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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is hiring a Senior Administratorto support the Chemical Sciences Division (CSD). In this exciting role, you will provide a high-level of administrative and executive support to the Division Director and Deputy Director serving as the "face" of the organization. Your role will involve fast-paced work of a sensitive nature requiring a high level of confidentiality. Reporting to the Division Program Manager, you will provide expertise in directing, planning, scheduling, and overseeing the day-to-day aspect of the Division Director's email and calendar. You will manage a broad set of projects and activities on behalf of the Division, in addition to serving as a liaison to internal and external contacts and partners with key personnel, campus, and team members to ensure business goals are met. This position will have extensive interactions with management, colleagues, and stakeholders across CSD, including key stakeholders within the Joint...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is looking for a Preventative Maintenance Planner within the Facilities Division.Reporting to the Asset Management group, you will ensure the reliability and lifecycle management of organizational assets by planning, scheduling, and coordinating preventive maintenance activities across a complex, multi-building research campus. Serving as the primary liaison between asset management and maintenance teams, you will develop work packages, establish work controls, and maintain a safe working environment while collaborating with System Engineers, Facility Area Managers, contractors, and customers to keep the program running efficiently and on schedule. This role requires technical depth and the ability to operate within a formal, regulated work authorization environment. Working independently under general direction, you will apply an analytical approach to improve maintenance effectiveness, using data to reduce downtime and costs while driving...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is hiring an Administrative Assistant III to support the Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) Division. Reporting to the EHS Division Office Administrative Manager, this position will provide a comprehensive range of administrative support to the Health & Safety Department. In this exciting role, you will track, prioritize and monitor administrative workflow with an opportunity to implement process and procedural improvements, stay abreast of changes in procedures, and disseminate information to members of the administrative team. This position has an anticipated start date of May 4, 2026. ***If you are a current or former Berkeley Lab employee experiencing technical difficulties with submitting your application, please contact talent-acquisition@lbl.gov.*** 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...

Berkeley Lab's (LBNL) Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Division has an opening for a Bioprocess Digitization Leadto join the Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU)! In this exciting role, you will implement the digital backbone that connects cutting-edge synthetic biology research to industrial-scale biomanufacturing. You will bridge the gap between R&D and scale-up by digitizing the "art of scale-up" and enabling seamless technology transfer across ABPDU's diverse portfolio of global collaborators. You will have the opportunity to combine strategic program leadership with technical product ownership, ensuring that bioprocess data, workflows, and knowledge systems are structured for scalability, reproducibility, and future AI-driven innovation. Leading complex programs, you will contribute to strategic planning, and may provide scientific or technical leadership, including identifying new research directions and funding opportunities....

Berkeley Lab's (LBNL) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has an opening for a Plant Transformation Scientist! In this exciting role, you will serve in multiple roles supporting the potential future of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Plant Transformation Capability (PTC). First, you will conduct R&D in plant transformation, including the development of novel virus-mediated delivery methods that could reduce genotype specificity, a major topic of interest for the PTC. Second, you will serve as the technical point of contact, providing oversight and biological materials to support a plant transformation automation emerging technologies opportunity program (ETOP) that has just been released for competition. Third, you will provide technical analyses to DOE leadership as part of the Analysis of Alternatives required to advance the PTC to CD-1, including evaluations of the state of the art, potential partners, and operational models. Finally, you will explore potential collaboration with...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Material Handler in the Facilities division. Reporting to the Shipping and Receiving Supervisor, this role independently handles receiving operations, including inspecting, barcoding, documenting, and processing incoming materials. The position works with vendors and internal teams, managing a wide range of goods through internal systems (iBox, Peoplesoft, and Ebuy) Candidates need experience in a receiving environment, knowledge of DOT regulations, strong communication skills, and must possess computer skills necessary to create, sort, and manage e-mail and to utilize computer software to create electronic templates and folders. 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...

