Mobius Renewables

Director, Wellfield Operations

At Mobius Renewables, we’re helping lead the global energy transition by transforming waste into renewable energy and measurable decarbonization. We’re a fast-growing team of expert innovators, engineers, and problem-solvers committed to advancing global sustainability, fueling a circular economy, and creating a cleaner future for all. Join us and help shape the future of renewable energy.


Key Responsibilities:

Portfolio Wellfield Operations & Production Performance

·       Lead portfolio-wide landfill gas collection, wellfield operations, gas recovery, and RNG production support

across multiple facilities.

·       Standardize operating procedures, performance expectations, and field execution practices across wellfield operations.

·       Oversee wellfield balancing, tuning, gas quality management, and collection-efficiency improvements.

·       Optimize wellfield performance to increase gas recovery, stabilize gas quality, improve reliability, and reduce production losses.

·       Develop corrective action plans for poor well performance, air intrusion, condensate issues, excessive vacuum, and related deficiencies.

·       Partner with Operations and landfill teams to align wellfield conditions, processing needs, production stability, and financial performance.

 

Wellfield Development & Capital Planning

·       Own the long-term wellfield development strategy across the landfill portfolio.

·       Develop annual and multi-year capital plans for wellfield expansion, replacement, and optimization.

·       Prioritize projects based on gas recovery potential, regulatory need, operational risk, capital requirements, and financial return.

·       Review designs, specifications, construction plans, contractor proposals, and system expansion opportunities.

·       Oversee construction and installation activities to meet design, schedule, budget, safety, and operational requirements.

 

Compliance & Regulatory Oversight

·       Ensure gas collection systems comply with applicable federal, state, local, permit, and environmental requirements.

·       Oversee monitoring, inspections, recordkeeping, reporting support, and corrective actions for wellfield compliance.

·       Support Environmental and Regulatory teams during inspections, audits, permitting activities, and agency interactions.

·       Identify compliance risks and implement mitigation plans before issues become regulatory or operational problems.

·       Incorporate wellfield modifications and development activities into applicable permits and compliance programs.

 

Data, Reporting & Performance Management

·       Build dashboards, standardized reports, benchmarks, and forecasts for performance, recovery, compliance, uptime, and lost production.

·       Analyze operational data, SCADA, GIS, monitoring systems, and field insights to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.

 

Leadership & Organizational Development

·       Lead and develop the wellfield organization across the company's landfill and RNG portfolio.

·       Define staffing levels, organizational structure, responsibilities, training standards, and performance expectations.

·       Recruit, train, coach, and develop wellfield managers, supervisors, technicians, and field personnel.

·       Build succession plans and strengthen technical leadership throughout the wellfield organization.

·       Promote safety, accountability, compliance, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the team.

 

Contractor & Vendor Management

·       Manage drilling, construction, environmental, monitoring, and specialty contractors from proposal review through project delivery.

·       Set contractor performance expectations, safety requirements, and project execution standards.

·       Manage contractor relationships in coordination with Procurement, Operations, and executive leadership.

·       Ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and according to design specifications.

 

Strategic & Executive Leadership

·       Serve as the primary subject-matter expert for landfill gas wellfield strategy, operations, development, and performance improvement.

·       Advise executive leadership on wellfield strategy, capital investments, staffing, compliance, and production opportunities.

·       Support acquisition due diligence and technical assessments for prospective landfill gas and RNG projects.

·       Evaluate wellfield conditions, development requirements, and operational risks at prospective acquisitions.

·       Scale standardized systems and processes to support portfolio growth and consistent execution.

·       Improve EBITDA through increased gas recovery, reduced operating costs, and improved facility utilization.

 

Qualifications:

·       Hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, operations, construction management, or a related technical discipline. 

·       Bring 8+ years of experience in landfill gas, RNG, landfill operations, wellfield management, or environmental compliance. 

·       Demonstrate direct experience managing landfill gas collection systems and wellfield performance. 

·       Apply strong technical knowledge of gas collection, wellfield balancing, gas quality, condensate management, and gas utilization. 

·       Manage well installation, collection-system development, and related field execution activities. 

·       Lead technical teams, field personnel, contractors, and cross-functional project partners. 

·       Understand landfill gas, environmental, permitting, monitoring, and regulatory compliance requirements. 

·       Develop operating budgets, capital budgets, forecasts, and project-level business cases. 

·       Use analytical, financial, project management, and problem-solving skills to support measurable performance improvement. 

·       Travel regularly across the company’s landfill and RNG portfolio to support field execution and operational oversight. 

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