Vice President Field Services

About the Role

Lead a growing multi-region service organization at the center of customer uptime and fleet performance. This executive role involves setting strategy, strengthening the leadership team, and scaling field operations as our fleet and customer base grows. The Vice President of Field Services will lead through the Director of Field Services to create a consistent, high-performing service organization across multiple operating regions. This hands-on executive role connects strategy to execution, balancing safety, customer responsiveness, equipment reliability, workforce capacity, and financial performance. The position reports to the CEO and serves as a member of the senior leadership team.

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.

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.

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.