Fleet Equipment Manager

About the role

Manages Company fleets equipment and utilization, while communicating with drivers and various departments regarding tractor assignments.

Responsibilities

• Performs supervisory responsibilities, as needed, to effectively manage personnel including training, coaching, planning, assigning work, appraising performance, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
• Researches and verifies the status and location of Company tractors and trailers and updates system accordingly.
• Confers with various departments to route tractors to appropriate terminals and to recover trucks when necessary.
• Investigates and resolves problems associated with equipment assignments.
• Ensures all tractor counts and yard checks are current and accurate.
• Assists in the management of Fleets idle compliance and fuel, additive, and oil tracing programs.
• Ensures all tractors seated by new hires have a completed and passing quality audit.
• Assists Fleets in tractor resolves off-hours prorate issues, when necessary.
• Manages rental car program for drivers, when necessary.
• Confers with other departments regarding driver on-boarding and orientation processes and resolves any issues, if necessary.
• Authorizes payment advances as needed.
• Provides support for any PeopleNet, including establishing new user accounts.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships.
• Travels to off-site locations as required.
• Receives and carries out instructions.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.