Future-Ready Operational Readiness Specialist

Hatch Ltd.; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Hatch Ltd. is seeking a Junior Operational Readiness Specialist to join the Houston, TX team, supporting global offices. This role focuses on developing readiness plans, coordinating across operations, maintenance, engineering, and safety to ensure smooth turnover and startup activities.

You will assist in documenting procedures, maintaining readiness documents, and coordinating training programs. The position requires in-office work with occasional remote flexibility and travel up to 80% in

Qualifications

• Roles at this level are filled by recent or soon to be university/college graduates with little or no professional experience but possessing relevant skills.
• Preferred bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical, computer, mechanical, chemical, or process engineering
• Minimum of a cumulative 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development and maintenance of Operational Readiness plans, schedules, and tracking tools
• Support readiness assessments and milestone reviews throughout project execution
• Help identify activities required to prepare operations and maintenance teams for equipment startup and turnover
• Coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, project management, training, and safety teams
• Facilitate meetings, document action items, and track completion of readiness deliverables
• Support communication between project teams and site personnel regarding upcoming changes
• Assist with the development, review, and organization of operating procedures, maintenance procedures, work instructions, and startup documentation
• Support document control activities and ensure readiness documents are maintained and accessible
• Help verify that project documentation is complete prior to turnover
• Support training program development and training schedule coordination
• Track training requirements and completion status for operations and maintenance personnel
• Assist with the development of job aids, training materials, and competency assessments
• Participate in operational readiness reviews, field walkthroughs, and startup planning activities
• Help identify potential operational, maintenance, safety, and reliability risks associated with project implementation
• Track mitigation actions and support closure of identified readiness gaps
• Assist in coordinating project turnover activities
• Support equipment commissioning, startup, and post-startup stabilization efforts
• Track punch-list items, outstanding actions, and turnover deliverables
• Help ensure ownership of systems is successfully transferred to site operations and maintenance teams
• Maintain readiness action logs, dashboards, and status reports
• Monitor progress against readiness milestones and notify leadership of potential risks or delays
• Prepare presentations and reports for project and site leadership

Skills

Microsoft Office

Co-op experience

Industrial environment

Travel readiness

Field assignments

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Hatch Ltd. is seeking a Junior Operational Readiness Specialist to join the Houston, TX team, supporting global offices. This role focuses on developing readiness plans, coordinating across operations, maintenance, engineering, and safety to ensure smooth turnover and startup activities.

You will assist in documenting procedures, maintaining readiness documents, and coordinating training programs. The position requires in-office work with occasional remote flexibility and travel up to 80% in