On-Site Infrastructure Ops Engineer — 24/7 Plant Readiness

United States Digital Space LLC; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Operations Engineer for Starbase Infrastructure in Starbase, TX. You will standardize how infrastructure shops plan, execute, and close work orders; drive improvements across Warp/Foundation, LOTO, MOC, and commissioning turnover; translate design packages into actionable floor instructions.

You will own the work-management system, provide visibility on estimates and remaining hours, and ensure operational readiness for new equipment, while working

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of professional experience in industrial plant, central plant, utilities, facilities, power generation, process operations, or maintenance engineering.
• 2+ years in a process plant, municipal or industrial utility, semiconductor or data-center facilities, shipyard, or similar 24/7 plant.
• Hands-on work management: Warp, Foundation, Maximo, SAP PM, or equivalent CMMS; you can write and close a work order to support an initiative.
• Experience reading P&IDs, electrical one-lines, and OEM manuals, and writing a procedure a technician can follow on night shift.
• Experience commissioning or standing up operational-readiness of new equipment (punch list through first PMs and spare setup).
• Working knowledge of LOTO, MOC, confined space, and energized / pressurized systems.
• Familiarity with at least two of: medium-voltage or industrial electrical; HVAC / BMS; industrial gas or compressed air; water / wastewater; rotating equipment.
• Practical use of SQL, Power BI, scripting, or AI to remove clerk work from WOs, PMs, and reports, with judgment for when the right answer is a technician skill.
• Experience overseeing contractors and vendors on a live industrial site.
• Ability to work well in an integrated collaborative team environment, including frequent interactions with technicians, engineers, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Standardize how work is requested, planned, executed, and closed across all infrastructure shops.
• Adopt company and site standards (Warp, Foundation, LOTO, MOC, commissioning turnover) and pull in processes where they fit.
• Choose the fix: software / AI / data, a physical or tooling change, or a personnel skill and behavior standard.
• Define and improve the work-management system: Warp / Foundation work orders, PM and PdM backlog, kitting, closeout.
• Give shops visibility they can staff against: time estimates vs actuals, remaining hours, and blocked jobs.
• Own commissioning and operational-readiness for new or modified systems: punch lists, first PMs, spare setup, turnover to operations.
• Translate design packages into isolation plans, LOTO, work instructions, and hold points the floor can execute.
• Stand up asset identity for equipment that is still informal: what it is, what feeds it, what PM it gets, where the WO lives.
• Put numbers on the shops: availability, PM compliance, WO aging, estimate accuracy, contractor vs in-house mix.
• Write the procedures the shops actually use and teach leads and technicians the standard.

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Operations Engineer for Starbase Infrastructure in Starbase, TX. You will standardize how infrastructure shops plan, execute, and close work orders; drive improvements across Warp/Foundation, LOTO, MOC, and commissioning turnover; translate design packages into actionable floor instructions.

You will own the work-management system, provide visibility on estimates and remaining hours, and ensure operational readiness for new equipment, while working