Fleet Maintenance Manager (Maintenance Workshop Supervisor) at Air Liquide

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Fleet Maintenance Manager to oversee the maintenance and repair of our fleet of road tankers and undercarriages. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing and reducing maintenance costs while ensuring the reliability and safety of our fleet.

Responsibilities:

Technical fitness of the fleet:

• Ensure that the fleet is technically comply with safety & operational requirement as per local regulation & or AL GTs, leading the necessary assessment to identify the gaps & lead technical upgrading of existing fleet 
• Review & validate the technical specification of newly purchased fleet providing technical support to procurement during the procurement process   

Lead the fleet maintenance activities ensuring the highest fleet availability & reliability meanwhile minimizing the maintenance cost / KM driven through:

• Ownership of CMMS ( Computerised maintenance management system ) for bulk fleet white & black parts, ensuring proper & clean data inputs
• Establish the work standard, spare parts, required manpower, & cost for each maintenance task in the CMMS 
• Ensure Proper & in time  implementation of preventive maintenance tasks by coordinating between logistic dispatch team & maintenance contractors  ( white & black parts ) to make the fleet available in time to execute maintenance activities
• Follow up with procurement department to ensure availability of black & white parts spare parts 
• Follow up the proper execution of maintenance tasks & update the CMMS by the actual consumed spares, manpower, time consumed for each maintenance task 
• Participate with procurement to qualify workshops & personnel who execute white & black parts maintenance
• Perform routine analysis regarding fleet availability & reliability, mean time between failures
• Perform routine analysis for the maintenance cost ( white & back parts ) using the database in CMMS establishing trends for white & black parts maintenance cost / Ton & or / KM  

Lead the fleet renewal & expansion studies / execution 

• Understand the road regulation related to transportation of dangerous goods, safety & operational requirements, maximum GVW, & load distribution limitation 
• Perform feasibility studies for fleet renewal based on TCO ( total cost of ownership ) & added value of payload optimization

Qualifications:

• Matric and Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or a related field

Experience

• 3+ years of experience in truck or vehicle maintenance, preferably in a workshop setting
• Experience with truck OEMs, body carriage, and undercarriage equipment
• Experience managing a maintenance budget

Competencies

• Strong leadership and management skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Attention to detail and a commitment to safety