Assistant Operations Manager

POSITION SUMMARY

The Assistant Operations Manager provides leadership to support safe, reliable, and efficient work across U.S. Energy. This role performs technical activities while ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements, and maintaining product integrity and inventory accuracy. In addition, this role leads and develops Operations Technicians, providing day to day people leadership, coaching, and work coordination. The Assistant Operations Manager partners with site leadership, contractors, carriers, and customers to support continuity, improvement initiatives, and project execution across U.S. Energy facilities and environments.

Schedule: Monday - Friday 5:00am - 1:30pm or until work is completed, with rotating Saturday's.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Highly competitive wages starting at $90,000/year!

• Lead and execute operational activities (e.g., loading, unloading, transferring, gauging, blending, and sampling) in accordance with established procedures, ensuring safe and accurate product movement

• Serve as an operational lead, coordinating daily operational priorities and providing leadership coverage in the absence of site or operations management as needed

• Manage, coach, and develop Operations Technicians, including onboarding, training, performance feedback, and reinforcement of expectations

• Oversee inventory accuracy and reconciliation activities by validating measurements, verifying transactions, and resolving discrepancies using approved systems and processes

• Validate product quality and calculations (e.g., volumes, rates, blend ratios, daily usage/needs) and ensure documentation and records support product integrity and compliance

• Troubleshoot operational systems and equipment (including automation/controls and delivery/transfer systems where applicable) and direct corrective actions and escalations

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee inspections and preventive maintenance activities, ensuring issues are addressed and work is completed timely to support operational reliability

• Ensure execution of safety‑critical controls and environmental protections, reinforcing safe work practices and adherence to regulatory and company requirements

• Direct contractor and carrier activities, ensuring compliance with site requirements, safe work practices, and quality standards during operational work

• Support execution of operational projects and process changes, including reviewing procedures, implementing updates, and driving improvements in safety, efficiency, and standardization

• Support operational planning and materials readiness, identifying staffing, equipment, and supply needs and partnering with leadership on short‑ and mid‑term planning

• Cultivate U.S. Venture’s values while inspiring, empowering, recognizing, and guiding team members

• Live our values of High Performance, Caring Relationships, Strategic Foresight, and Entrepreneurial Spirit

• Find A Better Way by championing continuous improvement and quality control efforts to identify opportunities to innovate and improve efficiency, accuracy, and standardization

• Continuously learn and develop self professionally

• Support corporate efforts for safety, government compliance, and all other company policies & procedures

• Perform other related duties as required and assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• High school degree or equivalent

• 3-5 years’ experience in operations or related field

• Able to lift up to 75 lbs and occasionally push, pull or roll objects up to 350 lb.

• Work at heights up to 65 feet and ability to work outdoors in inclement weather

• Able to operate equipment (forklifts, skid steer, tractor, lull) and power tools

• Strong focus on problem solving skills

• Proficient in computer skills and utilizing SharePoint

• Be able to tolerate and work in variable weather conditions, and work in dirty and dusty environments

• Travel occasionally to other terminal locations

• Able to tolerate, at times, the smell of petroleum products and paint

• Able to work overtime and weekends without much notice and be on an on-call rotation with other team members

• Valid driver’s license and ability to meet company driver policy requirements

• Successfully pass a pre-employment drug test (do not test for THC / marijuana)

Preferred:

• Participation in a U.S. Venture-provided leadership or development program preferred

• Project management experience preferred

• Mechanical aptitude, electrical knowledge, fire knowledge, and product knowledge preferred

• Supervisory experience is a plus

• Basic chemistry knowledge (blending various products to achieve fuel/tank needs)

DIVISION :

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U.S. Venture will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H-1B, TN, E-3, F1, CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, visa status and other employment‑based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis and must not require U.S. Venture’s sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States. In general, U.S. Venture does not sponsor candidates for nonimmigrant visas or permanent residency except when there is a specific business need.

U.S. Venture will not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed recruitment Master Service Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, U.S. Venture shall reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, shall be deemed the property of U.S. Venture.

U.S. Venture, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other protected characteristic. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call Human Resources at (920) 739-6101 (https://www.google.com/search?q=us+venture&rlz=1C1GGRV\_enUS748US748&oq=us+venture&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1168j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#) .

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