Vice President Operations

Develop and execute an enterprise-wide operations strategy aligned with Clean Energy's corporate strategy and leadership priorities.

Develop a culture of ownership, accountability, and operational discipline.

Mentor directors, managers, supervisors, planners, schedulers, engineers, and technical teams.

Build strong cross-functional relationships between Operations, Supply Chain, Reliability, Engineering, Finance, and Safety.

Drive enterprise alignment through governance and communication.

Serve as a key advisor to the COO on operational health, capital improvements, and opportunities to improve costs, revenue, and operational efficiency.

Provide executive leadership over field operations, maintenance, reliability engineering, planning & scheduling, and execution teams.

Develop and execute operational strategies aligned with company growth objectives.

Drive safety, operational excellence, and performance consistency across all regions and sites.

Establish governance frameworks ensuring standardized work execution.

Lead organizational capability development and succession planning.

Build high-performing operational teams focused on accountability and continuous improvement.

Own enterprise reliability strategy and maintenance operating model.

Improve asset uptime, MTBF, MTTR, and equipment availability.

Reduce reactive maintenance and drive planned work execution discipline.

Establish reliability governance, standard work, and KPI ownership.

Lead weekly scheduling governance and schedule compliance management.

Improve workforce productivity, wrench time, and execution efficiency.

Establish operational readiness gates and planning accountability.

Partner with technology teams to optimize ERP, CMMS, IoT, SCADA, and related tools to track and analyze operational metrics.

Own enterprise asset management strategy and supporting systems.

Drive asset hierarchy accuracy, equipment master data quality, and maintenance data governance.

Ensure system adoption supporting planning, maintenance execution, inventory, reliability analytics, and reporting.

Improve work order quality, failure coding accuracy, and operational reporting integrity.

Lead continuous improvement initiatives utilizing operational data and analytics.

Bachelor's degree in Operations Management, Business, Industrial Technology, Operations, or a related field required. Advanced degree or professional certifications preferred.

5+ years leading maintenance, reliability, or operational organizations.

Demonstrated success improving reliability, maintenance performance, and operational KPIs.

Experience implementing enterprise operational systems and governance models.

Exposure to IoT, predictive maintenance, or AI-enabled operations preferred.

Experience managing customer O&M or service-based P&L models preferred.

Strong management presence with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.

Ability to lead through influence, challenge established norms, and facilitate difficult conversations.

High level of business acumen with the ability to align people strategy to operational and financial objectives.

Data-driven mindset with demonstrated experience using Operations metrics to inform decision-making.

Hands-on leadership style with willingness to engage directly in execution when required.

Strong judgment, integrity, and discretion in handling sensitive matters.

Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word, Excel and Outlook. Experience with CMMS software, such as Microsoft Field Services, SCADA systems. Experience with IoT, AI, and Predictive Analytics a plus.

Ability to work on-site at headquarters as required. Periodic travel to operational locations and facilities as needed.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and sit. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Always practice good judgment and refer to the safety guidelines.