Field Operations Manager

Field Operations Manager | Position Summary

Environmental Works, Inc. (EWI) is seeking a Field Operations Manager to help launch and grow a new EWI location. This role will serve as a hands‑on seller/doer, responsible for developing client relationships, building a local book of business, and leading field execution across environmental field services, emergency response, and industrial maintenance/cleaning services.

The Field Operations Manager will oversee daily operations, manage crews and projects, prepare estimates and proposals, support hiring and training, ensure safety and regulatory compliance, and drive profitable growth in the new market. This position requires a practical, entrepreneurial leader who can build trust with clients, solve problems in the field, and help establish EWI as the go‑to environmental services provider in the region.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Help establish and grow a new EWI location, including local operations, client relationships, service delivery capabilities, vendor relationships, and market presence.
• Serve as a seller/doer by developing new business opportunities while also managing and performing field work.
• Build, maintain, and expand a book of clients in the assigned market through relationship development, responsiveness, technical credibility, and consistent service delivery.
• Identify and pursue opportunities across field services, emergency response, industrial cleaning, environmental contracting, remediation support, waste handling, and related service lines.
• Represent EWI professionally with clients, prospects, vendors, regulators, subcontractors, municipalities, industrial facilities, utilities, transportation clients, and other business contacts.
• Partner with leadership, business development, safety, operations, support and marketing teams to establish the location’s service capabilities and revenue base.
• Support local hiring, onboarding, training, and development of field staff as the location grows.

• Lead and manage field operations to ensure work is performed safely, efficiently, profitably, and in accordance with company standards.
• Manage projects from initial scoping through completion, including site walks, estimating, proposal development, work planning, crew coordination, client communication, reporting, invoicing, and project closeout.
• Prepare proposals, cost estimates, work plans, project reports, bidding specifications, DEL logs, time records, maintenance reports, and other project documentation.
• Review timesheets, job costs, draft invoices, and final invoices to ensure accuracy, profitability, and timely billing.
• Provide on‑site leadership for field crews, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Coordinate equipment, labor, materials, subcontractors, transportation, disposal, and other resources needed to complete assigned work.
• Troubleshoot field conditions and develop practical, creative solutions that protect safety, client interests, schedule, and project profitability.
• Maintain strong communication with clients and internal teams before, during, and after project execution.

• Lead, support, and participate in emergency response operations, including spill response and recovery, chemical spills, truck incidents, fixed facility releases, product transfer, railroad incidents and derailments, pipeline and storage tank leaks, natural disaster recovery, and related response activities.
• Maintain readiness for emergency response work, including after‑hours, weekend, holiday, and 24/7 on‑call support as required.
• Assess emergency situations, help develop response plans, coordinate crews and equipment, and communicate with clients, regulators, and internal leadership.
• Ensure emergency response documentation, waste handling, regulatory reporting support, and client communication are completed accurately and promptly.

• Supervise and perform industrial and field service work, including tank cleaning, industrial…