Lead Fleet Mechanic
On-siteCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate daily shop activities, assign work orders, and provide hands-on guidance to a team of mechanics maintaining tractors, trailers, and material-handling equipment. Conduct advanced troubleshooting on diesel engines, transmissions, brake systems, and hydraulic components using diagnostic software to identify root causes and verify repairs. Monitor compliance with DOT, OSHA, and company safety policies by performing and validating inspections while ensuring accurate documentation in the fleet maintenance system. Optimize preventive maintenance schedules to minimize downtime and support on-time deliveries, while managing parts inventory and coordinating with vendors for urgent roadside repairs.
Required Qualifications
- Lead Fleet Mechanic
- Technical expert
- Working leader
- Team of mechanics
- Maintaining and repairing a diverse fleet of tractors, trailers, straight trucks, and material-handling equipment
- Perform and oversee complex diagnostics
- Repairs
- Preventive maintenance
- Ensure all fleet assets meet US Foods standards for safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance
- Coordinate daily shop activities
- Assign and review work orders
- Provide hands-on guidance and coaching to other technicians
- Conduct advanced troubleshooting on diesel engines
- Transmissions
- Brake systems
- Suspensions
- Electrical and electronic components
- Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Refrigerated trailer units
- Using diagnostic software and tools
- Identify root causes of failures
- Recommend corrective actions
- Verify successful repairs
- Monitor and maintain compliance with all applicable DOT, OSHA, and company safety policies
- Perform and validating inspections
- Ensure that all documentation, including repair orders, inspection reports, and maintenance logs, is complete, accurate, and up to date in the fleet maintenance system
- Help plan and optimize preventive maintenance schedules
- Minimize downtime
- Support on-time deliveries
- Partnering closely with transportation leadership and drivers
- Prioritize work
- Respond to urgent breakdowns
- Assist in managing parts usage and inventory
- Coordinate with vendors and outside repair providers
- Evaluate new tools, equipment, and maintenance processes
- Share technical knowledge
- Mentoring less-experienced mechanics
- Enforce safe work practices
- Strong technical skills in heavy-duty fleet maintenance
- Ability to lead by example on the shop floor
- Customer-focused mindset
- Support internal stakeholders
- Deliver exceptional service to its customers
- Primarily on-site in a shop and yard environment
- Frequent hands-on work around heavy equipment
- Exposure to the elements
- Occasional roadside or off-site repairs
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