Machine Shop Maintenance Supervisor jobs in Columbus, OH

Solutions driven success.

XPO is a top ten global provider of transportation services, with a highly integrated network of people, technology and physical assets. At XPO, we look for employees who like a challenge and can communicate effectively in all situations. We want to leverage your skills and years of experience to drive positive results while ensuring a bright future for yourself and XPO. If you’re looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO.

As the Shop Supervisor, we’ll count on you to lead a team of Technicians to maintain company-owned equipment. You’ll be essential to providing safe, reliable, and roadworthy equipment to our drivers, allowing them to provide superior and safe service to our customers. If you’re looking for a growth opportunity, join us at XPO.

Pay, benefits and more.

We are eager to attract the best, so we offer competitive compensation and a generous benefits package, including full health insurance (medical, dental and vision), 401(k), life insurance, disability and more.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Supervise maintenance employees and contract workers, including but not limited to hiring, scheduling, work assignments, and recommending promotions and terminations.
• Observe, mentor, develop and review the performance and progress of mechanics and all shop employees.
• Oversee routine maintenance functions and adjustments on all types of class 7 and 8 diesel equipment, forklifts, and trailing equipment in compliance with the manufacturers and company schedules.
• Oversee routine maintenance functions to ensure equipment proficiency and the highest productivity levels; ensure all work orders, including commercial work orders, are closed accurately and in a timely manner
• Perform safety inspections of equipment and prepare safety documentation.
• Minimize the time that equipment is out of service.
• Monitor the sale and disposition of retired and scrapped equipment
• Manage shop cost and supply on parts in tracking database system
• Communicate and coordinate with service center on units needing repair and which parts are needed
• Inventory control which includes shop cycle counts, maintaining proper inventory on hand, processing core refunds to ensure core credits, and ordering parts
• Monitor various reports to ensure compliance
• Support the leadership overseeing equipment maintenance and out-of-service equipment at outlying service centers supported by the shop
• Facilitate the annual job selection/shift bid (JSP) process for shop employees
• Review and analyze trends in parts utilization, gains, shortages, usage, uptime, and non-movement, in a way that ensures the highest efficiency and productivity of the shop
• Ensure company procedures, DOT policies and other required standard work instructions are followed by all shop employees
• Other duties as required

What you need to succeed at XPO:

At a minimum, you’ll need:

• 3 years of fleet maintenance or management experience
• A valid driver’s license

It’d be great if you also have:

• Associate degree or equivalent related work or military experience
• Current CDL
• Previous or current ASE Certifications
• 2 years leadership experience
• Less-than-Truckload (LTL) industry experience

• Solid verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively organize and present information; ability to lead and motivate others
• Availability to work a variety of shifts, including days, evenings, nights, and weekends

This job requires the ability to:

• Lift objects of various shapes, sizes, and weights up to 50 lbs. frequently and greater than 75 lbs. occasionally
• Reach (including above your head), bend, climb, push, pull, twist, squat and kneel
• Safely walk and stand for extended periods of time on a loading dock that is not climate-controlled and may be slippery
• Work outside in inclement weather

Be part of something big.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, disability, veteran or other protected status.

All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment may be required to take and pass a pre-employment drug test.

The above statements are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties and skills for this job classification.

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