Director, Vehicle Maintenance
$126,381–$148,678 year
On-site · Columbus, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
The Director, Vehicle Maintenance provides strategic leadership, operational oversight, and performance management for COTA's bus fleet maintenance operations, directing activities for revenue and non-revenue vehicles to ensure reliability and service readiness. The role leads the maintenance workforce, partners with Vehicle Engineering to establish SOPs, KPIs, performance feedback systems, and processes that uphold high-quality service standards, and drives continuous improvement through predictive maintenance, technology integration, and data-driven decision making. Responsibilities include developing maintenance strategy, overseeing preventative and predictive maintenance programs, monitoring fleet performance to reduce failures and improve on-time service, ensuring compliance with federal/state safety regulations, managing capital and operating budgets, fostering labor relations under collective bargaining agreements, and collaborating with executive leadership to advance a forward-looking maintenance vision with cross-functional coordination.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Automotive Technology, Fleet Management, Electronics, Public Administration, Business Administration, Transportation or related field
- ten (10) years' progressively responsible experience in fleet maintenance, heavy-duty vehicle maintenance, or transit maintenance operations
- seven years' experience managing a large-scale, complex maintenance department
- managerial experience in a union environment is preferred
- ASE certification preferred
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