Fleet & Parking Manager

Role Responsibilities

Are you a fleet expert with a passion for leadership, innovation, and bringing out the best in your team?

Step into a leadership role where you can make a visible impact. As the Fleet and Parking Manager, you will lead a dedicated team of four staff and play a key role in shaping efficient, innovative, and compliant fleet and parking operations. From developing policies and performance measures to overseeing vehicle acquisition, safety programs, and emerging emergencies, you will help drive smart operational decisions that support evolving business needs. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and forward-thinking leader who thrives on continuous improvement, operational excellence, and delivering practical solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

Operations Supervision and Leadership (People)

• Motivate, engage, and support Fleet and Parking team members to deliver exceptional client service.
• Provide supervision, coaching and professional development opportunities for staff to enhance their skills.
• Coordinate business area activities and align them with government policies and priorities.

Program Development and Implementation (Process)

• Oversee fleet operations, including policy compliance and process improvements.
• Lead the Annual Fleet Replacement Plan and acquisition process.
• Develop and implement fleet performance metrics (KPI’s) to ensure cost effective and efficient management.
• Assess and integrate emerging vehicle technologies where feasible and economically viable.

Administration

• Maintain accurate vehicle inventories and performance records to meet client needs.
• Ensure vehicles are properly licensed, equipped and maintained in compliance with legislative requirements.
• Collaborate with staff and clients to address fleet and parking requirements.

Safety

• Promote a strong culture of safety across fleet operations.
• Develop audit processes to monitor compliance with the National Safety Code and other regulations.
• Implement KPI’s to measure and improve fleet safety performance.

Please click on this link to view the job description for this position.

APS Competencies

Competencies are behaviors that are essential to reach our goals in serving Albertans. We encourage you to have an in depth understanding of the competencies that are required for this opportunity and to be prepared to demonstrate them during the recruitment process.

This link will assist you with understanding competencies:
https://www.alberta.ca/system/files/custom_downloaded_images/psc-alberta-public-service-competency-model.pdf.

Systems Thinking: Takes a long-term view towards organization’s objectives and how to achieve them:

• Takes holistic long-term view of challenges and opportunities.
• Anticipates outcomes and potential impacts, seeks stakeholder perspectives.
• Works towards actions and plans aligned with APS values.
• Works with others to identify areas for collaboration.

Build Collaborative Environments: Collaborates across functional areas and proactively addresses conflict:

• Encourages broad thinking on projects, and works to eliminate barriers to progress.
• Facilitates communication and collaboration.
• Anticipates and reduces conflict at the outset.
• Credits others and gets talent recognized.
• Promotes collaboration and commitment.

Drive for Results: Takes and delegates responsibility for outcomes:

• Uses variety of resources to monitor own performance standards.
• Acknowledges even indirect responsibility.
• Commits to what is good for Albertans even if not immediately accepted.
• Reaches goals consistent with APS direction.

Develop Self and Others: Plans according to career goals and regular development:

• Aligns personal goals with career goals.
• Leverages strengths; attempts stretch goals.
• Provides feedback and openly discusses team performance.
• Values team diversity, and supports personal development.

Creative Problem Solving: Focuses on continuous improvement and increasing breadth of insight:

• Asks questions to understand a problem.
• Looks for new ways to improve results and activities.
• Explores different work methods and what made projects successful.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirement for this Role:

• University degree (Business, Economics, Arts, Political Science, Marketing, Finance, Business Development, or a related field).
• Plus, four (4) years progressively responsible experience (Business management, Trade, Fleet, Parking or related).
• Valid Alberta Class 5 Driver's License.

Equivalency: Directly related education or experience considered on the basis of:

• 1 year of education for 1 year of experience; or
• 1 year of experience for 1 year of education.

Required:

• Extensive experience in fleet operations, asset management, and parking administration within a complex, multi-ministry environment. 
• Experience managing large and diverse vehicle fleets, overseeing vehicle life-cycle processes (acquisition, maintenance, tracking, and disposal), and coordinating parking allocation and assignments across multiple sites.
  
  

Assets:

• Proficiency in data analysis, reporting, and the use of system-generated information to support decision-making, performance monitoring, and operational planning.
• Knowledge of procurement and contract management processes, understanding of government policies and regulations related to fleet operations, and experience working within National Safety Code requirements and broader compliance frameworks.  
• Knowledge or experience using OPRA for parking administration, or similar.
• Strong technical competencies in the use and management of fleet and parking systems, including Holman for fleet management activities.

Minimum recruitment standards outline the minimum education and experience required for appointment to a job classification. 

Refer to https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-minimum-recruitment-standards.

Notes

Position Information:

• Office located in Edmonton (J.G.O’Donoghue Building 7000-113 Street).
• Hours of Work: 36.25 hours per week (permanent full time).
• Monday to Friday (08:15 am-16:30 pm). 
• Travel: Up to 10% travel; valid driver’s license is required. 

Other Application Information:

• A cover letter is required with your application, outlining how your education and experience aligns with the role.
• Final candidates may be required to undergo a written test demonstrating writing skills and abilities pre or post interviews.
• This position will require final candidates to undergo a security clearance.
• Any costs associated with obtaining the required documents/checks as noted or interview travel expenses, will be the responsibility of the candidate. Out-of-province applicants can obtain the required documents/checks from the province they currently reside in.

Links and information on what the GoA have to offer to prospective employees.

• Working for the Alberta Public Service - https://www.alberta.ca/advantages-working-for-alberta-public-service.aspx.
• Management Employees Pension Plan (MEPP) - https://www.mepp.ca.
• Alberta Public Service Benefit Information - https://www.alberta.ca/alberta-public-service-benefits.
• Professional learning and development - https://www.alberta.ca/professional-development-support-directive.
• Research Alberta Public Service Careers tool – https://researchapscareers.alberta.ca.
• Positive workplace culture and work-life balance.
• Leadership and mentorship programs.