Cryo Clean Solutions
Fort Collins, CO
Work Location: Field-based; travel to customer locations throughout Northern Colorado and surrounding areas
Job Type: Part-time to full-time, W-2 employee
Schedule: Variable project schedule; some early mornings, evenings, weekends, and regional travel may be required
About Cryo Clean Solutions
Cryo Clean Solutions is a Fort Collins-based mobile dry ice blasting company providing specialized cleaning services for commercial, industrial, manufacturing, restoration, and other demanding applications.
We have invested approximately $100,000 in company-owned equipment, and we are looking for a dependable, entrepreneurial person who can take responsibility for operating that equipment, generating business, managing customers, and completing projects safely and professionally.
This is not a desk-only operations position. It is also not a pure sales position.
The person hired will be expected to help find the work, estimate the work, schedule it, perform the dry ice blasting, manage the customer relationship, maintain the equipment, and close out each project properly.
This is a key employee role for someone who wants substantial autonomy, performance-based earning potential, and the opportunity to help build a growing service company.
Position Summary
The Dry Ice Blasting Operations Manager and Business Development Lead will manage projects from the first customer conversation through final project completion.
You will develop new business, respond to incoming leads, visit customer locations, evaluate cleaning applications, prepare estimates, coordinate scheduling, transport and set up equipment, operate the dry ice blasting system, communicate with customers, document results, and ensure that every project meets Cryo Clean Solutions’ standards.
The successful candidate must be equally comfortable talking with a plant manager, maintenance supervisor, contractor, or business owner and then putting on personal protective equipment and performing the physical work required to complete the project.
Dry ice blasting experience is preferred but not required. Training will be provided to the right mechanically inclined candidate.
Primary ResponsibilitiesBusiness Development and Sales
- Generate new business through phone calls, email outreach, networking, referrals, site visits, and local business relationships.
- Build relationships with manufacturers, maintenance departments, restoration contractors, property managers, food-production facilities, municipalities, commercial contractors, and other potential customers.
- Respond promptly and professionally to incoming inquiries.
- Qualify prospective projects and determine whether dry ice blasting is an appropriate solution.
- Schedule and conduct customer site visits.
- Identify the customer’s cleaning problem, desired outcome, timing, operational limitations, and budget.
- Prepare accurate estimates, proposals, scopes of work, and follow-up communications.
- Maintain an organized pipeline of leads, estimates, scheduled projects, and follow-up activities.
- Follow up consistently on outstanding proposals.
- Develop repeat customers and referral relationships.
- Look for additional applications or project opportunities at existing customer locations.
- Represent Cryo Clean Solutions professionally at customer facilities, networking events, and industry meetings.
Project Estimating and Planning
- Inspect prospective project sites and evaluate surfaces, contaminants, access, workspace conditions, ventilation, utilities, and safety concerns.
- Estimate the labor hours, dry ice consumption, equipment requirements, air requirements, setup time, travel, and other costs associated with each project.
- Identify whether additional equipment, helpers, rentals, containment, or customer shutdown coordination will be required.
- Develop clear project scopes that define what is included and excluded.
- Coordinate project dates, site access, customer contacts, safety orientations, and equipment requirements.
- Confirm that required dry ice, personal protective equipment, tools, hoses, nozzles, and support equipment are available before departure.
- Communicate potential changes, delays, or additional charges before performing work outside the approved scope.
- Protect project profitability by controlling labor, material use, travel, and unnecessary downtime.
Dry Ice Blasting and Field Operations
- Safely transport company equipment to customer locations.
- Tow, maneuver, load, and unload the company trailer and equipment when required.
- Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspections of vehicles, trailers, and equipment.
- Set up the dry ice blasting machine, air supply, hoses, nozzles, lighting, barriers, and other job-site equipment.
- Operate dry ice blasting equipment safely and efficiently.
- Select appropriate pressures, feed rates, nozzles, and blasting techniques for each application.
- Monitor the cleaning process and adjust operating methods to achieve the desired result without damaging customer property.
- Follow all company procedures relating to dry ice handling, ventilation, carbon-dioxide exposure, hearing protection, respiratory protection, eye protection, lockout/tagout, and customer-site safety requirements.
