Date posted
October 2, 2024
Employment Type
Full-time
Industry
Transportation
Job Location
Jacksonville, Florida
Working Hours
40+ hours
Position title
Maintenance Supervisor - Skyway - JTA
Description
Job Summary / Brief Description of Work:
Under the direction of the Skyway Director (Director), the Maintenance Supervisor - Skyway is responsible for overseeing maintenance service technicians and utility staff responsible for the repair, upkeep, and cleaning of the Skyway Automated People Mover.
Responsibilities
- Assign and schedule daily work to mechanics, service station employees, technicians and clerical staff who are engaged in the maintenance and repair of equipment.
- Maintain daily work sheets.
- Prepare and prioritize assigned work orders.
- Report and record equipment defects.
- Review work in progress, perform weekly quality control inspections, and ensure the preventive maintenance program is progressing according to schedule.
- Assist department staff by answering questions and providing information relating to methods and procedures to be used.
- Assist mechanics in diagnosis and training. Perform cross training of jobs where feasible.
- Maintain a variety of computerized records and prepare reports of work performed, repairs, materials used, fuel usage, daily reports, and work orders.
- Maintain the shop and work area in a safe and neat manner.
- Record all significant events involving operations or other activities that are controlled and monitored.
- Coordinate with Supervisor of Skyway Operations and Maintenance Supervisor to schedule events such as modifications, retrofits, and/or extra service.
- Monitor train movement by the Automatic Train Supervision (ATS) system.
- Monitor patrons in the system by closed circuit television.
- Monitor and control the power configuration and distribution level of the guideway using a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system (SCADA).
- Ensure the safety and security of the system by following approved technical, operational and safety procedures.
- Check and monitor alarms and related safety and security systems.
- Research and assist with Skyway Special projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma supplemented by advanced technical training in transit vehicle maintenance.
- Five (5) years of mechanical experience in the maintenance and repair of fleet vehicles.
Preferred Qualifications:
Associate degree in a Technology-related field from an accredited college or university and prior transit supervisory experience.
Skills
- Actively demonstrate JTA’s Elements of a Leader, including being engaged, courageous, a good communicator, empathetic, a critical thinker, a team player, a strategic thinker, customer-focused, a change agent/innovative, inspirational/high energy, accountable, and having integrity.
- Must be able to initiate any Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Emergency Operating Procedure (EOP) and Failure Management System Recovery (FMSR) procedures when needed.
- Knowledge of new transportation technologies.
- Knowledge of principles of management, supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
- Knowledge of employee and labor relations and experience working with union employees.
- Working knowledge of production, operations, and materials planning, practices, and processes.
- Knowledge of occupational hazards and accident prevention methods in assigned area of responsibility.
- Knowledge of methods, practices, tools, and equipment related to vehicle maintenance and repair.
- Knowledge of parts inventories management and control.
- Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing, with employees of all levels within an organization.
- Ability to balance capacities of different shops to maximize system effectiveness and efficiencies.
- Ability to comprehend and apply operational and safety procedures.
- Ability to complete a two-month driver training and certification program.
- Ability to track work request through Oracle Network.
- Ability to multitask and work under pressure in time-sensitive situations.
- Ability to maintain a complex data base system for daily reports.
- Ability to retain records, prepare reports, and maintain files.
Education
Degree not required.
About JTA
The Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants are treated without regard to their race, color, creed, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), age, disability, or veteran status.
