Top Companies Hiring for Operations Jobs in Washington (Oct 2026)

You're hunting for operations work in Washington and you need to know who's actually posting, not who has a careers page full of promises. As of 14 October 2026, JobRise's live feed shows 13 open Operations jobs in Washington, and 10 of those went up in the last 30 days. Six landed in just the last week, so this market is moving.

This is a snapshot of open listings, not a market survey. Treat the counts as today's inventory, because they'll shift by Monday.

The companies hiring right now, ranked#

Ten employers have at least one open operations listing in this slice. Here's the order by open roles:

• Delaware Nation Industries: 3 open listings
• Consigli Construction: 2
• Stranger Soccer: 1
• Our Minds Matter: 1
• Ovation: 1
• Essnova Solutions, Inc.: 1
• H2 Performance Consulting: 1
• Saalex: 1
• US Federal Solutions: 1
• World Central Kitchen: 1

Look at the shape of that list. Eight of the ten companies have exactly one posting, which tells you this is a scattered market where a single well-timed application matters more than volume.

What the job titles reveal#

You can learn a lot from titles alone. Delaware Nation Industries is posting "Senior Program Manager" and "Senior Staff Assistant", plus one more, so they're hiring across seniority bands, not just for one seat.

Consigli Construction has "Direct Purchase - Assistant Project Manager", which reads like a construction procurement track. H2 Performance Consulting lists "Contractor Program Manager", a title that lives in the federal contracting world. Essnova Solutions, Inc. has "Administrative Assistant - NDU".

A few are less typical. Stranger Soccer wants a "License Owner & Operator, Washington DC", which is closer to running a franchise territory than filling a desk job. Ovation's "Activities Assistant / Life Enrichment - Senior Living / Washington, Utah" points at senior living, and Our Minds Matter needs a "Program Coordinator (Full-Time)". World Central Kitchen has one ops seat open.

One blunt read: zero of these 13 listings look entry-level. No intern, graduate, junior, or trainee titles showed up. If you're early career, you'll be stretching into these roles, so lead with transferable scope rather than years.

How Washington compares with the country#

Washington holds 13 of the 2,699 Operations jobs listed across the United States on this date. That's a thin slice, so expect fewer options and less room to be picky about title.

Zoom out one notch and there are 82 open listings in Washington across all categories. Operations is a meaningful chunk of that, but not the whole picture. For the broader national trend lines, see the JobRise Hiring Report: the US, which puts today's local numbers against the wider hiring picture.

Job type skews hard: 12 of the 13 are full-time and 1 is part-time. Part-time hunters have exactly one door to knock on. Also worth flagging: none of the listings in this slice shows a salary, so budget your search around asking, not assuming.

How to target each employer type#

Government and defense-adjacent operators like Delaware Nation Industries, H2 Performance Consulting, Saalex, and US Federal Solutions care about clearances, contract vehicles, and how you document work. Your resume should name the contract, the scope, and the compliance framework you worked inside, because that's what their recruiters scan for.

Construction firms like Consigli Construction want jobsite rhythm: submittals, RFIs, buyout, schedule. Translate your ops language into theirs. "Owned vendor onboarding" becomes "ran buyout for 40 subs across three active jobs".

Nonprofits and mission-driven orgs like Our Minds Matter and World Central Kitchen respond to outcomes tied to people served. Numbers help here: meals delivered, volunteers coordinated, programs launched.

Small or franchise-style operators like Stranger Soccer and Ovation want someone who'll own a patch of ground. Show that you've run something end to end without a safety net.

Referral and outreach scripts#

Cold applications to a 13-listing market get buried. Warm ones stand out. Here's a message you can send to someone at the company on LinkedIn or over email:

Hi [Name], I applied for the [exact title] role and wanted to reach out directly. I spent [N years] running [specific scope, e.g., vendor coordination across 12 sites] and I'm local to Washington. If you're open to it, I'd love 15 minutes to hear how the team's structured before I go further. No worries at all if the timing's off.

Shorter works too, especially for a recruiter you've never met:

Hi [Name], saw the [exact title] posting at [Company]. My background is [one line of scope]. Happy to send a tailored resume if useful. Thanks either way.

For a referral request to a friend-of-a-friend, be specific about which role:

Hey [Name], hope you're well. I'm applying to the Senior Program Manager role at Delaware Nation Industries and wondered if you'd feel comfortable passing my resume along internally. I'll keep it to two minutes of your time, and here's the one-pager: [link].

Notice what all three do: they name the exact title, they don't ask for "any opportunities", and they give the reader an easy out.

The 7-step plan#

1. Pull the full list of 13 open roles and rank them by how close your background matches, not by how much you like the company name.

2. Check each employer's recent posting pattern in the free company insights tool, so you can see if they hire in waves or trickle out one seat at a time.

3. Rewrite your top-line summary for each of your top five targets. One paragraph, tuned to their vocabulary: federal contracts for the consulting firms, jobsite language for Consigli Construction, program outcomes for the nonprofits.

4. Find two people at each target on LinkedIn: one hiring manager, one peer in the role. Send the scripts above within 24 hours of applying.

5. Track everything in a spreadsheet: company, title, date applied, contact name, last touch, next step. Thirteen roles is small enough to run tight.

6. Follow up once at day 7 with a one-line note. Something like: "Applied on [date] for [title], still very interested, happy to share anything else that helps."

7. Re-check the Operations jobs in Washington feed every few days, because six of these 13 listings went up in the last week alone.

FAQ#

Which company has the most operations openings in Washington right now?

Delaware Nation Industries leads with 3 open listings, followed by Consigli Construction with 2. The other eight companies each have one. Counts are from JobRise's live feed on 14 October 2026 and change as listings close.

Are any of these operations jobs entry-level?

None of the 13 listings in this slice carry intern, graduate, junior, or trainee titles. If you're early career, target the coordinator and assistant roles like Our Minds Matter's "Program Coordinator (Full-Time)" or Essnova Solutions' "Administrative Assistant - NDU", and pitch transferable scope.

Do these operations jobs in Washington list salary figures?

No listing in this slice shows a salary. When you get to the recruiter screen, ask for the band early and check the current official posting or the employer's careers page for anything they've published since this snapshot.

How competitive is the Washington operations market compared to the rest of the US?

Washington holds 13 of the 2,699 Operations listings nationwide on 14 October 2026, and 82 listings across all categories locally. That's a thin market, so plan on fewer applications done better rather than mass applying.

Should I apply through JobRise or go direct to the company?

Do both. Apply through the listing so you're in the tracker, then find a human at the company and send the outreach script in the same 24-hour window, because warm intros move faster than cold applications in a 13-role market.