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Fleet Administration

The Transportation Manager oversees daily fleet and parking operations. Responsibilities include ensuring a safe and efficient transportation environment; strategizing and developing capital plans; devising plans for vehicle/equipment/structure obsolescence and replacement; managing repair/maintenance; making purchases; negotiating contracts/agreements; directing and supervising personnel; developing and managing budgets; collaborating and coordinating with consultants; ensuring customer service and regulatory compliance.

• Oversee daily fleet and parking operations including parking lot, deck, kiosk, and shelter management, vehicle purchases, transit services, driver dispatch, parking permit allocation and sales, parking enforcement, and special event parking
• Ensure an effective, efficient, safe, and sustainable transportation environment for students, faculty, staff, and guests; manage fleet and parking structure maintenance and repair; establish services and rates; develop and implement schedules, routes, pick-up and discharge points; facilitate ADA accommodations; devise plans for vehicle/equipment/structure life cycle, obsolescence, disposal, replacement
• Maintain awareness of the University Park Campus Master Plan; strategize and develop capital project initiatives; contract for or conduct transportation feasibility studies; facilitate designs; prepare bid specifications; collaborate with consultants; negotiate contracts/agreements
• Forecast, develop, and administer operating budgets; ensure fiscal responsibility; identify and implement cost containment; develop new and maximize existing revenue sources; monitor efficiency and productivity; manage financial reports
• Develop and maintain relationships with funding agencies, local municipal leaders, campus and community members; present transportation information for approval or general public information
• Keep abreast of transportation industry trends and regulatory requirements; develop operational changes, policies, and procedures; make notifications, develop training, and ensure compliance
• Direct, oversee, and address issues/reviews/investigations related to regulatory compliance, customer service, personnel performance; take corrective action as necessary
• Hire, train, coach, supervise, schedule, and evaluate employees; plan and coordinate professional development opportunities; adhere to Collective Bargaining Agreement provisions; participate in grievance and arbitration proceedings

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 15
• Minimum – $109,300.00
• MidPoint – $136,600.00
• Maximum – $164,000.00