Senior Director - Fleet Planning & Ops

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from:   $189,000 - $236,000 What We Offer: Competitive benefits and growth opportunities. Generous performance‑based bonuses. 12% 401(k) match. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Tuition reimbursement. Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways. For more information, please visit: Benefits - Avangrid Job Summary: The Senior Director of Fleet Operations is a high impact enterprise leadership role responsible for the strategic oversight, performance, financial management and transformation of a multi-state utility fleet consisting of approximately 5,000 vehicles and specialized equipment. The role supports electric, gas and power operations across 26 states, including approximately 22 garages and 76 mechanics. This is a highly visible, forward-facing leadership role responsible for end-to-end fleet lifecycle management across regulated utility operations in the Northeast. The role also provides governance and strategic oversight for a nationally dispersed Power fleet operating under an outsourced vendor model. The Senior Director will lead enterprise-wide initiatives focused on standardization, sustainability, fuel strategy, and cost optimization, while driving operational excellence. This leader is accountable for ensuring high fleet reliability and maximum asset uptime to support critical utility operations, including emergency and storm response. Key Responsibilities: Lead and manage a Fleet Team with 5 direct reports and a mix of 97 union and nonunion employees. Enterprise Strategy & Leadership: Develop and execute a multi-year fleet investment strategy, aligned with corporate and operating company goals, commitments and regulatory requirements. Serve as the strategic adviser to senior leadership on fleet investments, standardization, budget, risk mitigation and operational performance. Lead geographically dispersed teams, including fleet directors, managers, maintenance operations and vendor parters in each (OpCo) Operating Company. Drive organizational transformation initiatives (i.e. standardization, telematics, predictive maintenance, fuel strategy and sustainability). Monitor industry trends and implement innovative solutions for new fleet technology. Fleet Lifecycle Management: Manage the full lifecycle of vehicles and specialty equipment while enhancing asset strategies to balance cost, reliability and operational readiness with regulatory commitments and equipment lead times. Develop and implement cost saving and efficiencies initiatives across the fleet and devise strategy on the optimum level of in-house v outsource maintenance. Oversee timely vehicle registrations, inspections and in service dates, including decommissioning and sales of replacement vehicles. Operational Excellence & Performance Management: Manage and expand established KPI’s and performance…