Operations Specialist

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Lyft’s mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. We care deeply about the people we work with and the communities we serve. To create the world’s best transportation, we start with our own team by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

Lyft is looking for a hands-on operations specialist to help supervise operations associates, drivers, and mechanics on the Lyft Bikes & Scooters team in the Bay Area. You will report to an Operations Manager, and work together to assure reliability and availability of our scooter fleet, as well as overall operational excellence for the program. This job is based in our Fremont, CA warehouse. This role works 12-hour shifts from 3am-3pm and/or from 3pm-3am. This role works a variable schedule including days, nights, weekends, and holidays.

If you share our vision for transportation that empowers local communities, reduces our environmental footprint and brings people together, we’d love to meet you!

Responsibilities:

  • Manage daily operations of our central maintenance facility in Fremont, CA
  • Supervise operations associates, drivers, and mechanics working in the facility or field
  • Oversee, dispatch, and route operations associates to pickup, deploy, and reposition the fleet
  • Refine playbooks to govern day-to-day operations
  • Monitor and maintain operational and quality metrics to evaluate performance
  • Perform analytical computer skills work and physical tasks including moving, charging, and maintaining scooters 
  • Perform supplemental work in one or more ownership categories assigned to you

Experience:

  • Experience supervising teams in a complex, fast-moving, rapidly changing environment such as a distribution warehouse, restaurant, or delivery operation
  • Ability to work non-standard work hours as needed including working nights, weekends, holidays, and shift-based schedules
  • Entrepreneurial mindset with a get-it-done attitude
  • Obsessed with process improvement
  • Overnight, evening, and weekend hours will be required

Benefits:

  • Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
  • In addition to 11 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
  • 401(k) plan to help save for your future
  • 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
  • Monthly commuter subsidy to cover your transit to work
  • 20% off all Lyft rides

Lyft is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Lyft does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. Lyft also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Lyft will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.