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Launch your career with a high-visibility opportunity to learn the well servicing business from the ground up and build toward future field leadership. The Axis Field Operations Management Associate - Well Servicing is an entry-level, high-potential role designed to accelerate the development of future operations leaders. This position is intended for an early-career candidate who can quickly learn well servicing business through structured field immersion, hands-on operational exposure, coaching from experienced leaders, and progressive developmental assignments. The role builds practical capability in service quality, safety leadership, crew coordination, equipment readiness, customer responsiveness, cost awareness, and execution discipline. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong learning agility, resilience, initiative, professional presence, and the ability to earn credibility in demanding field environments while preparing for increased responsibility within well servicing operations management.

Why Join Axis

This role offers meaningful exposure to field operations, direct learning from experienced leaders, and a clear pathway to grow into larger operational responsibility. It is an opportunity to build leadership capability in a hands-on environment where safety, service quality, teamwork, and execution matter every day.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Complete structured rotational assignments across key well servicing functions and progressively assume greater responsibility for field coordination, service execution support, and operational decision-making.
• Build working knowledge of well servicing operations by partnering with supervisors, crews, and support teams to understand job planning, dispatch flow, equipment utilization, rig-up/rig-down expectations, and customer delivery standards.
• Demonstrate visible commitment to safety by participating in pre-job planning, hazard recognition, jobsite communication, incident prevention, and reinforcement of safe work expectations.
• Support frontline execution by helping coordinate daily priorities, monitor job progress, follow up on operational issues, and reinforce accountability for service quality, readiness, and responsiveness.
• Develop business and operational acumen through KPI tracking, daily reporting, downtime analysis, cost awareness, and identification of practical opportunities to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.
• Partner cross-functionally with operations leadership, HSE, maintenance, supply chain, HR, and finance to solve problems, improve communication, and support workforce and operational planning.
• Demonstrate leadership potential by earning credibility in the field, modeling professionalism, adapting to changing conditions, and taking ownership of assigned projects and developmental milestones.
• Conduct all business activities in accordance with Axis Energy Services policies, safety requirements, customer expectations, and Axis Core Values.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in business, industrial technology, engineering, supply chain, agriculture, or a related field; equivalent combinations of education, military service, internships, or relevant field experience may be considered.
• Demonstrated leadership potential through internships, student organizations, athletics, military experience, campus leadership, or early-career work experience.
• Strong learning agility, initiative, and problem-solving ability with the capacity to absorb operational, mechanical, and business concepts quickly.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credibility with field employees, supervisors, customers, and support functions.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office and the ability to learn operational systems, reporting tools, and KPI tracking methods.
• Willingness to travel, work extended or irregular hours as business needs require, and relocate for developmental assignments if needed.
• Valid driver’s license and an acceptable driving record required; eligibility to meet customer site access, background, drug screening, and training requirements required.
• Preferred: prior exposure to oilfield operations, mechanics, heavy equipment, field service, or safety training/certifications relevant to well servicing.

Preferred Leadership Competencies

• Learning agility and intellectual curiosity
• Initiative, urgency, and ownership mindset
• Resilience and adaptability in changing field conditions
• Sound judgment and decision-making under pressure
• Professional presence and credibility with crews, customers, and leaders
• Commitment to safety, accountability, and continuous improvement

Success Profile - First 12 Months

• Builds foundational understanding of well servicing operations, equipment, crew workflows, and customer service expectations.
• Demonstrates dependable safety behaviors, field professionalism, and the ability to earn trust with frontline employees and leaders.
• Contributes to daily operational coordination, issue follow-up, reporting accuracy, and communication across functions.
• Shows growth in decision-making, ownership, and readiness to assume broader leadership responsibilities.
• Completes developmental assignments successfully and is viewed as a strong internal pipeline candidate for future field leadership roles.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• This role requires regular work in office, shop, and field environments and may involve exposure to varying weather conditions, noise, moving mechanical equipment, uneven terrain, grease, dust, and other conditions typical of well servicing operations.
• The employee may be required to stand, walk, climb, bend, kneel, reach, and lift or move items in connection with field visits, inspections, and operational support activities.
• The position may require extended or irregular hours, periodic travel, overnight stays, and responsiveness to operational issues outside of standard business hours as needed.
• Use of personal protective equipment may be required during field visits or at customer locations, and the employee must be able to communicate effectively and observe operational conditions in active work environments.