How Josh Ommen Built a $1M Septic Business After a Liver Transplant

Josh Ommen of Circle J Septic shares how a life-saving liver transplant reshaped his perspective and led him to build a growing Arizona septic company from a used pump truck.

In this Excavation & Septic Profits Podcast episode, Josh joins Scott Andreasen to discuss answering the phone, earning Google reviews, educating homeowners, building recurring maintenance, handling emergency calls, hiring dependable people, and moving from owner-operator to a scalable septic business.

What you’ll hear

• Josh’s path from liver transplant recovery to launching Circle J Septic.
• Why answering the phone and earning reviews matter in emergency septic work.
• How a three-year maintenance cycle creates repeat business and fewer emergency calls.
• The staffing, equipment, and financing challenges behind growing beyond the one-truck stage.
• How Josh is building systems, dispatch, estimating, and SOPs to grow toward the next level.

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