- Maintain control of hoses, tools, dry ice, and work areas throughout the project.
- Keep customer work areas organized and professional.
- Direct helpers, temporary workers, or subcontractors when additional labor is required.
- Stop work and notify management or the customer when unsafe conditions, scope changes, property-damage risks, or unexpected conditions are identified.
- Complete projects efficiently while maintaining quality and safety standards.
Customer and Project Management
- Serve as the primary customer contact before, during, and after assigned projects.
- Confirm the project scope and expectations with the customer before beginning work.
- Provide regular progress updates during longer projects.
- Manage customer concerns calmly and professionally.
- Obtain approval before completing additional work beyond the original scope.
- Document project conditions with before-and-after photographs.
- Complete job reports, customer signoffs, change orders, equipment records, and other required documentation.
- Review completed work with the customer before leaving the site.
- Identify follow-up opportunities and request customer reviews or referrals when appropriate.
- Assist with invoice documentation and follow up on customer information needed for billing.
Equipment and Inventory Management
- Protect and maintain approximately $100,000 of company-owned equipment.
- Inspect equipment before and after every project.
- Clean, organize, and properly store equipment after use.
- Perform routine preventive maintenance in accordance with manufacturer recommendations.
- Identify worn, damaged, or unsafe equipment before it causes downtime or a safety issue.
- Report equipment problems promptly and coordinate repairs when needed.
- Maintain appropriate inventories of dry ice, nozzles, hoses, fittings, personal protective equipment, tools, and consumable supplies.
- Keep the company trailer, equipment area, and work vehicle clean and organized.
- Maintain accurate service, inspection, and maintenance records.
- Reduce avoidable equipment damage through proper operation, transportation, and storage.
Administrative and Operational Responsibilities
- Keep accurate records of leads, estimates, customer communications, project activity, expenses, and results.
- Enter customer and project information into the company’s CRM, estimating, scheduling, or job-management system.
- Submit job documentation, receipts, photographs, and expense information promptly.
- Track project revenue, labor time, material use, and job profitability.
- Participate in weekly planning and performance meetings with the owner.
- Help improve operating procedures, estimating methods, safety practices, sales materials, and customer communications.
- Recommend equipment, staffing, and process improvements as project volume increases.
- Help train future technicians or field employees.
- Maintain the confidentiality of customer information, pricing, company methods, and business records.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in industrial field service, equipment operation, construction, manufacturing maintenance, mechanical trades, commercial cleaning, restoration, pressure washing, media blasting, HVAC, coatings, or a related hands-on field.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and the ability to learn unfamiliar equipment.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently without constant supervision.
- Experience communicating directly with customers.
- Confidence initiating sales conversations and following up with prospective customers.
- Ability to manage several leads, estimates, and projects simultaneously.
- Strong judgment, organization, and problem-solving abilities.
- Valid driver’s license and a driving record acceptable to the company’s insurer.
- Ability and willingness to safely tow and maneuver a trailer.
- Reliable transportation to the company’s Fort Collins operating location.
- Ability to use email, text messaging, digital calendars, spreadsheets, estimating tools, and customer-management software.
- Ability to accurately record working time, mileage, expenses, project information, and customer communications.
- Willingness to work a variable schedule based on customer and project requirements.
- Ability to meet customer-site requirements, which may include safety orientations, background screening, drug screening, or facility-specific rules.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous dry ice blasting, sandblasting, soda blasting, media blasting, pressure washing, industrial cleaning, or surface-preparation. Not required.
- Business-to-business sales or business-development experience.
- Experience estimating commercial or industrial service projects.
- Experience working with manufacturing plants, maintenance departments, contractors, restoration companies, or commercial facilities.
- Experience operating compressed-air equipment.
- Experience supervising field crews, helpers, or subcontractors.
- Trailer-towing and equipment-transportation experience.
- Forklift, aerial-lift, first-aid, CPR, respirator, or other relevant safety training.
- Experience using a CRM or field-service management system.
- Existing professional relationships within Northern Colorado’s commercial, industrial, construction, restoration, or manufacturing communities.
