Operational & Financial Leadership
- Provides full operational oversight for multiple regions or business units, with accountability for profit and loss (P&L), revenue growth, margin performance, and cost control.
- Leads annual operating plans, budgets, forecasts, and long-term strategic initiatives in alignment with company objectives.
- Drives operational consistency, standardization, and best practices across all locations.
- Ensures effective deployment and utilization of capital assets, fleet, and labor resources across regions.
Safety, Compliance & Risk Management
- Champions a strong, visible safety culture and ensures adherence to all Patriot Health & Safety programs, DOT requirements, and environmental compliance standards.
- Maintains expert-level knowledge of federal, state, and local hazardous waste regulations and ensures all operations are audit-ready.
- Partners with EHS and Compliance leaders to proactively identify operational risks and implement corrective actions.
People Leadership & Talent Development
- Leads, mentors, and develops Area Managers and senior operational leaders; builds a strong leadership bench and succession pipeline.
- Ensures consistent performance management, coaching, and accountability across regions.
- Makes key hiring, promotion, and termination decisions in partnership with HR.
- Models leadership behaviors that reinforce integrity, accountability, and collaboration.
Strategic Growth & Customer Partnership
- Partners with Sales and executive leadership to support strategic growth initiatives, including major pursuits, pricing strategy, and large or complex proposals.
- Maintains executive-level relationships with key customers and ensures resolution of escalated issues.
- Evaluates market opportunities, operational scalability, and potential acquisitions or expansions.
Project Oversight & Execution Excellence
- Provides executive oversight for complex, high-risk, or high-value projects.
- Ensures strong project controls, including schedule adherence, budget control, and disciplined change order management.
- Reviews regional performance metrics and drives continuous improvement initiatives.
- Bachelors degree required; MBA or advanced professional certifications (PG, PE, CHMM, etc.) strongly preferred
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in environmental services, hazardous waste, remediation, or related industrial operations
- 10+ years of direct P&L leadership with multi-location or multi-region responsibility
- Deep knowledge of environmental, DOT, and safety regulations
- Proven success leading large, geographically dispersed teams
- Experience partnering with executive leadership on strategy and growth initiatives
- Executive-level leadership presence and decision-making capability
- Strong strategic and financial acumen
- Ability to drive alignment across regions and functions
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Results-driven with a continuous improvement mindset
- High level of integrity, accountability, and professionalism