The posting
Fleet Maintenance Manager – Waste Pro – Heavy Duty Diesel & CNG – West Palm Beach, FL
Earn $100,000+ Annually + Annual Bonus + Outstanding Benefits
Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates.
Why Join Waste Pro in West Palm Beach?
Waste Pro is one of the nation's fastest-growing privately owned waste and recycling companies and in this leadership role, you'll have the opportunity to build and develop a skilled maintenance team!
Located in beautiful West Palm Beach, you'll enjoy a South Florida lifestyle with year-round sunshine, beaches, boating, fishing, golf, great restaurants, and endless outdoor activities. With a thriving local economy, no Florida state income tax, and a conveniently located facility near Southern Boulevard with easy access to I-95 and Florida's Turnpike, West Palm Beach is the perfect place to advance your career while enjoying an exceptional quality of life.
Outstanding Benefits
At Waste Pro, we invest in our employees, our benefits include:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical Insurance with a pathway to FREE healthcare
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Supplemental Insurance
- FREE, company-paid Group Life Insurance
- 401(k) with generous company match
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Sick Time
- Employee Assistance Program
What You'll Do
As the Fleet Maintenance Manager, you will lead all aspects of a high-volume maintenance operation supporting a fleet of approximately 110 heavy-duty diesel trucks. You will be responsible for maximizing fleet uptime, ensuring equipment is safe, reliable, and compliant, developing a high-performing maintenance team, and driving operational excellence while delivering cost-effective maintenance solutions that keep our customers served every day.
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop maintenance technicians and shop personnel
- Recruit, hire, schedule, and manage shop employees
- Conduct performance evaluations and administer corrective action when necessary
- Foster a culture focused on safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement
Fleet Maintenance Operations
- Manage preventive maintenance and repair programs
- Maximize fleet availability and minimize equipment downtime
- Monitor repair quality, road calls, breakdown trends, and technician productivity
- Provide hands-on technical support and guidance when needed
- Ensure work is completed efficiently and safely
Compliance & Safety
- Maintain compliance with DOT, OSHA, EPA, and company standards
- Partner with Operations and Safety leadership to maintain regulatory compliance
- Ensure accurate maintenance documentation and recordkeeping
- Promote safe work practices throughout the maintenance operation
Financial & Asset Management
- Develop and manage maintenance budgets
- Control repair costs while maintaining high-quality standards
- Oversee parts inventory and vendor relationships
- Monitor warranty recovery opportunities
- Assist with fleet replacement planning and equipment purchasing decisions
Operational Excellence
- Analyze maintenance KPIs and fleet performance metrics
- Identify opportunities to improve uptime and reduce maintenance costs
- Perform root cause analysis on recurring equipment failures
- Implement best practices, process improvements, and preventive maintenance initiatives
- Ensure maintenance management software and inventory systems remain accurate
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED required; technical or college education preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive experience in fleet maintenance management, preferably within the waste, transportation, heavy equipment, or commercial fleet industries.
- Proven leadership experience managing maintenance technicians, supervisors, and cross-functional teams.
- Extensive knowledge of heavy-duty diesel truck maintenance; CNG fleet experience is strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of DOT, OSHA, EPA, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
- Demonstrated experience managing maintenance budgets, cost controls, resource planning, and asset management.
- Strong project management, planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization.
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Basic understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting.
- Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting maintenance data, generating reports, and identifying operational improvements.
- High attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and quality.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) and computerized fleet maintenance management systems (such as Dossier or similar CMMS software).
- Proven record of professional achievement, leadership, and operational success.
Certifications & Licenses
- Valid driver's license required.
- CDL (Class A or B) preferred.
- Brake Certification required.
- Engine Rebuild Certification is a plus.
Work Environment & Physical Requirements
- Work is performed in a combination of office, maintenance shop, and outdoor environments.
- Ability to safely navigate and work around heavy equipment, machinery, and moving vehicles.
- Frequent use of computers, keyboards, tools, equipment controls, and vehicle operation.
- Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, or move materials weighing up to 20 pounds.
- Ability to bend, stoop, reach, and perform occasional physical tasks within a maintenance environment.
- Regular exposure to shop conditions, including noise, dust, odors, grease, machinery, and varying weather conditions.
- Must be able to work safely while following all company safety policies and procedures.
The statements above describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications.
Waste Pro is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A High School diploma is required.
- Requires 15+ years of progressive hands-on experience in fleet management (Preferred background in Waste Services, Transportation, Maintenance, Parts administration)
- Solid project management, resource planning, oral and written communication skills.
- Specialized understanding of maintenance procedures and general knowledge of industry regulations (e.g. EPA, DOT, OSHA).
- Ability to manage complex and dynamic situations requiring a well developed sense of strategic and tactical priorities.
- High degree of autonomy, yet team oriented with ability to work cross-functionally within a matrix organization.
- Skilled in planning, implementing goals required in the cost effective management of allocated resources.
- Basic understanding of accounting principals
- Attention to detail with demonstrated ability to produce accurate and consistent work quality.
- Proficiency with computers, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and maintenance software programs (e.g. Dossier, etc.).
- Strong analytical skills with expertise in researching, interpreting, data management, and report generation.
- Experience managing and/or working as member of indirect/cross-functional team.
- Must excel at managing and influencing the operational and administrative processes inherent in a high growth environment.
- Will bring an overall record of success this is reflected in professional, personal, and academic accomplishments.
Special Considerations/Physical Work Requirements:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Exposure to chemical and residential waste.
- Walking, Jogging, Twisting, Crouching, Lifting
- Sufficient stamina for steady work pace throughout the day
- Able to utilize all Personal Protective Equipment as mandated by company
- Physically able to get up and down from the cab of a commercial motor vehicle between 50 and 100 times a da
- Physically able to lift 50 to 75 pounds from the floor to waist height unassisted
- Physically able to lift 50 pounds from the floor to shoulder height unassisted
- Physically able to lift 50 pounds form the floor to overhead unassisted
- Physically able to push and pull 50 pounds unassisted
- Physically able to frequently (100-200 times) bend at the knees and waist
- Physically able to frequently (100-200 times) reach over your head or reach out with extended arms to perform work
- Physically able to frequently (100-200 times) twist at the waist to perform work
- Physically able to work in extreme temperatures and weather environments (road calls)
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WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Normal setting for this job is: Inside and Outside with occasional exposure to extreme weather conditions.
