The Opportunity: Turnaround & Transformation Manager
Location: Houston Texas
Company Overview
Our clients are focused on improving performance in complex asset-intensive environments. These organizations operate across industries such as energy industrials manufacturing infrastructure and project-based services where execution reliability and leadership under pressure matter.
Their common mission is to restore performance unlock value and build durable businesses by pairing experienced operators with data systems and decisive leadership.
The Opportunity
Our clients are seeking Turnaround & Transformation Leaders to play critical roles in diagnosing performance gaps and driving execution during periods of change. These leaders operate at the intersection of operations analytics and leadershiphelping organizations understand why performance is lagging and how to fix it.
This role is ideal for leaders who bring an ownership mindset remain calm under pressure and can translate complex information into decisive action while engaging stakeholders at all levels.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Leadership
- Lead or support turnaround transformation or performance recovery initiatives
- Assess execution across cost schedule scope risk and reliability
- Drive accountability and clarity in ambiguous or high-pressure situations
Data-Driven Problem Solving
- Translate operational data and analytics into actionable insights
- Identify root causes of underperformance and guide corrective action
- Balance technical rigor with practical execution
Executive Communication
- Brief senior leaders with clarity confidence and intellectual honesty
- Present risks tradeoffs and recommendations in a decisive solutions-oriented manner
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Lead small cross-functional teams without relying on formal authority
- Influence technically senior stakeholders through credibility and judgment
Change & Execution
- Champion change while maintaining operational stability
- Support implementation of new processes systems or execution rhythms
Qualifications
- Experience in turnaround shutdown outage or large-scale operational environments
- Engineering background preferred
- Background in operations engineering maintenance project execution or military leadership
- Proven ability to lead peers and senior stakeholders in high-stakes settings
- Strong bias for action with sound judgment under uncertainty
- Data-informed decision-maker focused on outcomes not activity
- Direct communicator with the confidence to surface uncomfortable truths
- High integrity resilience and ownership mentality
Compensation & Career Growth
- Competitive compensation aligned to scope experience and impact
- Performance-based incentives tied to execution and results
- Exposure to senior leadership investors and complex operating environments
- Significant long-term growth opportunities for high performers
Next Steps:
If youre interested and would like to schedule an introductory call please contact TheMilVet directly at emailing your resume to our recruiting at:.