Operations Supervisor

Apply Job Type Full-time

Description

Location: San Jose Yard

Reports To: Operations Manager

Department: Operations

Schedule: Varies by market; may include overnight, weekend, and holiday coverage

Pay Rate: $71,000 – $80,000 annually

FLSA Status: Exempt

Travel: Limited; based on business needs

About Booster

Booster is building the frictionless, tech-powered energy supply chain for modern transportation. We power the world's largest fleets more efficiently and sustainably through our direct operations and world-class partners.

Our BoosterOS platform eliminates the usual manual frictions between order and cash, thereby enabling energy delivery to support more businesses at lower costs. Today, we deliver conventional and renewable fuels directly to fleet vehicles nationwide, reducing costs and lowering carbon emissions—while paving the way for future clean alternatives.

As demand for sustainable energy outpaces infrastructure, Booster provides the critical tech-driven, modular solution, helping customers seamlessly transition to better solutions for their operations, their communities, and our planet.

We lead by our values and hold ourselves – and each other — accountable to them. Our values guide how we interact, the choices we make, and the decisions we take—ultimately driving our long-term success as a business.

Safety as our daily guiding principle,

Customer at the heart of all our actions,

Integrity in doing the right thing even when no one is looking,

Excellence in never settling and always raising the bar

Boldness in being brave and creating the future, and

Stewardship in supporting the planet and everyone on it—we support our communities, our customers, and our people while driving play, purpose, and potential every day.

About the Role

The Operations Supervisor is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient execution of daily yard and field operations within an assigned market.

This role directly leads Service Professionals and ensures each shift is executed in accordance with customer commitments, safety requirements, fleet readiness, labor plans, and Booster’s operating standards.

The Operations Supervisor is a frontline leader who manages the business through Booster’s Business System (BBS) and the core pillars of SQDPP — Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity, and People . The Supervisor is expected to use visual management, standard work, structured problem solving, and disciplined follow-through to identify performance gaps and take corrective action.

Success in this role means the shift operates safely, customer commitments are consistently met, labor and fleet are effectively utilized, drivers are developed and held accountable, and recurring operational issues are systematically reduced.

Job Responsibilities

1. Daily Operations & Shift Execution — 30%

Own safe and reliable execution of assigned yard and field operations.

Lead start-of-shift meetings and ensure clear alignment around safety, customer priorities, routes, staffing, fleet readiness, and operational risks.

Assign Service Professionals, vehicles, routes, and work based on business priorities and available capacity.

Monitor execution throughout the shift and adjust staffing, routing, or resources as conditions change.

Ensure customer commitments are completed accurately and on time.

Maintain clear operational handoffs between shifts.

Monitor route completion, service misses, delays, and operational exceptions.

Take timely containment action when performance is at risk.

Escalate material customer, safety, fleet, or operational issues when appropriate.

2. Safety, Quality & Compliance — 20%

Serve as the frontline owner of safety and compliance for the assigned shift.

Reinforce Booster safety standards and stop unsafe work when necessary.

Ensure Service Professionals complete required pre-trip and post-trip inspections.

Maintain compliance with DOT, hazmat, environmental, and company requirements.

Conduct field observations, audits, and coaching related to safe work practices.

Monitor service quality and identify execution gaps that may create customer, safety, or compliance risk.

Ensure incidents, injuries, spills, vehicle issues, and near misses are immediately reported and appropriately escalated.

Participate in incident investigations, RCCMs, and corrective actions.

Ensure safety and quality countermeasures are implemented and sustained.

3. People Leadership & Development — 20%

Directly lead, coach, and develop assigned Service Professionals.

Set clear expectations regarding safety, attendance, productivity, quality, customer service, and professional conduct.

Provide real-time coaching and feedback based on observed performance.

Conduct regular performance discussions and address performance gaps promptly.

Support new-hire onboarding and development.

Reinforce standard work and ensure employees understand both what is expected and why.

Partner with Operations leadership and People/HR on employee performance and retention issues.

Identify employees with potential for expanded responsibility or leadership development.

Build a culture of accountability, teamwork, ownership, and continuous improvement.

4. BBS Execution & Performance Management — 15%

Manage daily operations through Booster’s Business System.

Maintain visual management of assigned SQDPP metrics.

Review actual performance against target and identify abnormal conditions.

Participate in Tier meetings, BURs, and other appropriate operating reviews.

Develop clear actions for metrics that are off target.

Ensure actions have owners, due dates, and measurable expected outcomes.

Use RCCM and structured root-cause problem solving for recurring or material operational issues.

Apply 5-Why, Pareto analysis, and other BBS tools where appropriate.

Maintain and reinforce operational standard work.

Follow countermeasures through completion and validate effectiveness.

5. Fleet, Labor & Resource Management — 10%

Partner with Fleet/Maintenance to ensure vehicles and equipment are operationally ready.

Identify vehicle issues early and coordinate repair or replacement needs.

Manage labor utilization within established operating plans.

Monitor overtime, attendance, staffing gaps, and resource constraints.

Adjust staffing and assignments to support safe and efficient execution.

Maintain appropriate visibility to vehicle and driver capacity.

Support tanker movement, vehicle recovery, or other operational requirements where properly qualified.

Maintain or obtain required licensing/certifications where business needs require it.

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