Job Summary:
Arcosa Aggregates Texas Region is seeking a Regional Operations Director. This position will provide strategic and operational leadership for open-pit sand and gravel mining operations across North, Central, and East Texas. The Director will be responsible for ensuring compliance with MSHA safety standards, delivering efficient and high-quality production, and driving business growth and profitability. The successful candidate will oversee a team including two Area Operations Managers and two Equipment Managers and will be accountable for performance across a geographically diverse region and large workforce.
Day to Day Responsibilities
- Safety Leadership
- Champion a culture of safety excellence, ensuring all employees and operations comply with MSHA, federal, state, and local regulations.
- Promote proactive safety practices to achieve consistent, incident-free performance.
- Strategic and Operational Leadership
- Establish vision, direction, and strategies to achieve operational and business objectives.
- Align regional operations with overall corporate goals, ensuring efficiency, quality, and customer service standards are met.
- Identify and implement operational improvements to optimize production and reduce costs.
- Financial and Business Management
- Manage operating and capital budgets and support forecasting activities.
- Monitor and interpret financial performance, ensuring profitability targets are achieved.
- Evaluate pricing, market conditions, and cost structures to support sustainable business growth.
- Customer and Stakeholder Engagement
- Build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, suppliers, and community stakeholders.
- Represent the company in industry associations and community organizations to strengthen reputation and market presence.
- Talent and Team Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse team of operations and equipment managers.
- Ensure recruitment, training, and retention strategies are executed to provide optimal staffing and team performance.
- Promote a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and employee engagement.
- Operational Excellence
- Oversee production processes and equipment reliability across multiple mining sites.
- Ensure effective resource allocation, logistics, and maintenance practices to meet demand and support long-term growth.
- Drive performance measurement and accountability across all operations.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership experience in the construction materials industry (aggregates, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, or related).
- Demonstrated success in leading large-scale operations, with experience managing 100+ employees across multiple sites or states.
- Strong operational and commercial understanding, with proven ability to balance production, sales, and customer service priorities.
- In-depth knowledge of financial management, including budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
- Market pricing knowledge and cost-management expertise.
- Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and organizational influence skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; ERP or similar systems experience preferred.
- Mining experience in both wet (dredge) and dry (drill/blast/crushing) operations.
- Experience in sand, gravel, and hard rock mining environments.
- Familiarity with multiple product lines (aggregates, hot-mix asphalt, ready-mix concrete, road construction) strongly preferred.
Benefits:
Arcosa is proud to offer competitive benefits and programs to help you and your family meet your healthcare and retirement planning needs. The various benefits offered to employees based on eligibility may include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid vacation and sick time
- 401k with Employer Match
- 11 paid Company holidays
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health & Wellness Programs
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Discount Programs
- Professional Training and Development Programs
- Career Advancement Opportunities – We like to promote from within!
The above statements describe the general nature and responsibilities of the position. All employees may be required to perform other duties or responsibilities as assigned.
Arcosa Aggregates is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We activate the potential of our people, care for our customers, optimize operations, integrate sustainability, and promote a results-driven culture aligned with long term value creation.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive leadership experience in construction materials industry
- Experience managing 100+ employees across multiple sites or states
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; ERP or similar systems experience preferred
- In-depth knowledge of financial management
- Mining experience in wet and dry operations
- Experience in sand, gravel, and hard rock mining environments
Arcosa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Arcosa and has not been reviewed or approved by Arcosa.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match is frequently highlighted as a meaningful part of total compensation. Feedback suggests this retirement offering is a strong pillar of the package.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are often characterized as good or competitive. Feedback suggests the quality of health insurance contributes positively to perceived total compensation.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair or decent for many roles and local markets. Opportunities for overtime can lift take‑home pay for those who choose additional hours.
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What We Do
Arcosa, Inc. is a provider of infrastructure-related products and solutions with leading brands serving construction, engineered structures, and transportation markets. Our individual businesses have built reputations for quality, service, and operational excellence over decades. Arcosa serves a broad spectrum of infrastructure-related markets and is strategically focused on driving organic and disciplined acquisition growth to capitalize on the fragmented nature of many of the industries in which we operate. With Arcosa’s current platform of businesses and additional growth opportunities, we are well- aligned with key market trends, such as the replacement and growth of aging transportation infrastructure, the continued shift to renewable power generation, and the expansion of new transmission, distribution, and telecommunications infrastructure. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ACA.
