General Manager
General Manager — Build a Wildfire Readiness Business in Eagle County
Longview Mountain Services is looking for a General Manager to help build the next version of the company: a year-round mountain property services business focused on wildfire readiness, home hardening, defensible space, drainage, and winter snow operations.
This is not a corporate management job. It is a field leadership and business-building role for someone who wants real responsibility, real autonomy, and the chance to help shape a company from the ground up.
Our core opportunity is wildfire readiness. Eagle County homeowners, HOAs, property managers, and commercial clients increasingly need practical help making properties more resilient: defensible space, ember-resistant improvements, vegetation management, documentation, maintenance plans, and recurring readiness programs. We are building a professional operating platform to serve that need.
Winter snow management gives the business a strong seasonal base. Wildfire readiness is where we intend to grow.
The right person will become the face of the company in the valley. You will manage crews, coordinate subcontractors, meet customers, estimate work, build repeatable systems, and help turn a promising local business into a durable operating company.
This role is especially well-suited for a transitioning veteran or military-experienced operator who has led people, managed logistics, worked through ambiguity, and wants a post-military role with ownership-level responsibility.
You do not need to be a wildfire expert on day one. You do need to be disciplined, operationally strong, comfortable in the field, and serious about building something.
What you will do
You will lead day-to-day operations across wildfire readiness, property mitigation, drainage, land management, and snow operations. That includes customer communication, estimates, crew scheduling, subcontractor coordination, quality control, job costing, equipment accountability, and hiring.
You will also help build the wildfire readiness offering itself: service packages, inspection checklists, customer documentation, recurring maintenance plans, field SOPs, crew training, and the operating model that lets the business scale.
This is a hands-on leadership role. Some days will be customer meetings and estimates. Some days will be solving crew, equipment, or subcontractor problems. Some days will require jumping in directly to make sure the work gets done right.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for someone with field leadership experience in construction, engineering, logistics, facilities, landscaping, forestry, snow operations, land management, military operations, or a related field.
The best fit is someone who:
- Leads from the front
- Communicates clearly with customers and crews
- Can make decisions without perfect information
- Holds people accountable without drama
- Is organized enough to manage seasonal chaos
- Takes safety, payroll, documentation, and compliance seriously
- Wants to build systems, not just execute tasks
- Thinks like an owner
Military leadership experience is highly valued, especially in logistics, engineering, operations, maintenance, construction, aviation ground support, facilities, or expeditionary environments.
Location
This role is based in Eagle County, Colorado, serving communities across the Vail Valley. The GM must live in Eagle County or be actively relocating. Relocation support is available for the right person.
Compensation
This is a serious leadership role with upside.
Compensation includes a competitive base salary, performance-based bonus opportunity, company vehicle for business use, relocation support where appropriate, and potential long-term equity participation tied to business growth and operational milestones.
For the right person, this is not just a job. It is a path to becoming the long-term operator and possible equity leader of a growing mountain services company.
A straight answer
This business is being rebuilt under new ownership. Not every system is already in place. That is the point of the role.
If you want a polished corporate environment, this probably is not the right fit. If you want to take command of a real operating business, build a wildfire readiness platform, lead crews, serve mountain communities, and be rewarded for growth, we should talk.
