Assistant Area Manager

Lazer Logistics; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

401(k) matching

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Lazer Logistics is seeking an Assistant Area Manager to support Field Operations across a network of 24/7 customer sites in the St. Louis region. You will supervise site personnel, drive safety and service levels, and coordinate with customers and vendors to ensure consistent delivery.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, adaptability, and developing frontline teams in a fast-paced environment. You will partner with Area Managers to optimize performance and safety across sites.

Qualifications

• Must have experience overseeing 24/7 site operations and staff.
• Strong safety and compliance knowledge and execution.
• Proven ability to recruit, coach, and develop frontline teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations across 24/7 client sites with focus on safety and service levels.
• Monitor performance metrics and drive process improvements to meet targets.
• Ensure locations have necessary equipment and maintenance/rental readiness.
• Lead site personnel through full employee lifecycle including hiring and training.
• Coordinate logistics with customers and vendors to ensure seamless service.
• Hold site managers accountable for safety standards and issue resolution.

Skills

Safety mindset

Team leadership

Operations coordination

Performance monitoring

Job description

Summary

The Assistant Area Manager is a member of the Field Operations team, supporting the Area Manager in overseeing day-to-day operations across an assigned portion of 24/7 customer sites within a geographic region. This role owns

site-level performance management, safety compliance, and resource coordination while supervising and developing site personnel through the full employee lifecycle. The role partners closely with customers and vendors to ensure

consistent service delivery. The ideal candidate is a hands-on operator who is safety-minded, adaptable, and skilled at developing frontline teams in a fast-paced, 24/7 environment.

Job Description

Operational Excellence

Oversee day-to-day operations across an assigned portion of 24/7 customer sites, with a focus on safety and service levels.

Monitor performance metrics, develop process improvements, and resolve issues that impact service levels.

Ensure all locations have the necessary equipment to operate (maintenance & rentals).

People Development

• Provide guidance, supervision, and performance management to site personnel to meet business needs.
• Support the full employee lifecycle recruiting, hiring, team building, and training for new managers and drivers, and lead retraining for existing staff.
• Coach, mentor and develop employees while growing the team.

Customer & Vendor Relations

• Coordinate logistics activities with internal and external customers to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Ensure employees consistently deliver the highest level of customer service across assigned sites.

Safety & Compliance

• Hold site managers accountable for safety standards and resolve maintenance-related safety issues.
• Conduct safety observations and coaching sessions to reinforce adherence to safety standards.
• Escalate safety incidents and unresolved compliance issues to the Area Manager for resolution.

Team Leadership

• Be a leader by example and live our overall purpose and core values. Foster communication, collaboration, diversity, inclusion, innovation and a productive team environment.
• Promote a business partner and ownership mindset to the team to prioritize customer service excellence, adoption and resilience to change and continuous improvement.
• Other tasks that may be assigned.

Pay Range: - per_year, General Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance