Director of Operations
Divert
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Lexington • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $165,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- The Plant Director serves as the strategic and operational leader of Diverts RNG facility, reporting to the Vice President of Operations.
- This role combines hands-on leadership with long-term strategic direction to support the companys continued growth.
- Responsible for fostering a strong safety and quality culture, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, and advancing operational excellence across all functions.
- By leading and developing site leadership and staff, optimizing plant performance, and driving financial and operational objectives, the Plant Director ensures stable, efficient, and reliable facility operations while identifying continuous improvement and value-capture opportunities.
- Proactive approach to creating a safe work environment through culture, training, and risk identification/mitigation.
- Champions a culture that enhances safety, product quality, and environmental stewardship.
- Leads, hires, mentors, and develops site leadership and hourly staff through regular training, coaching, and accountability.
- Oversees all aspects of facility operations - collaborates cross-functionally with Maintenance, Transportation, CI, Tech, Engineering, Safety, Quality, Finance, and Customer Success to drive stable, efficient, and profitable plant operations.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in engineering or operations management is preferred
- 5+ years in an operations management role with hiring and people management
- 5+ years in continuous (24/7) industrial processing operations
- Proven ability to lead, engage, and motivate hourly and salary teams.
- Strong leadership skills, independent thinking, organizational/planning abilities, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to participate in on-call rotation and support the operation team on nights and weekends as needed.
- Proven experience adapting to new challenges and learning quickly in a fast-paced environment
- Empowered, autonomous, servant leader
- Ability to work autonomously with a high level of initiative and priority setting.
- Ability to travel up to 10% annually
Benefits
- Health, Vision and Dental Benefits (effective the first of the month following your date of hire!)
- Life Insurance
- 401K
- Paid Time Off
- Opportunities for Advancement with a Rapidly Growing, Mission-Driven Organization
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
operations managementcontinuous industrial processingfinancial objectivesoperational excellencerisk identificationcompliance with regulatory standardsplant performance optimizationsafety culturequality assurancetraining and development
Soft Skills
leadershipindependent thinkingorganizational skillsplanning abilitiesanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsteam motivationautonomous workinitiativeservant leadership
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in engineeringBachelor's degree in operations management