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title: "Industrial services Executive Search | Black Powder Search"
description: "Operations, finance and project leadership for industrial services businesses, including founder-owned companies going through their first…"
url: https://blackpowdersearch.com/industries/industrial-services
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Sector

# Industrial services leadership, out of Special Operations

Operations, finance and project leadership for industrial services businesses, including founder-owned companies going through their first institutional hire.

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Available candidates

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Hire in industrial services

Roles we have filled here

- Chief Operating Officer (COO)
- Controller
- Senior Project Manager

The functions vary; what the sector keeps asking for does not. In industrial services,
the hire usually has to hold a standard under pressure, run people who are a long way
from headquarters, and make a call without waiting for permission — which is a
description of the job our candidates already did.

Why this pool

### High-stakes decision-making

The ability to make quick, high-level decisions under stress transfers directly to decisive business leadership.

### Cross-cultural competence

Experience operating in diverse environments produces leaders who can run cross-cultural, multi-generational teams.

### Strategic planning and execution

Fluency across the whole operational spectrum, moving between strategy and tactical execution without friction.

### Team cohesion and collaboration

Proven ability to build unity across groups that did not start out as a team.

### Operational excellence

A standing habit of making a process leaner, faster or more efficient, applied from the first week.

### Adaptability and flexibility

Flexibility and quick thinking applied to growth in fast-moving businesses.

## Hiring in industrial services?

Tell us the role. We will come back on whether the person you need is already in the pool — and what an engagement would look like.

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Next step

## Tell us the role. We will tell you who is already ready for it.

An onboarding call with our COO and the lead recruiter, and you will know
within the week whether the person you need is already in our pool.

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