Fleet Manager

San Antonio, TX (with regular travel to Houston, Austin, and job sites across Texas)

The Fleet Manager owns the availability, reliability, utilization, and total cost of ownership of Fencecrete’s vehicle and equipment fleet. This role is accountable for fleet uptime, preventive maintenance, parts management, equipment lifecycle decisions, and disciplined capital deployment.

The Fleet Manager also builds and manages Fencecrete’s external ecosystem of rental partners and third‑party repair providers, ensuring capacity, responsiveness, and cost control across all operating markets.

This is a hands‑on operator role, not a coordinator. Success is measured in uptime, cost per asset, utilization, and capital efficiency—not activity.

• Design and implement a formal preventive maintenance (PM) program for all fleet and equipment assets (trucks, trailers, forklifts, specialty equipment).
• Build and manage a centralized maintenance and parts program, including:
  • Standardized PM kits by asset class
  • Min/max inventory levels for critical wear parts
  • Digital tracking of parts usage and failure patterns
• Reduce downtime caused by missing parts or reactive maintenance through proactive planning.
• Establish maintenance schedules, inspection standards, and service intervals by asset class.

Own fleet uptime targets; proactively reduce breakdowns, emergency repairs, and jobsite disruptions.

• Maintain accurate, digital records for maintenance, inspections, warranties, parts usage, and compliance.
• Partner with Finance on repair vs. replace decisions using lifecycle cost analysis.

• Own buy / hold / redeploy / sell decisions for vehicles and equipment.
• Develop capital discipline around equipment purchases, including ROI justification and timing.
• Coordinate equipment redeployment across locations to maximize utilization before new purchases.
• Manage the sale or disposal of underutilized or end‑of‑life assets to recover capital.
• Maintain an up‑to‑date asset register including location, utilization, maintenance history, book value, estimated market value, and replacement timeline.

• Own and optimize Fencecrete’s fleet telematics platform (GPS, engine data, idle time, driver behavior, fuel usage).
• Vehicle and equipment utilization
• Idle time reduction
• Preventable maintenance events
• Fuel efficiency
• Safety and driving incidents
• Partner with Operations and Safety to improve driver behavior, routing efficiency, and compliance.
• Eliminate “data noise” and focus on metrics that materially change outcomes.

Build and manage strategic relationships with local equipment rental companies across all operating markets.

• Negotiate preferred pricing, availability guarantees, and response‑time SLAs.
• Use rentals intentionally as a short‑term capacity bridge—not a permanent substitute for owned assets.
• Develop and maintain a vetted network of third‑party repair shops (diesel, hydraulic, welding, specialty equipment).
• Route work between in‑house maintenance and third‑party providers based on cost, speed, and asset criticality.
• Hold all partners accountable to turnaround time, quality, safety, and cost standards.

Own relationships with:

• Maintenance vendors
• Parts suppliers
• Dealerships
• Rental companies
• Third‑party repair shops

Negotiate pricing, SLAs, and service standards.

Eliminate single‑point‑of‑failure vendors and informal, ad‑hoc service dependencies.

• Ensure fleet and equipment compliance with DOT, state, and insurance requirements.
• Partner with Safety and HR on driver qualifications, incident reviews, and corrective actions.
• Support insurance renewals with clean data, documented controls, and loss history.

Build and maintain a fleet scorecard, including:

• Fleet availability %
• Maintenance cost per asset
• Parts spend by asset class
• Fuel cost per mile / hour
• Utilization by asset class
• Rental spend vs. owned asset ROI
• Capital deployed vs. capital recovered through asset sales

• Support future system integrations (ERP, maintenance software, telematics → finance/ops reporting).