Vice President Field Services

About the Role

Midwest Compressor Systems is seeking a Vice President of Field Services to set the strategy, strengthen the leadership team, and scale field operations as our fleet and customer base grows. This executive will lead through the Director of Field Services and create a consistent, high-performing service organization across multiple operating regions. The role is hands-on for a leader who can connect strategy to execution—balancing safety, customer responsiveness, equipment reliability, workforce capacity, and financial performance. This position reports to the CEO and serves as a member of the senior leadership team.

This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of a critical operating function—not simply maintain it. The successful leader will have direct influence on customer experience, equipment uptime, organizational growth, and the development of the next generation of field leaders.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute a multi-year Field Services strategy aligned with fleet growth, geographic expansion, and company priorities.
• Lead, coach, and hold accountable the Field Services team while building leadership depth and clear accountability across all regions.
• Own Field Services financial performance, including budgets, profitability, labor utilization, overtime, travel, fleet expense, and capital planning.
• Establish consistent operations standards for installations, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, emergency response, and service documentation.
• Serve as executive sponsor for strategic customers, major service commitments, and complex customer escalations.
• Advance safety, technical capabilities, predictive maintenance, field service technology, and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
• Partner closely with Sales, Finance, and Operations to align capacity, customer commitments, workforce plans, and equipment reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, operations management, or a related field—or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of progressive field service, industrial operations, or energy-service experience, including 5+ years leading geographically dispersed teams.
• Proven experience leading leaders through a Director or Senior Management structure.
• Demonstrated ownership of departmental financial performance, operating and capital budgets, and scalable growth strategies.
• Strong knowledge of field operations, equipment reliability, workforce deployment, and customer support in oil and gas, compression, or a related industrial service environment.
• Executive-level communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to turn financial and operating data into action.
• Ability to travel 30%-40%, including overnight travel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Compressor leasing, packaging, maintenance, or rotating equipment experience.
• Field service technology, customer portals, or performance analytics experience.
• Geographic expansion, acquisition integration, or rapid fleet growth experience.
• MBA.