Director, Wellfield Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead the management of landfill gas collection, wellfield operations, gas recovery, and RNG production support across various facilities.

• Standardize operating procedures, performance expectations, and execution practices in the field.

• Supervise wellfield balancing, tuning, gas quality management, and enhancements in collection efficiency.

• Optimize wellfield performance to boost gas recovery, stabilize gas quality, enhance reliability, and minimize production losses.

• Formulate corrective action plans addressing poor well performance, air intrusion, condensate problems, excessive vacuum, and other related issues.

• Collaborate with Operations and landfill teams to synchronize wellfield conditions, processing requirements, production stability, and financial outcomes.

• Take charge of the long-term wellfield development strategy for the landfill portfolio.

• Create annual and multi-year capital plans aimed at wellfield expansion, replacement, and optimization.

• Prioritize projects by evaluating gas recovery potential, regulatory demands, operational risks, capital necessities, and financial returns.

• Review designs, specifications, construction plans, contractor proposals, and opportunities for system expansion.

• Oversee construction and installation activities to ensure compliance with design, schedule, budget, safety, and operational standards.

• Guarantee adherence of gas collection systems to federal, state, local, permit, and environmental regulations.

• Supervise monitoring, inspections, recordkeeping, reporting support, and corrective actions for wellfield compliance.

• Assist Environmental and Regulatory teams during inspections, audits, permitting activities, and interactions with agencies.

• Identify compliance risks and develop mitigation strategies.

• Create dashboards, standardized reports, benchmarks, and forecasts regarding performance, recovery, compliance, uptime, and lost production.

• Analyze operational data, SCADA, GIS, monitoring systems, and field insights to spot trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Lead and cultivate the wellfield organization across the company's landfill and RNG portfolio.

• Define staffing requirements, organizational structure, responsibilities, training standards, and performance expectations.

• Recruit, train, mentor, and develop wellfield managers, supervisors, technicians, and field staff.

• Build succession plans and enhance technical leadership.

• Advocate for safety, accountability, compliance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

• Manage drilling, construction, environmental, monitoring, and specialty contractors from proposal review to project completion.

• Establish performance expectations, safety requirements, and standards for project execution for contractors.

• Manage contractor relationships in collaboration with Procurement, Operations, and executive leadership.

• Ensure projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and according to design specifications.

• Serve as the primary subject matter expert for landfill gas wellfield strategy, operations, development, and performance enhancement.

• Provide counsel to executive leadership on wellfield strategy, capital investments, staffing, compliance, and production opportunities.

• Support acquisition due diligence and technical evaluations for potential landfill gas and RNG projects.

• Assess wellfield conditions, development needs, and operational risks at potential acquisitions.

• Scale standardized systems and processes to facilitate portfolio growth and ensure consistent execution.

• Enhance EBITDA through increased gas recovery, lowered operating costs, and improved facility utilization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, operations, construction management, or a related technical field.

• Over 8 years of experience in landfill gas, RNG, landfill operations, wellfield management, or environmental compliance.

• Direct experience in managing landfill gas collection systems and wellfield performance.

• Strong technical expertise in gas collection, wellfield balancing, gas quality, condensate management, and gas utilization.

• Experience in managing well installation, collection-system development, and related field execution activities.

• Proven experience in leading technical teams, field personnel, contractors, and cross-functional project partners.

• Understanding of landfill gas, environmental, permitting, monitoring, and regulatory compliance requirements.

• Experience in developing operating budgets, capital budgets, forecasts, and project-level business cases.

• Strong analytical, financial, project management, and problem-solving abilities.

• Willingness and capability to travel frequently across the company's landfill and RNG portfolio.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness programs.

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• Flexible work environment and schedule options.