Chief of Staff

The Chief of Staff serves as a trusted advisor and operational leader to the CEO and executive team, ensuring organizational priorities, strategic projects, and key business initiatives move forward effectively. Acting as an extension of the CEO, the role is the central point of coordination across the organization for executive communications, project management, Board governance, and organizational alignment.

Working closely with the leadership team, customers, suppliers, and key external stakeholders, the Chief of Staff drives accountability, supports decision-making, and ensures strategic initiatives are successfully implemented, enabling the CEO and executive team to remain focused on the company’s highest priorities.

THE ORGANIZATION

Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Red Deer, Alberta, Rebel Vac Systems is a leading North American manufacturer of hydro-excavation and industrial vacuum equipment. For more than 25 years, Rebel has built a reputation for innovation, quality, customization, and dependable equipment designed to operate in some of the most demanding environments across North America.

Rebel manufactures a broad range of hydrovac and vacuum systems, including its Renegade and Hurricane product lines and certified dangerous-goods vacuum systems, supported by a full-service parts, repair, retrofit, and maintenance operation. Its equipment serves customers across the utility, municipal, environmental, industrial, oilfield, mining, construction, and infrastructure sectors.

The company is in a period of significant growth. In 2024, Rebel consolidated its operations into a new 61,000 square foot facility on more than 12 acres in Red Deer, and it now operates more than 110,000 square feet across two Red Deer locations. In 2025, Rebel acquired CCI Industrial Coatings, now Rebel Industrial Coatings, bringing abrasive blasting, powder coating, and protective finishing capabilities in-house.

With a team of more than 120 people in production and administration, Rebel was named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies in 2026, recognizing excellence in strategy, operational execution, culture, and sustained growth.

Vision

To create industry-leading vacuum systems that help customers unearth the potential in every project and help fuel the growth of North America’s expanding infrastructure.

Values

Rebel is guided by seven principles: striving to be remarkable rather than average; collective success through combined effort; the vision to think three steps ahead and the courage to execute the first one; decisions that blend decisive action with careful consideration; a willingness to pivot without losing balance; refusing to accept complacency; and putting the right people in the right environment.

• Lead the day-to-day management and coordination of CEO priorities and key business initiatives.
• Manage and optimize the CEO’s calendar, schedule, travel arrangements, meeting cadence, and executive commitments to ensure alignment with strategic and operational priorities.
• Coordinate the CEO’s agenda to ensure time is allocated effectively across customers, employees, Board activities, strategic initiatives, and operational requirements.
• Prepare briefing materials, reports, presentations, executive summaries, and meeting packages for internal and external meetings.
• Anticipate information requirements and ensure executive readiness for critical decisions, customer engagements, Board meetings, and stakeholder interactions.
• Manage highly confidential information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
• Support executive communications and ensure timely follow-through on CEO directives.
• Serve as the primary point of coordination for executive meetings, correspondence, and follow-up actions.
• Monitor executive priorities and proactively identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness and executive efficiency.
• Act as the CEO’s delegate when coordinating initiatives with senior leaders and department heads.
• Facilitate communication and alignment across manufacturing, operations, sales, service, finance, human resources, and corporate functions.
• Ensure executive reports, business plans, and project updates are accurate, complete, and decision ready.
• Establish standards for executive reporting, presentations, and information flow across the organization.
• Track CEO-directed actions, priorities, and commitments through to completion.
• Identify bottlenecks, execution risks, and organizational challenges requiring executive attention.
• Monitor progress on key strategic initiatives and provide regular updates to the CEO and leadership team.
• Facilitate accountabi