Crafts Supervisor

Relisted position.

Originally listed on 7/01/2026.

Previous candidates need not reapply.

We have an opening for a Crafts Supervisor (Deployed Team Responsible Individual), assigned to the Maintenance Production Division within the Infrastructure Maintenance and Utilities Department (IMUD) in the Infrastructure & Operations Directorate (I&O).

You will provide significant technical and administrative guidance and be responsible for managing and directing the day-to-day activities of skilled trades including establishing priorities, setting up schedules and coordinating work.

This position may require work at Site 300 in Tracy, California.

This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

You will

• Supervise and coordinate the work of the various skilled trades engaged in the installation, repair, alternation, operation and maintenance of plant facilities, utilities, and infrastructure while supporting operational priorities and mission needs.
• Coordinate work with planners, schedulers, other shops, building and programmatic personnel; define scope of work, efforts required, and materials needed for work requests; schedule work assignments; balance scheduled and emergent work activities; and establish operational priorities.
• Facilitate coordination between crafts, facility personnel, and support organizations, solve problems and make decisions to ensure work is carried out safely, effectively, and on schedule, and in high quality, and in compliance with Federal, State, and LLNL Environmental Safety and Health (ES&H) requirements and policies.
• Serve as a point of contact between the management team, facilities, and team/shop workers, building effective working relationships across organizations to support communication, coordination, operational decision making, and mission execution, and participate fully in management team decision-making and goal setting.
• Establish and monitor productivity goals and performance measures for craft work processes and make appropriate adjustments. Use Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and related metrics to monitor backlog and preventive maintenance performance. Analyze data and prepare and present standard and supervisory reports.
• Serve as a Responsible Individual, RI, responsible for day-to-day work activities of assigned crafts ensuring that the work is performed in accordance with the Work Planning and Control policy.
• Interact with personnel of all levels including, but not limited to, building coordinators, supervisors, administrative, and craft personnel.
• Provide input in the investigation and completion of documents related to accidents/incidents, and performance management. Solicit technical advice from subject matter experts as necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship.
• Extensive journey-level knowledge, abilities, and work experience in a relevant skilled trade or equivalent experience in maintenance and/or construction.
• Technical, administrative, and supervisory skills and experience including independent decision making, problem solving, workload scheduling, and workforce utilization.
• Experience interpreting and implementing personnel policies and procedures, disciplinary actions, and complete performance appraisals.
• Ability to provide effective direction and flexibility to adjust work activities to meet changing requirements as well as motivate, train, develop, and provide guidance with an emphasis on teamwork.
• Extensive knowledge of and experience in the application of safety policies and procedures, including Work Control and evaluating work hazards and establishing safety standards to assure the public, worker, and environment are protected from adverse consequences.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to interact with all levels of technical and administrative personnel.
• Proficiency using personal computers and related software programs and applications.
• Valid California Driver’s License.

• Knowledge of the function and operation of typical security policies and procedures for nuclear, sensitive, or limited-access facilities.
• Proven success in driving a workplace enhancement initiative such as equipment modernization, operational excellence, worker engagement, preventive maintenance management system rollout, safety culture improvement, or similar program.

Pay Range $65.25 - $79.92 Hourly This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.

An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

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Site 300 is an experimental test site operated by LLNL.

Situated on 7,000 acres in rural foothills approximately six miles southwest of downtown Tracy and 15 miles southeast of Livermore, Site 300 hosts approximately 200 employees with expertise in such fields as engineering, chemistry, biology, and environmental restoration.

Employees assigned to work at Site 300 may be exposed to the organism that causes San Joaquin Valley Fever (coccidioidomycosis ).

This position requires a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance.

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Q-level clearance requires U.S. citizenship.

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