Technical Supervisor/Senior Technical Supervisor - Active Security Clearance Required
LLNL · California
📍 Livermore, CA, usvia smartrecruitersPosted 2026-06-09
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.
Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.
We have an opening for a Technical Supervisor/Senior Technical Supervisor. In this role, you will perform a complete range of both programmatic activities and administrative supervision in support of engineering operations. Primary work activities are conducted in the B131 High Bay facility, located at LLNL’s main site and may involve periodic travel to other NNSA/DOE/DoD sites. The position is in the Defense Technologies Engineering Division (DTED) within the Engineering Directorate, supporting the Strategic Deterrence (SD) Program.
This position will be filled at the appropriate level based on knowledge, skills, and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional responsibilities, outlined below, may be assigned at the higher level.
This position requires full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.
In this role you will
Lead and provide technical and direct administrative supervision and oversight of work center/teams in mechanical, electronics, and operations areas, and other matrixed support personnel, including work planning, setting priorities, designating daily work assignments, as well as personnel actions and administration of policies and procedures.
Provide technical leadership of engineering fabrication, assembly, and testing processes to ensure quality and adherence to engineering standards, as well as safety and security of work center activities.
Collaborate with the technical staff to apply innovative technical expertise on the definition of functional requirements, solve complex technical and resource problems, and evaluate alternative design concepts consistent with schedule, cost, and material limitations. Assist in the development of yearly cost/collection estimates for the work center and provide budgetary oversight of work center activities.
Participate in planning, decision making, and change processes, including modifying guidelines, techniques, and procedures.
Perform personnel related functions, including recruiting, hiring, and retention activities, performance evaluation and alignment, salary management, influencing the work environment to foster staff development, employee morale, and well-being, and making recommendations on promotion and disciplinary actions for group members.
Interact and maintain close working relationships with group leaders and program management to provide technical support for and to ensure timely and cost-effective execution of supportive engineering services.
Develop, prepare, present, and participate in required design reviews, reports, procedures, and other communications in support of technical and administrative assignments.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Additional job responsibilities, at the 390.2 level
Provide highly advanced technical and related administrative support, expertise, guidance, and advice in the areas of applied engineering technology, including planning, design, fabrication, project support, testing, and evaluation where the qualitative and quantitative complexity of the project assignments demand original and innovative problem solutions.
Utilize a high degree of independent discretion and judgment in making frequent complex decisions, and in providing direction to technical staff.
Represent division and program at meetings, briefings, and other activities both internal and external to the Laboratory.
Communicate and inform management and appropriate outside collaborators of project status, budget, schedule, and workforce effort levels.
Mentor subordinate personnel/team members for leadership succession planning and provide career development and technical guidance. Assess, determine, and direct staff training requirements, efforts, and opportunities.
Partner with Administrative and Programmatic Senior Leadership for long-range strategic planning to establish and ensure department’s missions, goals and work activities are met.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. Citizenship.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering Technology, or related technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.
Experience with handling procedures for pressure and vacuum systems.
Experience providing administrative and technical leadership through the effective utilization of people and available resources, including budget planning and oversight, and anticipating and identifying programmatic needs.
Experience in mechanical/electrical engineering project leadership, including work planning, scheduling, drawing requirements, and reporting.
Knowledge of and/or experience with Work Control processes.
Demonstrated ability to exercise sound judgment in a high-consequence safety environment, including solving complex problems in a multi-tasked environment, often with minimal instruction and direction.
Advanced verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with people at all levels and ensure that program requirements are conveyed in a timely manner.
Ability to periodically travel to Nuclear Security and DoD Sites in support of program missions.
Additional qualifications at the 390.2 level
Extensive experience working in, leading, and supervising multidisciplinary teams to meet project requirements and deadlines.
Highly advanced analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, and significant experience making in
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