Berkeley Lab's (LBNL) Biological Systems and Engineering (BSE) Division has an opening for a Research Assistant to join the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI)! In this exciting role, you will support the execution of the Department of Energy (DOE) mission-critical project goals, along with other federally sponsored projects. You will perform techniques requiring molecular and biochemical skills to plan and execute projects for experimental procedures. This position has an anticipated start date of May 1, 2026 and will be performed onsite in Emeryville, CA. 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 benefits. Generous paid time off, sick time...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Program Operations Analyst within the NERSC division. Support the operations of the NERSC program with a particular focus on NERSC Compute Allocations and supporting NERSC users in Account Support using the ServiceNow cloud-based platform. You will plan, initiate and monitor the annual Allocation Year schedule through completion. NERSC provides computing hours, with guidance from the Department of Energy's Office of Science, to over 11,000 users on our system(s). You will predominantly focus on providing support to our DOE Allocation Managers and the Principal Investigators who will submit computing requests through our proposal system. You will work closely with NERSC leadership and cross-functional groups preparing user analysis and reports to help with understanding the needs of our users, our DOE stakeholders and our LBNL stakeholders. You will: Support the operations and development of incident, request, and ticket...

As a member of the Facilities Division within the Site Utilities and Maintenance (SUM) Department, the Lead Groundskeeper oversees a team of 2 -5 craft workers responsible for maintaining Laboratory grounds. This role includes performing and leading semi-skilled and skilled grounds maintenance tasks such as lawn care, trimming, pruning, planting, watering, and general landscape upkeep. The Lead Groundskeeper provides leadership on assigned work scope and objectives, ensures safety oversight through pre-job briefings, supports staff with work order questions, and escalates hazards or significant safety concerns to Supervisors or Line Management as needed. The role requires working independently on routine assignments while maintaining strong coordination with leadership. Responsibilities also include managing tools and equipment by receiving, storing, issuing, and tracking inventory; maintaining records; ensuring proper cleaning, maintenance, and minor repairs coordinating...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Plant Maintenance Technician within the Facilities division.You will install, repair and maintain equipment and systems critical to Laboratory operations and the pursuit of world-class science. You will perform varied tasks essential day-to-day operation of the plant facilities systems, complete preventive maintenance, make small and complex equipment repairs, monitor and respond to control systems alarms and perform emergency repairs and equipment replacement when needed. 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...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) relies on an extensive network of Energy Management and Control Systems (EMCS) to operate its campus-supporting building and energy management, lighting and safety, HVAC control, and critical alarm notifications essential to scientific programs. As part of LBNL's Facilities Engineering Team, the Control Systems Engineer (CSE) will design, manage, and maintain these systems to ensure reliability, availability, and security. Responsibilities include troubleshooting controllers and networks, performing IT and database maintenance, and managing energy and facility monitoring systems. The CSE will also support capital projects through design review, oversight, and contractor coordination. The CSE 3 will lead energy management, HVAC, and control system retrofit projects across multiple occupied facilities, requiring sound judgment in implementing complex process control modifications with minimal supervision. Duties include planning and...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Computational Research Scientist within the Building and Industrial Energy Systems Division. The Computational Research Scientist will conduct research, develop and apply AI technologies to support design, operation, and retrofit of buildings for optimal performance of energy efficiency, demand flexibility, and occupant comfort. Current research in LBNL's Building and Industrial Energy Systems Division includes the development and application of building energy simulation, research on building controls, performance monitoring, window systems, high performance facades, management of peak electricity demand, and benchmarking of building energy performance. The incumbent will focus on research and application of advanced AI methods and tools to automate building energy modeling, develop digital twins of buildings, prototype robotic technologies for HVAC systems in buildings, as well as collaborate with BIES staff on related projects....

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is hiring a Postdoctoral Scholar within the Energy Technologies & Systems division.The HackingMaterials group has confirmed funding to hire a postdoc to develop theories and software for materials synthesis planning and automated solar data degradation pathway analysis based on literature data. You will support two DOE projects at 50% each. The first project is the DOE BES Data-Driven Synthesis Science program in which the postdoc will combine literature data extraction, LLM reasoning, and theoretical materials science to guide synthesis protocols for automated sol-gel and solid-state synthesis science. The second project is the DOE CMEI Durable Module Materials Program for which the postdoc will use literature data extraction to understand degradation pathways of materials in solar photovoltaic modules. 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...