Branch Manager - Austin, TX

Ott; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, and 401(k)

Career advancement opportunities

Collaborative entrepreneurial culture

And more!

Job summary

Ott, an Ott company in Austin, Texas, seeks a Branch Manager to lead growth, build customer partnerships, and develop a high-impact team delivering exceptional service. You will shape strategy, optimize operations, and drive revenue across environmental, industrial, and construction markets.

You’ll report to the General Manager and collaborate with a leadership team to expand Ajax Rentals’ footprint in Central Texas while growing your career within Veralto’s network.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of leadership experience in branch management, operations, sales management, or related industries.
• Proven track record of growing revenue and improving profitability.
• Strong business acumen with budgeting, KPI, and performance management experience.
• Demonstrated success coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and customer relationship skills.
• Ability to balance commercial growth with operational excellence and continuous improvement.
• Experience in industrial, environmental, rental, construction, water, instrumentation, or related industries with CRM/ERP experience.

Responsibilities

• Grow the business by winning new customers and strengthening existing relationships.
• Help customers solve challenges across environmental, industrial, utility, and construction markets.
• Be the regional face through customer engagement and networking.
• Lead day-to-day branch operations to deliver a seamless customer experience with value-added solutions.
• Drive branch performance by improving revenue, profitability, and equipment utilization and monitoring metrics.
• Hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team.
• Foster teamwork, integrity, continuous improvement, safety, and customer service.
• Ensure equipment is inspected, maintained, and delivered per standards.

Skills

Leadership

Revenue growth

Customer relationships

Communication

Strategic thinking

Team development

CRM usage

ERP usage

Business reporting

Tools

CRM

ERP

Business reporting tools

Job description

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Thriving in an entrepreneurial team environment that inspires you to grow the business, develop people, and deliver exceptional customer service.
• Building trusted customer relationships while leading a branch that supports environmental, engineering, industrial, and construction markets.

Imagine yourself…

• Doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you.
• Thriving in an entrepreneurial team environment that inspires you to grow the business, develop people, and deliver exceptional customer service.
• Building trusted customer relationships while leading a branch that supports environmental, engineering, industrial, and construction markets.

We offer:

• Health, dental, vision, and 401(k) matching starting Day 1!
• Career advancement opportunities
• A collaborative, entrepreneurial culture focused on growth and innovation
• and more!

It’s possible with a role at Ajax Rentals, an Ott company where you’ll have the chance to shape the future of your career-and the future of our planet.

At Ott, a Veralto company, you’ll help protect the world’s water resources with trusted, decision-ready intelligence. Join a team delivering decision-ready intelligence that helps customers manage water with clarity and confidence-from one site to global networks.

As part of Ott and the broader Veralto network, you’ll do work that matters—helping deliver solutions with real-world impact while building your skills and growing your career.

About the Role

As Branch Manager, you'll drive growth, build customer partnerships, develop a talented team, and create a best-in-class customer experience. This role is ideal for a hands-on, entrepreneurial leader who enjoys growing revenue, improving operations, solving customer challenges, and making a meaningful impact on the success of the business. Working alongside a collaborative leadership team, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of the Austin branch while accelerating your own career growth.

In this role, success means building a strong, growing business, developing a highly engaged team, creating lasting customer partnerships, improving operational performance, and helping expand Ajax Rentals’ impact throughout Central Texas and beyond.

The Branch Manager will report to the General Manager and this position is part of the Ajax Rentals team located in Austin, Texas. The Branch Manager will travel as business needs require with limited overnights for conferences and/or meeting customers at office locations.

What You'll Do

• Grow the business by winning new customers and strengthening existing relationships.
• Help customers solve challenges across environmental, industrial, utility, and construction markets.
• Be the face in your region through customer engagement and industry networking.
• Lead day-to-day branch operations to deliver a seamless customer experience with value-added solutions, championing a customer-first culture
• Drive branch performance by improving revenue, profitability, and equipment utilization, monitoring operational metrics
• Hire, coach, and develop a team that delivers outstanding results
• Foster a culture built on teamwork, integrity, continuous improvement, safety, and customer service, encouraging associate development
• Ensure rental equipment is inspected, maintained, calibrated, and delivered according to company standards, maintaining a clean, organized, safety-focused operation
• Partner with leadership to shape strategy, execute priorities, and support sustainable long-term growth.

Are you Qualified?

• 5+ years of leadership experience in branch management, operations, sales management, rental equipment, industrial services, environmental services, or a related industry.
• Proven track record of growing revenue, improving profitability, and developing customer relationships.
• Strong business acumen with experience managing budgets, KPIs, and operational performance.
• Demonstrated success leading, coaching, and developing high-performing teams.
• Proven excellent communication, negotiation, and customer relationship management skills.
• Ability to balance commercial growth with operational excellence while driving continuous improvement.
• Experience in industrial, environmental, rental, construction, water, instrumentation, or related customer-facing industries, with proficiency using CRM, ERP, and business reporting tools.

Ott is proud to be part of the Water Quality segment of Veralto (NYSE: VLTO), a $5.5B global leader dedicated to ensuring access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. When you join Veralto’s vibrant global network of 17,000 associates, you join a unique culture and work environment where purpose meets possibility: where the work you do has an everyday impact on the resources and essentials we all rely on, and where you’ll have valuable opportunities to deepen your skillset, pursue your ambitions, and grow your career. Together, we’re Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources™—and building rewarding careers along the way.

US ONLY

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $85,000 - $100,000 USD per year. This job is also eligible for Bonus Pay.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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