Fleet Operations Director: Standardize, Scale & Integrate

Essenti Talent; Victorville (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Essenti Talent seeks a Director of Operations to stand up centralized, fleet-wide operations across multiple sites. You will design uniform operating standards, management systems, and performance cadences, and integrate newly acquired assets while ensuring safety, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

You will lead the development of a centralized operating model, standardize practices across the fleet, and collaborate with multiple departments to enable scalable growth and robust governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent required.
• Minimum 10+ years in power generation operations and maintenance, with multi-site leadership experience.
• Plant leadership experience: 3+ years as Plant Manager or equivalent.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive operational excellence across safety, reliability, availability, and cost.
• Translate operational drivers into production economics and capital allocation trade-offs.
• Develop fleet metrics, definitions, dashboards, and root-ccause problem solving.
• Lead annual and multi-year O&M and capital planning and ensure disciplined execution.
• Develop vendor/contract strategies to optimize costs and performance.
• Support M&A due diligence, integration planning, and stand-up of new sites.
• Enable multi-technology execution and adapt operating standards for new projects.
• Coach Plant Managers and build bench strength with succession planning.

Education

Bachelor of Science in engineering

Strong analytical and business-case skills

Excellent written and verbal communication

Ability to influence without authority

Safety leadership mindset

Job description

Essenti Talent seeks a Director of Operations to stand up centralized, fleet-wide operations across multiple sites. You will design uniform operating standards, management systems, and performance cadences, and integrate newly acquired assets while ensuring safety, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

You will lead the development of a centralized operating model, standardize practices across the fleet, and collaborate with multiple departments to enable scalable growth and robust governance.