Vice President of Deployment Operations

Responsibilities

Team Building and Leadership

• Design an organization that can scale while executing professional, air-tight construction operations across multiple sites.

• Design, test, and roll out robust processes for operationally efficient communication and collaboration across a diverse and geographically dispersed team.

• Own the team recruiting, training, onboarding engine that supports fleet expansion while maintaining a high bar for quality.

• Set and protect the execution quality bar. Build a culture of first-principles thinking, pushing the team to challenge inherited assumptions and practices.

• Own team adherence with safety programs, regulatory compliance, engineering guidance, and company policies.

Engineering and Technical Oversight

• Lead the Operations Engineering team in drilling program design, project planning, issue resolution, and technical oversight of execution. Translate learnings into systematic playbooks and/or feedback for technology development. 

• Lead the Reliability Engineering team in fleet asset ownership: reliability-centered maintenance, failure analysis, spares strategy, capital planning.

• Partner with the technology development team to test and deploy new digital, telemetry, and automation technologies. Provide field feedback and thought partnership while maintaining a highly collaborative spirit.

Service Delivery and Project Oversight

• Oversee project P&Ls for high-quality, cost-effective drilling projects. Drive the operating rhythm for effective operational planning and execution.

• Own drilling crew performance, including compliance with HSE policies, engineering guidance, and standards of professionalism.

• Commit relentlessly to world-class safety culture and HSE incident prevention.

• Oversee Deployment Operations to secure permitting & licenses, manage procurement & logistics, and fulfill regulatory & customer reporting. Build the systems that make these processes scalable.

Cross-Functional Strategic Planning 

• Own project delivery feasibility assessment across technical and operational factors as input to Commercial project selection and bidding processes.

• Execute field delivery within the technical architecture, safety guidance, and readiness standards set by the Chief Innovation Officer (CInO), escalating complex domain challenges and flagging execution trade-offs as they surface.

• Partner with Product, Strategy, and Finance to identify and execute initiatives for continuous project margin improvement.

• Collaborate with company leadership and other functional owners to understand, prioritize, and invest in new operational capabilities as Bedrock grows.

• Provide input to the CInO on where technical/operational boundaries should evolve as the automation program and field organization scale, flagging friction points for review.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or other relevant technical discipline; graduate degree in management-related fields is a plus.

• 10+ years of demonstrated experience leading a high-performance team in drilling, subsurface construction, or related field operations (e.g., oil & gas, water well, mining, geotechnical).

• Track record of zero-to-one operational builds, standing up playbooks, systems, and organizations with little prior scaffolding (e.g., for a new product, new market entry).

• Enough relevant technical depth to credibly lead Operations Engineering and Reliability Engineering team, while leveraging the deep technical expertise of the CInO for highly complex domain challenges.

• Roll-up-your-sleeves attitude suitable for a start-up environment with willingness to engage across high-level strategic ownership and operational details.

• Strong project management and problem-solving skills, especially in changing environments with contending priorities and complex stakeholders.

• Outstanding communication skills, particularly articulating industry jargon and technical topics to cross-functional laypersons.

• Ability to create a positive work environment for diverse team members.

• Passion for the energy transition.

Qualities

• Proactivity: You take ownership, offer hypotheses, and hold yourself accountable.

• Coachability: You welcome & react constructively to feedback and seek new skills with gusto.

• Excellence: You hold yourself, and your team members, to high standards of performance.

• Creativity: You enjoy finding resourceful, unconventional, flexible solutions to problems. 

• Integrity: You take pride in ethical, honest behavior, no matter who is around to see it.

• Compassion: You remember empathy, respect, and care in your interactions with others.

• Commitment to Diversity: You actively look to surround yourself & collaborate inclusively with people who are different from you in experience, background, worldview, and resources.

Bedrock Energy is building a strong culture based on our Organizational Values. In addition, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Bedrock Energy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.