Fleet Operations Manager

When your fleet spans highway maintenance snow and ice control construction electrical and infrastructure services fleet management is more than keeping equipment on the roadits about keeping communities moving.

Mainroad Group is looking for an experienced Corporate Fleet Manager to join OnTime Sales & Leasing our internal fleet and leasing organization supporting Mainroads operating companies across British Columbia and Alberta.

This is a corporate leadership role with a difference. You wont be running individual garages or telling local teams how to do their jobs. Instead youll provide the strategy data systems standards and expertise that help our operating companies make better fleet decisions improve readiness and control costs.

Youll lead a team of three Regional Equipment Managers and work closely with General Managers garage leaders and operational teams across the organization.

Set the Fleet Strategy

• Establish corporate fleet standards governance reporting and performance expectations.
• Build a clear enterprise-wide view of fleet cost utilization compliance downtime and asset lifecycle.
• Support capital planning replacement strategies and fleet standardization.
• Identify opportunities to improve asset deployment and overall fleet performance.

Turn Data Into Decisions

• Lead fleet cost and performance analysis using Holman financial data maintenance history utilization and telematics.
• Develop and monitor meaningful KPIs including cost per unit downtime availability utilization PM compliance reactive repairs and warranty recovery.
• Use Power BI and other reporting tools to turn complex fleet data into practical actionable insights.
• Identify recurring failures cost drivers underutilized assets and opportunities for improvement.

Support Our Operating Companies

• Partner with OpCo General Managers garage leads and operational leaders to solve fleet challenges.
• Provide practical guidance on preventative maintenance repair planning vendor performance and equipment readiness.
• Support decisions around internal versus outsourced maintenance.
• Help local teams prepare for seasonal demands particularly winter operations.
• Escalate systemic risks and recurring issues while respecting local operational ownership.

Champion Compliance & Safety

• Support compliance with National Safety Code (NSC) CVIP WorkSafeBC/OHS licensing registration and insurance requirements.
• Develop reporting and audit-support tools that give leadership confidence in fleet compliance.
• Identify trends and gaps and work with local leadership on corrective action.
• Help ensure our equipment is safe compliant and ready when it matters most.

Make Our Systems Work Smarter

• Champion consistent and effective use of Holman (formerly ARI) across the organization.
• Improve work order discipline repair coding maintenance authorization invoice accuracy and data quality.
• Use fleet data to monitor vendor cost quality turnaround time warranty recovery and repeat repairs.
• Ensure our fleet information is accurate enough to support real business decisions.

Drive Continuous Improvement

• Lead initiatives that improve equipment uptime PM compliance winter readiness workflow discipline and lifecycle cost.
• Create consistency where it adds value while allowing local teams the flexibility they need.
• Build a proactive data-driven fleet culture focused on readiness compliance cost and service reliability.

Youre a fleet professional who can see both the big picture and the details.

You bring:

• 710 years of progressive experience in fleet management heavy equipment highway maintenance construction or another asset-intensive environment.
• Experience supporting multiple locations business units or a decentralized/matrix organization.
• Strong knowledge of heavy trucks vocational equipment snow and ice equipment highway maintenance units and mixed fleets.
• A proven ability to lead through influence build trust and bring people along with change.
• Strong knowledge of NSC CVIP provincial inspections licensing registration insurance and OHS requirements in BC and Alberta.
• Strong analytical and financial skills including fleet cost analysis lifecycle costing KPIs and maintenance data.
• Experience with Holman/ARI or a similar fleet management system.
• Experience with Power BI or comparable reporting and analytics tools.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with executives General Managers garage teams and field operations.
• A practical solutions-oriented mindsetyou understand that the best fleet strategy is one that actually works in the field.

We will be offering a full compensation package including: RRSP matching additional vacation entitlement annual performance-based bonus extended health benefits.

Required Experience:

Manager