary execution arm of the company’s Fleet Maintenance Department, ensuring that enterprise maintenance standards, KPIs, and financial controls are consistently deployed and sustained at the shop level.

This position does not set enterprise maintenance strategy but is fully accountable for executing it—driving consistency, developing maintenance leaders, stabilizing underperforming locations, and ensuring fleet availability, safety compliance, and cost discipline across a complex, high-utilization refuse and heavy-duty fleet.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be assigned.

• Multi-Site Fleet Leadership
• Provide direct oversight and leadership to Maintenance Managers and Supervisors across multiple locations
• Ensure consistent execution of IWS maintenance standards, policies, and procedures
• Serve as the escalation point for complex operational, technical, and personnel issues
• Coach, mentor, and develop maintenance leadership talent to support succession planning
• Maintenance Execution & Reliability
• Ensure disciplined execution of preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs
• Drive high asset availability and uptime across refuse trucks, tractors, trailers, roll-off, and support equipment
• Lead structured root cause analysis (RCA) for repeat failures, downtime assets, and cost outliers
• Enforce standardized repair practices, PM intervals, and inspection protocols
• KPI Ownership & Performance Management
• Own area-level maintenance KPIs, including but not limited to:
• -PM Efficiency, Labor Efficiency, Fleet Availability & Downtime, R&M Spend vs Budget, Backlog Aging & Work Order Management, DVIR Closure & Regulatory Compliance
• Conduct weekly and monthly performance reviews with Maintenance Managers
• Develop and execute corrective action plans for underperforming locations