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Director, Fleet Operations

United States, Hamel · Job Posted June 16, 2026
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The Director, Fleet Operations is responsible for all aspects of operating and maintaining the company-owned fleet of contract service equipment. This position provides leadership and support to the Operations team and develops organizational habits that ensure the company operates all track maintenance services in a safe, reliable and cost-effective manner, while balancing total cost of ownership decisions with required financial results.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead and develop a team of field-based managers of people
  • Establish standards and practices promoting a culture of working safely and efficiently
  • Develop future leaders through coaching and mentoring
  • Deliver strong leadership presence by leading the delivery of internal talent, leadership, and training programs
  • Build a strong culture focused on safety, employee engagement, and manager accountability
  • Motivate and inspire excellence through effective written and verbal communications
  • Champion execution of corporate and operational strategies
  • Build and maintain highly effective cross functional relationships
  • Manage, build, implement, and maintain sustainable leaders standard work, SOP's, and accountability mechanisms
  • Hold Ops leadership accountable for safety, quality, finance, and operational performance
  • Responsible for overall safety of the operation
  • Lead a culture of safety
  • Lead and oversee operational activities of multiple product lines within the fleet
  • Leverage leaders standard work and accountability to drive operational excellence
  • Develop and monitor appropriate leading and lagging metrics
  • Build plan, direct, develop, and implement strategic direction of operational department
  • Provide expertise and guidance on operations projects, processes, and systems
  • Manage development of controls and detailed analysis to monitor Operations performance
  • Manage planning, development, and preparation of departmental budgets and forecasts
  • Maintain relationship with supply chain
  • Develop and maintain relationships with key contacts on customer railroads
  • Interpret directives from customers and the executive team
  • Work cross functionally to execute core strategies and management operating system

Requirements

  • Proven ability to lead a culture of safety
  • Experience leading and developing a team of field-based managers
  • Experience leading operational activities of multiple product lines
  • Experience developing and monitoring leading and lagging metrics
  • Experience managing division P&L's, forecasting, and capital improvements
  • Experience managing departmental budgets and forecasts
  • Experience maintaining relationships with supply chain, subcontractors, vendors, and suppliers
  • Experience developing and maintaining relationships with key customer contacts
  • Experience interpreting directives from customers and executive team to create new operating rules, policies, procedures and instructions
  • Ability to work cross functionally to execute core strategies and management operating system
  • Experience in coaching and mentoring
  • Experience delivering internal talent, leadership and training programs
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to build and maintain cross functional relationships
  • Experience managing, building, implementing, and maintaining sustainable leaders standard work, SOP's, and accountability mechanisms
  • Experience holding Ops leadership accountable for safety, quality, finance, and operational performance
  • Experience managing the development of controls and detailed analysis to monitor Operations performance

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