Director of Field Operations

Director of Field Operations
Precision Lumping Services

Location: Nationwide (Travel Required)

Salary: Starting at $98,000 per year (Based on Experience)

Travel: 90% Nationwide Travel Required

Job Type: Full-Time

This Is Not Your Typical Operations Job.

If you’re looking for a Monday-Friday office position, this isn’t it.

If you’re looking for a job where someone tells you what to do every day, this isn’t it.

If you’re looking for work-life balance over operational excellence, this isn’t it.

We are looking for an elite operations leader who thrives under pressure, loves solving problems, and is willing to do whatever it takes to keep operations running at the highest level.

This role is one of the most critical positions within our company. You will serve as an extension of executive leadership and play a key role in driving operational excellence across multiple facilities nationwide.

We’re not hiring someone to manage operations.

We’re hiring someone to lead them.

About Precision Lumping Services

Precision Lumping Services is a rapidly growing national 3PL labor provider specializing in warehouse, distribution, fulfillment, and production-based operations.

Our reputation is built on execution, accountability, client satisfaction, and operational excellence.

We’re building one of the strongest operational teams in the industry, and we’re looking for someone who shares that same commitment to excellence.

What You’ll Do

As our Director of Field Operations, you will oversee multiple operations across the country while ensuring every facility operates at the Precision standard.

Your responsibilities include:

• Leading multiple warehouse and distribution center operations.
• Traveling nationwide to support, stabilize, and improve operations.
• Developing managers, supervisors, and leadership teams.
• Coaching and holding leaders accountable.
• Driving productivity and operational performance.
• Monitoring staffing, attendance, retention, and labor efficiency.
• Building high-performing leadership teams.
• Protecting client relationships.
• Resolving operational issues before they become client issues.
• Conducting operational audits and inspections.
• Improving processes and operational systems.
• Making immediate decisions under pressure.
• Identifying struggling operations and implementing corrective action.
• Maintaining consistent operational standards across every location.
• Supporting new business launches and customer implementations.
• Working closely with executive leadership to execute company initiatives.

Required Experience (Non-Negotiable)

We are not looking for someone who has simply managed a warehouse.

We are looking for a proven operations executive with significant experience leading complex 3PL operations.

Applicants must have:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Third-Party Logistics (3PL).
• Minimum 10 years of leadership experience within warehouse operations.
• Extensive experience managing production-based lumping operations.
• Extensive experience in distribution centers, fulfillment centers, warehouse operations, and logistics environments.
• Experience overseeing multiple facilities simultaneously.
• Experience managing multiple managers, supervisors, and leads.
• Proven success improving operational performance.
• Strong understanding of labor planning, staffing, productivity, safety, attendance, and warehouse KPIs.
• Experience managing client relationships.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• High-level organizational skills.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required travel.

Applicants without extensive 3PL operational leadership experience will not be considered.

Travel Expectations

This role requires 90% travel throughout the United States.

You should expect to:

• Travel on short notice.
• Work nights, weekends, and holidays when operational needs require it.
• Deploy immediately when operations need support.
• Spend significant time inside warehouse and distribution environments.

Travel is not optional.

It is a core responsibility of this position.

Who We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate:

• Takes complete ownership.
• Doesn’t wait to be told what needs to be done.
• Notices problems before others do.
• Creates solutions instead of excuses.
• Leads by example.
• Holds people accountable.
• Builds strong leadership teams.
• Makes difficult decisions when necessary.
• Communicates clearly and consistently.
• Remains calm under pressure.
• Thrives in fast-paced environments.
• Can walk into struggling operations and turn them around.
• Operates with urgency every day.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means:

• Operations remain organized and controlled.
• Leaders become stronger under your guidance.
• Staffing issues are addressed before they impact production.
• Clients have confidence in our execution.
• Productivity consistently meets or exceeds expectations.
• Buildings operate under one consistent standard.
• Problems are solved quickly and completely.
• Communication is proactive—not reactive.
• Executive leadership always has confidence in the status of operations.

What Will Not Work

This role is not a fit if you:

• Need constant direction.
• Wait for someone else to solve problems.
• Avoid difficult conversations.
• Struggle with accountability.
• Prefer office work over field leadership.
• Are unwilling to travel extensively.
• Become overwhelmed under pressure.
• Have only managed a single warehouse or small operation.
• Lack significant 3PL operational experience.

Why Join Precision?

You’ll have the opportunity to help shape the future of a rapidly growing national company.

You’ll work directly with executive leadership.

You’ll have the authority to make decisions, improve operations, build leaders, and create lasting impact across the organization.

This is a role for someone who wants more than a title.

It’s for someone who wants to build something exceptional.

Compensation & Benefits

• Starting Salary: $98,000 annually (Based on experience)
• Performance-based bonus opportunities
• Company-paid travel expenses
• Career advancement opportunities
• Direct access to executive leadership
• Opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of a national organization

Ready to Apply?

If you’re an experienced 3PL operations leader who thrives under pressure, leads from the front, and is ready to help build one of the best operational teams in the industry, we’d like to hear from you.

Please include your resume and a brief cover letter describing:

• Your 3PL leadership experience.
• The largest operation or region you’ve managed.
• A time you turned around an underperforming operation.
• Why you’re interested in joining Precision Lumping Services.

Precision Lumping Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay: From $98,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Do you have 10 years of 3PL operations leadership experience?
• Do you have experience managing multi-site warehouse/distribution operations?
• Are you willing to travel 90% or more of the year?
• Do you have direct experience with lumping or production based warehouse operations?

Work Location: On the road