JOB TITLE: Maintenance Supervisor
SUPERVISOR: Maintenance Manager
Starting Wage: $57,000-$62,000; Exempt
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Supervises mechanics in the repair and maintenance of fleet vehicles and equipment. Coordinates with dispatch to maintain situation awareness for vehicle repair requirements and to provide current fleet status. Effectively communicates maintenance work status between shifts. Trains employees and enforces department safety and environmental compliance programs. Assist Operations, Administration and City departments in meeting department and company goals.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Provide meaningful supervision of maintenance employees with focus on safety; assign and direct work; coach, counsel, ensure polices/procedures are communicated and followed; appraise performance; conduct effective corrective action discussions.
- Establish effective relationships & trust with mechanics through regular communication, meaningful support and problem solving, and fair & consistent application of the labor contract, policies & procedures.
- Maintains a working knowledge of the principles, methods, and procedures of transit fleet maintenance operations and preventive maintenance programs.
- Assigns tasks to mechanics and inspects completed work for conformance to standards.
- Maintains current information in the department’s maintenance management database and continuously maintains a current fleet status report.
- Assists mechanics in identifying parts required for vehicle repairs. May be required to order work order parts for vehicles being repaired.
- Share in the responsibility for implementing and monitoring KAT’s EEO Policy and Program; complete assigned tasks to ensure that compliance is achieved.
- Coordinates with vendors, validates shipment receipts, and approves department invoices.
- Demonstrate skill and accuracy with the payroll system; approve accurate time records, administer leave requests, provide accrual and attendance information to employees; maintain consistent documentation.
- Coordinates work activities between shop sections and shifts.
- Understands basic Federal, State and Local procurement rules and regulations.
- Possesses strong knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations as they apply to maintenance shop operations and ability to enforce those requirements.
- Prepares, analyzes, and submits periodic maintenance reports.
- Manages software updates to diagnostic equipment.
- Monitors fuel levels in underground storage tanks and orders fuel.
- Other duties as assigned by the Director of Maintenance
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
High school diploma or possess a GED certificate, graduation from technical or vocational school preferred. Training at manufacturers’ schools and courses, five years’ experience as a bus or heavy-duty equipment diesel mechanic and two years of increasing supervisory responsibility is highly desirable.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must possess or obtain a State of Tennessee Class B Commercial Driver’s License with “P” endorsement within a required timeframe.
- Good knowledge of the repair, maintenance, and modification of light and heavy gasoline, electric, and diesel powered automotive equipment, including mass transportation vehicles, shop equipment, and related components.
- Knowledge of Cummins ISL and ISB as well as Allison B400 and H40 highly desired.
- Possess knowledge of the use of all types of heavy-duty automotive machinist equipment and tools effec-tively in the repair or fabrication of mechanical equipment; possess a working knowledge in diagnosing and repair of malfunctioning equipment.
- Must be able to work beyond normal shift and days off as needed.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating or maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and parts books.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to effectively present information in a one-on-one and small group settings.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Ability to use computer equipment to track vehicle maintenance and prepare maintenance reports.
- Ability to simultaneously operate computer diagnostic software and online diagnostic programs to assist mechanics in troubleshooting bus components.
- Effective computer skills with basic knowledge of Microsoft Office.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit, talk, or hear.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
- The employee may experience repetitive motion of wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
- The employee may occasionally be required to reach above shoulders, below waist, and reach waist to shoulder
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- The employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of shock, and vibration.
- The employee occasionally works in precarious places and in outside weather conditions and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme heat or extreme cold.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
- Generally inside maintenance shop with significant work pace and pressure.
