A fleet of vehicles, kept running and accounted for — scheduling maintenance, tracking usage and costs, and making sure the right vehicle is ready when it's needed. Logistics that keep an operation rolling.
The role mixes tracking vehicles, costs, and maintenance with coordinating drivers or users. You juggle availability, repairs, and compliance, often putting out the day's unexpected fires — a breakdown, a missed inspection. Spreadsheets, vendors, and phone calls fill the time.
What's harder than it looks is the constant interruptions and competing demands — everyone needs a vehicle now. Budgets and downtime pull against each other, compliance and safety can't slip, and you're blamed when something's unavailable. Fleet size and industry change the complexity.
Organized, calm under pressure, and good at juggling logistics — that's the fit. If you want creative work or quiet focus, the interruptions can wear. But if you like keeping a complex operation moving — and being the reason it does — the work tends to be steadily satisfying.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
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A fleet of vehicles, kept running and accounted for — scheduling maintenance, tracking usage and costs, and making sure the right vehicle is ready when it's needed. Logistics that keep an operation rolling.
Median pay for a Fleet Coordinator is about $100K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $63K to $161K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Writing, and Complex Problem Solving.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to decline about 1.7% through 2034, with roughly 36,970 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Transportation Analyst, Senior Transportation Analyst, and Transportation Consultant.
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