Fleet Maintenance Manager

Fleet Maintenance Manager : Up to $115,000 annually based on experience/skill set PLUS Bonus! Transervice offers 100% free health care benefits! Transervice Logistics awarded Winner of 2025Best Places to Work!

OBJECTIVE

The General Manager, MHE Operations provides overall leadership and accountability for three material handling equipment maintenance shops located in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This individual is responsible for safe and reliable maintenance operations, customer satisfaction, contractual compliance, workforce leadership, labor relations, and the financial performance of the assigned operations. The position directs multi-shift maintenance activities supporting forklifts, electric pallet jacks, reach trucks, counterbalance units, batteries, chargers, scrubbers, lifts, and related warehouse equipment. The General Manager establishes consistent operating standards across all locations while ensuring each shop responds effectively to site-specific customer needs. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES



Multi-Site Operational Leadership

• Direct and coordinate maintenance and repair activities across all three MHE shops, including multi-shift and weekend coverage where required.
• Ensure all contractual service requirements, staffing commitments, operating procedures, and customer expectations are achieved.
• Maintain a visible leadership presence and a culture of urgency, accountability, professionalism, and customer service.
• Oversee preventive maintenance scheduling, repair execution, inspections, warranty administration, and complete maintenance records for customer equipment.
• Monitor equipment uptime, repeat repairs, out-of-service units, PM currency, repair quality, and parts availability.
• Ensure work orders are accurate, complete, timely, and properly coded for labor, parts, outside services, and warranty activity.
• Promote effective troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and repair verification to reduce repeat failures and equipment downtime.
• Inspect equipment and maintenance practices to confirm assets are serviced in accordance with manufacturer, company, and customer requirements.
• Lead, coach, and develop shop foremen, lead technicians, technicians, battery technicians, and other assigned personnel.
• Establish clear performance expectations; conduct performance evaluations, recognition, coaching, corrective action, and disciplinary processes in accordance with company policy.
• Champion a safety-first culture and ensure compliance with OSHA requirements, company policies, customer rules, and applicable environmental standards.
• Ensure timely completion of required safety training, inspections, audits, incident reporting, and corrective actions.
• Report injuries, incidents, near misses, and safety violations in accordance with company procedures and coordinate investigations with the Corporate Safety Manager.
• Maintain clean, organized, secure, and professional shop environments using sound housekeeping and parts-storage practices.
• Ensure proper use of PPE, tools, lifting devices, battery-handling equipment, lockout/tagout procedures, and hazardous-material controls.

Our Excellent Benefits include

• Excellent health benefits (Transervice offers free health care paid 100% by Transervice)
• Retirement including match (Vested on 1st day of employment)
• Disability
• PTO
• Car Allowance
• Cell Phone Stipend

To be considered, please send resume to [email protected]

Fleet Maintenance Manager Requirements

• Minimum of seven years of progressive leadership experience in MHE, industrial maintenance, fleet maintenance, warehousing, distribution, logistics, or a related operating environment.
• Minimum of three years of responsibility for multiple locations, business units, or customer-dedicated maintenance operations.
• Demonstrated experience managing maintenance personnel and multi-shift operations.
• Working knowledge of electric and internal-combustion MHE, batteries, chargers, preventive maintenance, diagnostics, and repair processes.
• Experience managing budgets, operating expenses, forecasts, and financial performance.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and maintenance or work-order management systems.
• Valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally, verbally and in writing.
• Multi-site leadership and disciplined operating cadence
• Customer focus and executive-level communication
• Operational urgency and structured problem solving
• Safety leadership and compliance ownership
• Planning, organization, and effective prioritization

Physical and Travel Requirements

• Regular travel among the three assigned shop locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
• Ability to work in warehouse, industrial, battery-room, and maintenance-shop environments.
• Ability to safely walk operating areas, inspect equipment, climb stairs, and occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
• Availability to respond to operational issues outside normal business hours when required.