Your site is 7,000 miles away. The reports all say it’s fine.
I’m an interim operations lead for sites your people can’t get to. I go there and run it until your permanent lead is in place.
Retainers from $3,000 a month.
For U.S. defense and government contractors, critical-facility owners, and investors with a site overseas or somewhere remote in the U.S.
The site lead left, and the permanent hire is months away.
Visas, relocation and a search all take time. The seat can’t sit empty that long.
The reports say it’s fine. The site says otherwise.
GAO found required contractor oversight wasn’t fully done on 5 of 9 major DoD contracts it reviewed.
The prime and the sub stopped trusting each other.
It’s playing out by email across time zones, and the work is waiting on it.
The facility is about to go live, and senior people are the hardest to hire.
In Uptime’s 2026 survey, 53% of operators reported difficulty finding qualified candidates.
Who on your payroll has stood on that site this month?
Sending one of your own can cost three to five times their salary (AIRINC), and a local hire takes months. I hold the seat, coach your local lead, then leave.
When owners call me
Recent work
Went in as the fourth lead on a two-site federal contractPaid hours went from about 4,800 to 4,200 a week with every post covered. → Ran a 10 MW plant overseas after both managers leftBrought local engineers and American staff into one crew, with no outages caused by the plant. → Got 250+ hours of know-how from the vendors before they leftThe facility never went offline during the handover. →I’m one person. I take one deployed engagement at a time, and I’m not a substitute for your legal or compliance function. I’m the person on site who sees the problem early and escalates it to them.
Four ways to put me on the ground.
Same rates as the Ready Room. Each monthly option is a block of hours; extra time is billed at the off-retainer rate of $250/hr. Full-Time has a 90-day minimum.
Your eyes on site. Each month I check on your site, partner or contractor, including a visit when it’s needed, and tell you what’s really happening.
- How it runs
- Mostly remote. Guidance only, with limited decision-making authority.
- You get
- A monthly written report, with photos and notes from any visit.
Your representative in the room. I attend partner and government meetings for you, coordinate local vendors and crews, and keep your priorities on the table.
- How it runs
- On site and remote. I act within the authority you give me in writing.
- You get
- A monthly summary and an up-to-date map of your contacts and relationships.
I lead your site through a recovery, a phase-in, or the gap before your permanent lead arrives, then hand it to your team.
- How it runs
- On-site schedule set in the agreement. My authority is written down; you keep the final say.
- You get
- A weekly report to the owner and a written handover plan.
I’m on your site full time as the interim site lead until your permanent manager is in place, then I hand it over.
- How it runs
- On-site, 40 hours a week. 90-day minimum. Extra hours at $250/hr. Travel, room and board paid by the client.
- You get
- Daily presence, a weekly report to the owner, and a written handover plan.
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- Where I’ve worked
- Veteran-led U.S. company, available worldwide. My work has taken me across eight states, Korea and the Pacific, and the Middle East, including Jordan and Qatar. Korea, about two and a half years. Jordan, 16 months.
- Who does the work
- I’m your only consultant, and I do the work myself. A small back-office team handles the admin behind me.
- What I don’t do
- Factory or supplier audits, FCPA or compliance work, or legal advice. I’ll refer you if you need it.
I report what’s on the ground and run what you’ve given me to run. The decision stays yours, and the site goes back to your team when it’s stable.
See past projects → References available on request.
Tell me where the site is and who’s running it today.
In fifteen minutes I’ll tell you whether I’m the right person to send.
Start the conversation →Or email inquiry@rigbyfirm.com