Physical and Working Requirements
The employee must be able to:
- Regularly lift and carry equipment or materials weighing up to approximately 60 pounds.
- Occasionally move heavier equipment with assistance or appropriate material-handling equipment.
- Stand and walk for extended periods.
- Bend, kneel, crouch, reach, climb, and work in physically demanding positions.
- Handle hoses, nozzles, tools, and equipment for extended periods.
- Wear required personal protective equipment, including gloves, hearing protection, eye protection, protective clothing, and respiratory protection when required.
- Work around noise, dust, industrial residues, temperature changes, and active commercial or industrial environments.
- Work indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions.
- Safely handle and work around extremely cold dry ice.
- Travel regionally and occasionally stay overnight when a project requires it.
Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.
Who Will Succeed in This Role
This position is well suited for someone who:
- Wants responsibility and autonomy rather than constant supervision.
- Is comfortable being measured by results.
- Can sell a project and then personally deliver what was promised.
- Treats company equipment as carefully as they would treat their own.
- Communicates problems early rather than hiding them.
- Understands that customer trust is built through responsiveness, preparation, appearance, and follow-through.
- Is willing to prospect for business instead of waiting for the phone to ring.
- Can move between sales conversations, project planning, physical field work, and administrative follow-up.
- Wants to help build systems and eventually lead additional employees.
- Takes pride in leaving a customer’s facility better than they found it.
Performance Expectations
Performance will be evaluated using factors such as:
- Collected revenue from projects generated or managed.
- Project gross margin and cost control.
- Number and quality of new customer opportunities.
- Estimate follow-up and closing rate.
- Repeat business and customer referrals.
- Customer satisfaction and professionalism.
- On-time project completion.
- Quality of project documentation.
- Equipment condition and preventive maintenance.
- Compliance with safety procedures.
- Attendance, reliability, and communication.
- Ability to operate with limited supervision.
First 90 Days
During the first 90 days, the successful candidate will be expected to:
- Complete company safety and equipment training.
- Learn Cryo Clean Solutions’ equipment, operating procedures, estimating methods, and customer standards.
- Demonstrate safe equipment setup, operation, shutdown, cleaning, and storage.
- Participate in customer site visits and project estimates.
- Learn how to assess potential dry ice blasting applications.
- Begin managing smaller projects with owner oversight.
- Establish an organized business-development and follow-up routine.
- Demonstrate professional communication with customers.
- Maintain accurate job, sales, equipment, and expense records.
- Progress toward independently selling, scheduling, managing, and completing qualified projects.
Why Join Cryo Clean Solutions?
- Operate professional, company-owned dry ice blasting equipment without making a personal capital investment.
- Receive hands-on training in a specialized industrial service.
- Earn more by generating and successfully executing profitable work.
- Work directly with the owner and influence how the company develops.
- Build relationships across Northern Colorado’s commercial and industrial community.
- Grow into a leadership role as project volume and staffing expand.
- Perform varied, hands-on work rather than spending every day behind a desk.
- Company-generated projects personally managed and completed: 12.5% of collected project revenue.
- Employee-generated projects personally sold, managed, and completed: 12.5% of collected project revenue.
- Non-project work, including training, sales activity, estimating, equipment maintenance, administrative work, and required travel paid in excess of the percentages listed above for the first couple of jobs.
- Additional performance bonuses may be available for exceeding quarterly revenue, profitability, customer-retention, and safety goals.
- The going rate to customers is $400/hr, so compensation could really add up.
How to Apply
Please submit:
- Your current résumé.
- A brief explanation of your hands-on mechanical, equipment-operation, or industrial experience.
- An example of a time you generated business, developed a customer relationship, or helped win a project.
- A description of any trailer-towing, project-estimating, field-supervision, or business-to-business sales experience.
- Your general availability and earliest potential start date.
Applicants who submit only a résumé without addressing the questions above may not receive priority consideration.
Application deadline: August 31, 2026
Cryo Clean Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, performance, business needs, and the ability to perform the essential responsibilities of the position.
Pay: $40.00 - $52.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
