Fleet Operations Assistant Manager at Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, FL

About the Department

Why Join ECUA Fleet Operations

ECUA plays a critical role in protecting and serving our community every day. Our Fleet Operations Division keeps the vehicles and equipment running that support sanitation, water, recycling, and environmental services across the Gulf Coast. When our fleet performs well, our community benefits — and you will be part of the team that makes that happen.

We are looking for a Fleet Operations Assistant Manager who brings leadership, mechanical awareness, and an ability to organize work and people. This is an opportunity to step into a role where your judgment is valued, your ideas can drive operational improvements, and your work has visible impact.

What makes this role stand out:
• You’ll work with a wide variety of equipment — from heavy trucks and loaders to specialty, hydraulic, and alternative-fuel systems.
• You’ll help shape preventive maintenance discipline, technician development, and inventory accuracy.
• Your work supports a mission that matters — reliability, safety, and service to the community.

Who will do well here:
 • A leader who communicates clearly and sets expectations with fairness and consistency.
 • Someone who is organized, forward-thinking, and able to coordinate repairs and priorities effectively.
 • Someone who values a professional shop environment built on respect, accountability, and pride of work.

If you want to apply your experience where it makes a difference — in a place where the work is meaningful and the results are seen every day — this is the right next step.

Position Duties

Education/Experience (must meet at least one of the following):

• Associate degree or a, Automotive/Truck Technical certificate from an accredited school + 5 years of leadership experience in fleet maintenanceoperations
• High school diploma or equivalent+ 8 years of leadership experience in a fleet maintenanceoperations role.

(Educational documentation will be requested upon offer of employment.)

Proven customer service record with both internal departments and external clients. Skilled in supervising, evaluating, and coaching maintenance personnel.

Licenses and Certifications:

Must possess or obtain at least a Class "B" CDL within six (6) months of hire.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Managed mixed fleets of 200+ vehicles and equipment, including lifecycle and capital planning. Assisted with inventory budgets of $500,000. Demonstrated success in improving uptime, preventive maintenance compliance, and reducing downtime. Proficient with fleet software (e.g., Fleetio, Faster, Dossier, AssetWorks, Samsara). 

Minimum of 2 years managing fleet parts inventory with demonstrated experience in usage analysis, purchasing, and reconciliation

Employment offers to all new hires are contingent upon the job candidates successfully passing background and reference checks, nicotine screening, drug screening, and post job offer physicals (that may include pulmonary testing). Offers of transfers or promotion to current ECUA employees are not subject to nicotine screening. All applicants are subject to physical assessments as required by job.

Minimum Qualifications

While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, or walk, use hands to ?nger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, climb, or balance, and lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and may occasionally be required to lift over 100 pounds.

Working Conditions:
While performing the essential functions of this job the employee is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts, and is regularly exposed to outdoor wet and humid weather conditions, fumes, noxious odors, dusts, mists, gases,  and toxic or caustic chemicals.

The incumbent's working conditions are typically loud when operating or around operating equipment, and less so within office area.

Other Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Abilities:

Plan, prioritize, and schedule ?eet maintenance activities. Supervise skilled automotive technicians.

Read and comprehend technical repair manuals and reference tools, and assist others with the application of repairs and direction.

Manipulate computer data for reporting, inventory, and analysis.

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