Fleet Administration Section Director - Fleet Operations Division

Position Information

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Directs and oversees the Fleet Administration Section, which is comprised of the Fleet Services, Strategy and Analytics, Business

Operations and Acquisitions teams within the Fleet Operations division. These teams are responsible for developing the fleet

acquisitions strategy, implementation of fleet systems and enhancements, capital planning, strategy, and finance. Develops and

implements department policies, programs, and strategies consistent with federal and state law as well as directives issued by the

Commission regarding fleet systems operations. Work requires routine interaction with high-level executives, governmental

officials, private entities, internal agency audiences, and the public at large. Reports to the Deputy Director of Fleet

Operations Division, but is virtually self-supervising and assumes direct accountability for the work product.

Essential Duties:

• Reviews and analyzes project performance and objectives to determine opportunities for improvement across personnel, processes, and technology.
• Coordinates and monitors activities associated with administrative support functions.
• Directs and oversees administrative and business functions to include contract administration, purchasing, budget, facilities management, forecasting, planning, inventory control, reporting, and coordinating and monitoring functional activities.
• Guides data-driven strategic, financial and operational decisions across the entire fleet organization.
• Identifies potential project impediments, risks, and issues; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
• Supervises a group of professional and technical employees.
• Reviews and analyzes project performance and objectives to determine opportunities for improvement across personnel, processes, and technology.
• Coordinates and monitors activities associated with administrative support functions.
• Directs and oversees administrative and business functions to include contract administration, purchasing, budget, facilities management, forecasting, planning, inventory control, reporting, and coordinating and monitoring functional activities.
• Guides data-driven strategic, financial and operational decisions across the entire fleet organization.
• Identifies potential project impediments, risks, and issues; and designs strategies to mitigate or avoid them.
• Supervises a group of professional and technical employees.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline. Relevant work experience may be substituted for degree on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

• 5 years of experience in business operations and strategy. (Experience can be satisfied by fulltime or prorated parttime equivalent) Related graduate level education may be substituted for experience on a year per year basis.
• Must have three (3) years supervisory/managerial experience. Project leader or lead worker experience may substitute for supervisory/managerial experience.

Licenses and Certifications:

Valid driver's license. This position requires driving a state vehicle.

Preferred Qualifications:

Competencies:

Extensive knowledge of:

• Government programs and operations affecting highway and transportation development
• Federal, state, and local laws and regulations relevant to program areas and of the principles and practices of public administration and management
• Communication strategies, policies and methods
• Fleet management and operations
• Budgeting methods and procedures

Expert skill in:

• Communicating vision and direction of how an organization should function or a system should work under ideal conditions and conveying to others
• Establishing plans and setting objectives and goals that support overall business strategy/results; anticipating and adjusting for problems/roadblocks
• Persuasion, negotiation, and communication of critical issues
• Analytical thinking and problem solving

Proficient skill in:

• Supervising professional and technical staff
• Supervising, assigning, reviewing and monitoring the work of others
• Maintaining a safe working environment

Ability to:

• Communicate effectively

Other Attributes:

• Provides organizational leadership; fosters collaborative relationships; initiates and supports quality management activities and performance management measures to provide the highest quality products and services
• Manages financial and personnel resources to achieve individual and organizational goals
• Continually develops and coaches staff
• Collaborates and cooperates with others and builds effective working relationships with internal and external members to accomplish organizational goals

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
• Light work: Lift up to 20 lbs at a time and frequently lift or carry objects up to 10 lbs
• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions.