Operations Specialist
- Location
- Long Beach, CA
- Listed
- 6 days ago
Responsibilities
- Assist with organizing, moving, and staging equipment and supplies
- Assemble furniture and prepare workstations for new hires, including desks, chairs, and file cabinets
- Support onboarding setups and day-to-day workspace readiness
- Stock office, shop, and operational supplies as needed
- Assist with event setup and breakdown
- Perform basic equipment moves up to 40 lbs unassisted
- Complete assigned tickets, checklists, and daily task lists
- Escalate issues, risks, or missing information to senior team members
- Follow safety protocols and operational procedures
- Support general office and operations tasks as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- 1+ year of experience in operations, facilities, workplace services, logistics, hospitality, retail operations, or a related hands-on support role
- Ability to follow clear instructions, complete assigned tasks, and communicate issues promptly
- Ability to lift and move up to 40 lbs unassisted
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Experience supporting office operations, facilities, events, moves, or workspace setups
- Familiarity with ticketing systems, inventory tracking, or vendor coordination
- Basic understanding of space planning, workplace safety, and operational workflows
- Strong time management, attention to detail, and task execution skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
- Positive, service-oriented approach to supporting internal teams
Additional Requirements
- Willingness to work overtime, evenings, or weekends to support critical mission milestones or operational needs
- Ability to work in office, shop, and operational environments
- Ability to lift up to 40 lbs unassisted
- Specific certifications, as appropriate
- Must have a valid drivers license and clean driving record
Pay Range
California $24.50 - $42 USD
We calibrate level and compensation to the selected candidate's experience and demonstrated capability. We welcome applicants across a range of experience levels to apply.
Compensation and Benefits
Base salary will vary depending on job-related knowledge, education, skills, experience, business needs, and market demand. Salary is just one component of our comprehensive compensation package.
Full-time employees also receive company equity, as well as access to a full suite of compelling benefits and perks, including: medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, generous paid time off; up to 20+ days of vacation for exempt staff and up to 10+ days of vacation for non-exempt staff with the ability to cash-out unused vacation annually, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, ClassPass credits, personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health, and other discounts and perks.
We also take pride in offering exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee & onsite barista, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized as part of Vast's ongoing commitment to providing high-quality meals for employees.
About Vast
Vast is developing next-generation space stations and space infrastructure using an incremental, hardware-rich, and low-cost approach. Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers.
Haven Demo's 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world's first commercial space station when it launches in 2027, followed by additional Haven modules.
Additionally, the company recently announced Vast Satellite, a high-power satellite product line leveraging its space station components and the heritage of Haven Demo.
Headquartered in Long Beach, California, and with more than 1,000 employees and over a billion dollars in private capital, Vast has built the facilities required to manufacture and operate America's next space station. The company plans to develop future habitats and systems for the Moon and Mars, dedicated space stations for government partners, and other crewed systems that will unlock the expanding long-term space economy.
Vast is looking for a(n) Operations Specialist, to support daily office and operational needs by executing assigned tasks, assisting with moves and setups, and maintaining organized, stocked, and functional workspaces. This role is focused on learning Vast's core systems, safety standards, and operational workflows while helping ensure teams have the space, equipment, and supplies needed to execute.
This will be a full-time, non-exempt position located in our Long Beach location.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Vast is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vast is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
From Vast's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 4, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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