Regional Operations Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a Regional Operations Manager to oversee day-to-day operations and provide administrative oversight for 3 RNG plants in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area and 1 plant in Plains, Kansas. This role reports to the Director of Operations and collaborates with the company’s Operations and Operations Support teams. The successful candidate will play a key role in operator development, P&L management, data analysis, continuous improvement, troubleshooting, and technology and economic evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Manage the safety, compliance, operations, maintenance, and operating costs of designated sites.
• Supervise and manage the activities, performance, development, and conduct of site employees using a coaching and empowerment approach.
• Support operators by resolving daily bottlenecks, providing necessary tools and resources, and removing administrative friction to ensure safe and efficient plant operations.
• Cultivate a transparent safety and regulatory compliance culture.
• Analyze operating performance of each RNG facility, lead root cause analysis, and drive process improvements by valuing field experience alongside engineering data.
• Develop and conduct analyses of alternative approaches to maximize RNG production and reduce operating costs.
• Lead the analysis of maintenance work to optimize quality and cost, including decisions on in-house vs. outsourced tasks.
• Evaluate, select, and develop scopes of work for maintenance contractors for complex activities such as digester cleanouts and scrubbing media changeouts.
• Develop and review standard operating procedures with operators to ensure consistency in work execution.
• Interface with utility, farm, and vendor partners to support plant performance.
• Ensure compliance with site Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements, including participation in Management of Change (MOC), Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs), documentation reviews, and site mechanical integrity programs.
• Support procurement activities for regional sites and develop regional procurement strategy with lead operators.
• Manage spend within the annual budget and support the creation of annual budgets by forecasting maintenance and operations spending.

Requirements

• Ten (10) years of increasingly responsible industrial experience, including at least five (5) years in plant management and other industrial supervisory roles.
• Willingness to relocate to Wisconsin if not already living in the region.
• Expertise in SCADA and control system operations and management.
• Expertise in the use of CMMS systems, ideally MaintainX.
• Proficiency in the MS Office suite, including Outlook, MS Excel, and MS Project.
• Willingness to travel as needed to responsible sites and occasionally to other regions, with an expected travel time of 1-2 weeks per month.

Qualifications

• Direct experience in RNG plant management (open to wastewater or industrial plant experience).
• Electrical and instrumentation/controls experience.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in engineering, preferably mechanical or electrical.
• Lean Six Sigma certification (desired).
• Process Safety Management (PSM) experience (desired).