Regional Vice President - Operations

Description

At Wind River Environmental, we keep businesses, communities, and households flowing by delivering essential wastewater, plumbing, septic, grease trap, and related services. We’re known for dependable service, hard work, and a culture where people matter.We’re looking for a Regional Vice President – Operations to lead ~15 branches in a key region of our footprint. This role carries significant responsibility — for operational performance, revenue growth, profitability, and the engagement of the people who make it all happen.

This position is flexible in terms of geographic location within the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Preference will be given to candidates within major metro markets of NC, VA, MD, NJ, PA. 

The Role

You’ll oversee daily operations and long-term strategy for your region, managing a substantial P&L and ensuring your teams are equipped, focused, and engaged. You’ll work closely with Sales leadership to deliver on market opportunities, with a special focus on growing our B2B business while keeping our B2C customers well served.

You’ll also be a coach and mentor to branch operations leaders, helping them sharpen their business skills, strengthen leadership capabilities, and run their branches more effectively. This is a hands-on leadership role in a private-equity-backed business — one where you’ll need to balance growth goals with disciplined cost control and lead through periods of change without losing sight of results.

What You’ll Do

• Lead operations across all branches in your region, ensuring service quality, efficiency, and safety.
• Manage full P&L, driving revenue growth, improving margins, and controlling costs.
• Coach and develop branch leaders, raising business acumen and people-leadership skills.
• Partner with Sales to align operational readiness with growth opportunities.
• Maintain team focus and morale during ownership transition and capital constraints.
• Reduce turnover by building engaged, high-performing teams.

What You Bring

• Proven leadership of multi-site operations in a branch-based industrial services environment.
• Demonstrated success in delivering both revenue and EBITDA growth.
• Experience developing leaders and strengthening performance in blue-collar teams.
• Strong financial acumen and understanding of operational levers.
• Comfort navigating change while keeping teams focused on results.
• Industry experience in environmental, wastewater, plumbing, or related services is a plus.

Why This Role Matters

This role is at the center of our strategy to grow, perform, and deliver for our customers. You’ll be joining a team that values clear communication, operational discipline, and the belief that great results come from great people. You’ll have the opportunity to make a measurable impact on our business and the teams you lead — and to leave your mark on the future of Wind River Environmental.

If you’re ready to lead with clarity, build strong teams, and drive results that matter — we’d like to meet you. 

 Wind River Environment LLC is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation , gender identity , age (40 and over), national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed servicemember status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. Our commitment to equal opportunity employment applies to all persons involved in our operations and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee, including supervisors and co-workers.

Requirements

Wind River Environmental participates in E-Verify. Additional information is available in English (PDF) and Spanish (PDF).”