Maintenance Support Manager - Central

About the Role

This role is the most senior technical expert within the Whistle Express maintenance organization. As an individual contributor, the Maintenance Support Manager is deployed to the company’s most strategic, complex, and high-impact maintenance projects. This role works hands-on at sites to diagnose issues, restore equipment performance, strengthen reliability, and develop practical solutions that can be scaled across the organization. While the role does not lead people, it provides technical direction, field expertise, and trusted guidance to Maintenance, Operations, and other cross-functional partners.

What You’ll Do

• Deploy to priority sites and strategic maintenance projects requiring advanced technical expertise and hands-on support

• Diagnose complex, recurring, or high-impact equipment issues and implement durable corrective actions

• Perform field-based troubleshooting, repair, commissioning, and optimization of car wash systems and related equipment

• Lead the technical workstream for major equipment failures, site recoveries, retrofits, conversions, new openings, and other critical initiatives

• Partner with site teams and Operations leaders to stabilize equipment performance, reduce downtime, and improve the customer experience

• Identify root causes, document findings, and translate field learnings into repeatable maintenance standards, procedures, and preventive actions

• Serve as a technical resource to maintenance teams by providing guidance, troubleshooting support, and practical knowledge transfer without direct people-management responsibility

• Evaluate equipment performance, repair history, parts usage, and maintenance data to identify systemic risks and improvement opportunities

• Collaborate with vendors, manufacturers, Engineering, Safety, Training, and Operations to resolve technical issues and support effective implementation

• Maintain clear project documentation, communicate progress and risks, and provide recommendations to maintenance and business leaders

• Promote safe work practices and ensure all technical work complies with company standards, manufacturer requirements, and applicable regulations

• Travel to Whistle Express locations as business needs require, with significant time spent working directly in the field

What You’ll Bring

• 7+ years of progressive maintenance experience supporting complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, or automated equipment systems

• Advanced technical knowledge of car wash equipment or comparable multi-system automated environments

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex failures, determine root causes, and complete effective repairs in the field

• Experience supporting major equipment installations, retrofits, site openings, recoveries, or reliability-improvement projects

• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, blueprints, and equipment specifications

• Strong project execution, organization, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills

• Ability to work independently, make sound technical decisions, and operate effectively in urgent or high-impact situations

• Proficiency with maintenance management systems, reporting tools, and standard business technology

• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel extensively to company sites

• Ability to perform the physical requirements of hands-on field maintenance work, with or without reasonable accommodation

How You’ll Succeed

• Technical mastery: Brings deep expertise across equipment systems and is trusted with the organization’s most complex technical challenges

• Hands-on execution: Works directly at sites, stays close to the equipment, and follows issues through to sustainable resolution

• Root-cause thinking: Looks beyond the immediate repair to identify patterns, risks, and long-term corrective actions

• Ownership and urgency: Responds decisively to critical needs and maintains accountability for results

• Practical influence: Builds alignment through credibility, clear recommendations, and knowledge sharing rather than formal authority

• Operational partnership: Balances technical requirements with site priorities, safety, cost, uptime, and customer impact

Base Pay Range

$117,000.00 - $208,900.00

Run It Like You Own It

Most places give you a job. Whistle gives you something to own. 🚗✨ Just a heads-up: if we ever need your personal details for a real job offer, we’ll only ask for them safely through our official HR platform. Keep shining, and thanks for wanting to be part of our team!

WHISTLE'S VALUES

We share the responsibility for creating the best experience for our customers, team members, and facilities.

Be Curious - We have a drive to learn, grow, challenge, and explore better ways of doing things.

Take Accountability - We take ownership of our actions, commitments, and results.

Show respect - We value every person by listening openly, communicating honestly, and treating others with dignity.

Pursue Excellence - We set the bar high, sweat the small stuff, and pursue continuous improvement -together.