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people like you to help us. A career at BC Hydro is meaningful and provides you the opportunity to be part of a talented,
inclusive, and diverse team. We offer a healthy work-life balance, competitive wages, a comprehensive benefits package,
and training opportunities to support you in your career growth. We're proud to be ranked as one of B.C.'s Top Employers
and one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers.
We invite you to join us as we build an even cleaner B.C. We welcome applications from all qualified job seekers. If you’re a
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BC Hydro’s Fleet Services team provides a full range of vehicle and equipment services that are vital in supporting our
operations across British Columbia.
We are seeking a dynamic, strategic senior manager with a blend of experience to provide leadership as BC Hydro
transforms its fleet asset management function to meet the company’s evolving business needs. As part of the Fleet
leadership team, you will manage the team accountable for end-to-end fleet asset management processes and annual
acquisition of $60M of fleet assets, while ensuring operational excellence and the highest commitment to safety.
Your new team’s functional areas include fleet asset planning, vehicle standardization/ specifications, vehicle acquisition
and remarketing, supplier strategy and relationship management with third party vendors, and fleet maintenance
engineering.
With a diverse fleet of 3,600 assets (including a full range of heavy, medium and light vehicles, trailers, forklifts and
equipment), we are looking for a strong, technical leader, skilled in managing people, fleet-related processes and change
across a large organization.
You have a penchant for successfully building high-performing teams and supplier relationships; improving processes to
drive increased value for the organization; and ensuring safety and reliability engineering are foundational in asset
management solutions.
Working collaboratively with colleagues in Fleet, Supply Chain and end-user teams - across organizational levels is a
strength. You are passionate about understanding your end-users’ working conditions and vehicle requirements, and
ensuring that fit-for-purpose, cost-effective and safe vehicle solutions are delivered to meet the organization’s operational
needs.
Key accountabilities of this position include:
- Sustains fleet asset management policies (such as: optimal asset lifecycles and asset allocation);
- Market scanning;
- Develops and sustains deep relationships, specifically with BC Hydro operating groups, to understand their
business priorities and requirements so that fleet asset management processes successfully meet end-user needs in a
flexible, efficient manner;
- Develops and implements category strategies for key areas of Fleet spend (e.g. vehicle acquisition, outsourced
vehicle maintenance), in collaboration with BC Hydro’s Category Planning & Sourcing teams;
- Develops long-term strategic fleet acquisition plans (up to 10 years) and short-term budgets ( 1-3 years), in
collaboration with fleet end-users and stakeholders;
- Manages annual acquisition processes for fleet assets, including successful delivery on an average annual capital
spend of $60M;
- Manages a company-wide program to increase vehicle standardization and maintain vehicle specifications;
- Manages fleet safety and reliability engineering, including establishment of vehicle maintenance programs, safety/
technical solutioning, and engineering overview of vehicle recall campaigns;
- Manages relationships with key asset acquisition suppliers, to ensure performance and achieve continual
