Director, Wellfield Operations

Job description

Key Responsibilities: Portfolio Wellfield Operations & Production Performance · Lead portfolio-wide landfill gas collection, wellfield operations, gas recovery, and RNG production support across multiple facilities. · Standardize operating procedures, performance expectations, and field execution practices across wellfield operations. · Oversee wellfield balancing, tuning, gas quality management, and collection-efficiency improvements. · Optimize wellfield performance to increase gas recovery, stabilize gas quality, improve reliability, and reduce production losses. · Develop corrective action plans for poor well performance, air intrusion, condensate issues, excessive vacuum, and related deficiencies. · Partner with Operations and landfill teams to align wellfield conditions, processing needs, production stability, and financial performance. Wellfield Development & Capital Planning · Own the long-term wellfield development strategy across the landfill portfolio. · Develop annual and multi-year capital plans for wellfield expansion, replacement, and optimization. · Prioritize projects based on gas recovery potential, regulatory need, operational risk, capital requirements, and financial return. · Review designs, specifications, construction plans, contractor proposals, and system expansion opportunities. · Oversee construction and installation activities to meet design, schedule, budget, safety, and operational requirements. Compliance & Regulatory Oversight · Ensure gas collection systems comply with applicable federal, state, local, permit, and environmental requirements. · Oversee monitoring, inspections, recordkeeping, reporting support, and corrective actions for wellfield compliance. · Support Environmental and Regulatory teams during inspections, audits, permitting activities, and agency interactions. · Identify compliance risks and implement mitigation plans before issues become regulatory or operational problems. · Incorporate wellfield modifications and development activities into applicable permits and compliance programs. Data, Reporting & Performance Management · Build dashboards, standardized reports, benchmarks, and forecasts for performance, recovery, compliance, uptime, and lost production. · Analyze operational data, SCADA, GIS, monitoring systems, and field insights to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities. Leadership & Organizational Development · Lead and develop the wellfield organization across the company's landfill and RNG portfolio. · Define staffing levels, organizational structure, responsibilities, training standards, and performance expectations. · Recruit, train, coach, and develop wellfield managers, supervisors, technicians, and field personnel. · Build succession plans and strengthen technical leadership throughout the wellfield organization. · Promote safety, accountability, compliance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the team. Contractor & Vendor Management · Manage drilling, construction, environmental, monitoring, and specialty contractors from proposal review through project delivery. · Set contractor performance expectations, safety requirements, and project execution standards. · Manage contractor relationships in coordination with Procurement, Operations, and executive leadership. · Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and according to design specifications. Strategic & Executive Leadership · Serve as the primary subject-matter expert for landfill gas wellfield strategy, operations, development, and performance improvement. · Advise executive leadership on wellfield strategy, capital investments, staffing, compliance, and production opportunities. · Support acquisition due diligence and technical assessments for prospective landfill gas and RNG projects. · Evaluate wellfield conditions, development requirements, and operational risks at prospective acquisitions. · Scale standardized systems and processes to support portfolio growth and consistent execution. · Improve EBITDA through increased gas recovery, reduced operating costs, and improved facility utilization. Qualifications: · Hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, operations, construction management, or a related technical discipline. · Bring 8+ years of experience in landfill gas, RNG, landfill operations, wellfield management, or environmental compliance. · Demonstrate direct experience managing landfill gas collection systems and wellfield performance. · Apply strong technical knowledge of gas collection, wellfield balancing, gas quality, condensate management, and gas utilization. · Manage well installation, collection-system development, and related field execution activities. · Lead technical teams, field personnel, contractors, and cross-functional project partners. · Understand landfill gas, environmental, permitting, monitoring, and regulatory compliance requirements. · Develop operating budgets, capital budgets, forecasts, and project-level business cases. · Use analytical, financial, project management, and problem-solving skills to support measurable performance improvement. · Travel regularly across the company’s landfill and RNG portfolio to support field execution and operational oversight. 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