Plant Maintenance Technician Supervisor, Weekend

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is seeking a Plant Maintenance Technician Supervisor, Weekend Shift, within the Facilities Division’s Maintenance & Operations Department. This role supervises and provides technical guidance to a team of PMTs who are responsible for providing 24/7 essential infrastructure support and responsible for maintaining critical infrastructure across more than 100 buildings across 200 acre site in support of the Lab’s Mission.

The supervisor oversees daily shift operations, maintenance and repair activities, emergency response, and preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance of building systems, equipment, and utilities. Working closely with other PMT shift supervisors, the role ensures safe, efficient work execution, schedule adherence, and compliance with Facilities Division policies and procedures.

Responsibilities include ensuring regulatory compliance for storage tanks, gas-insulated switches, and Fixed Treatment Units; coordinating with Environment, Health & Safety (EHS); and overseeing specialized systems such as bulk cryogenics, reverse osmosis/deionized water, and acid waste systems.

The role also plans and executes maintenance activities and outages using Maximo, the Lab’s computerized maintenance management system. Collaboration with craft supervisors, Facilities Operations personnel, planners, schedulers, and other stakeholders is essential to ensure safety, prioritize repairs, minimize disruptions, and maintain reliable support for research, office, and site operations. The supervisor may also serve as a primary contact for customers, providing technical guidance, system updates, and operational information.

We’re here for the same mission, to bring science solutions to the world. Join our team and YOU will play a supporting role in our goal to address global challenges! Have a high level of impact and work for an organization associated with 17 Nobel Prizes!

Why join Berkeley Lab?

We invest in our employees by offering a total rewards package you can count on:

• Exceptional health and retirement benefits, including pension or 401K-style plans

• Opportunities to grow in your career - check out our Tuition Assistance Program

• A culture where you’ll belong - we are invested in our teams!

• In addition to accruing vacation and sick time, we also have a Winter Holiday Shutdown every year.

• Parental bonding leave (for both mothers and fathers)

• Pet insurance

You will:

• Provide daily leadership, direction, supervision, and technical guidance to Plant Maintenance Technicians (PMTs), including performance reviews, coaching, corrective actions, and competency-based work authorization.

• Assign and oversee work orders, ensure appropriate training and qualifications, maintain current Work Planning and Control documentation, and provide on-the-job training.

• Oversee specialized systems, including bulk cryogenics, Waste Accumulation Areas (WAAs), Satellite Accumulation Areas (SAAs), low-conductivity water (LCW), reverse osmosis/deionized water (RO/DI), and acid waste treatment systems.

• Responsible for the coordination of the motor pool fueling station to support Lab’s Fleet Vehicle Program.

• Oversee compliance-related systems, including underground and aboveground storage tanks, gas-insulated switches, Fixed Treatment Units (FTUs), emergency generators, and portable equipment.

• Plan and execute maintenance activities in accordance with approved schedules, Integrated Safety Management (ISM), and established safety procedures. Conduct pre-job briefings and support planned outages.

• Maintain the reliability of facilities, utilities, and equipment through preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance, testing, repair, and replacement.

• Track regulatory requirements, develop and update procedures, support inspections and reporting, investigate incidents, and implement corrective actions in coordination with relevant stakeholders.

• Coordinate with cryogenic providers and internal stakeholders to plan maintenance, repairs, inspections, and compliance activities.

• Promote continuous improvement, evaluate operational efficiency, and recommend process improvements to enhance safety, reliability, and performance.

• Collaborate with facilities, construction, and project managers; planners and schedulers; craft personnel; and other maintenance supervisors to minimize downtime and support Laboratory operations and research.

Requirements:

• Minimum of five (5) years of direct experience working in a facilities maintenance operations environment in a complex industrial plant, laboratory facility, or corporate campus with multiple buildings.

• Experience with work performed by Plant Maintenance Technicians, PMTs, or similar craft groups.

• Experience working in a compliance based environment, where state and local regulations are governed.

• Experience with Underground and Above Ground Storage Tanks, UST, AST, operations and maintenance.

• Experience working with Fixed Treatment Units, FTUs.