Operations Center Supervisor (Manufacturing Manager 1)
Los Alamos National Laboratory · Los Alamos, NM
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Production
- Base pay
- $117k–$195k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 4 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor production role at Los Alamos National Laboratory (industrial) in Los Alamos, NM. Report directly to the TA-55 Shift Operations Manager (SOM) and act as a key point of contact between Facility Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, and other support teams.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- DOE
- Base pay
- $117k–$195k
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Production Supervisor roles in the US: typical posted base $76k–$101k. This one lists $117k–$195k.
Median of the low and high ends of 247 live postings that list pay, out of 916 production supervisor openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
New Mexico plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 881 other live production postings in the US.
- Base pay
- About 78% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 4+)
Typical $75k–$100k, from 206 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 93%
- Lean 32%
- EHS / safety 21%
- 5S 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for DOE, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- 2
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- 3
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This plant: Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos
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Full description from Los Alamos National LaboratoryAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
What You Will Do
The Operations Center Supervisor (OCS) leads a team responsible for keeping TA-55 facility operations safe, stable, and running smoothly. You'll report directly to the TA-55 Shift Operations Manager (SOM) and act as a key point of contact between Facility Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, and other support teams.
In this role, you'll oversee facility status, approve and coordinate work activities, and make sure operations follow safety and compliance standards including DOE Conduct of Operations and the facility's Safety Basis requirements.
Job duties include, but are not limited to
- ◆Supervise and lead the Operations Center team on a day-to-day basis
- ◆Monitor and manage facility status, work authorizations, and operational priorities
- ◆Serve as a primary coordination point among Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, and other support organizations
- ◆Make sound decisions during normal, abnormal, and emergency situations
- ◆Ensure work is performed safely and in compliance with facility and DOE
requirements
- ✓Support training, development, and continuous improvement of your team
The TA-55 Operations Center provides 24/7/365 coverage. This position requires assignment to a rotating shift schedule, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
#Shiftwork
Requirements
Operations Leadership: Demonstrated experience supervising or leading technicians, operators, craft personnel, professional staff, or multidisciplinary teams in a technical environment. Demonstrated ability to direct work, establish priorities, provide feedback, maintain accountability, and develop a high-performing team.
Nuclear/Facility Operations: Demonstrated knowledge and experience with operations in a nuclear, high-hazard, industrial, or similarly regulated technical environment, including facility status control, configuration awareness, operational decision-making, and disciplined execution of work.
Conduct of Operations/Work Control: Demonstrated knowledge of formal operational practices, Integrated Work Management, work authorization, hazard controls, procedure use and adherence, shift turnover, operational communications, and coordination of concurrent work activities.
Authorization Basis / TSRs: Working knowledge of nuclear Authorization/Safety Basis
requirements
and Technical Safety Requirements, including Limiting Conditions for Operation, surveillance requirements, required actions, restrictions, compensatory actions, and operational controls.
Abnormal and Emergent Operations: Demonstrated experience providing leadership or coordination during abnormal, off-normal, emergency, or other time-sensitive operational conditions. Ability to assess conditions, establish priorities, make timely decisions, and coordinate response actions.
Configuration/Facility Systems: Demonstrated knowledge of configuration and system-status control and sufficient knowledge of facility mechanical, electrical, instrumentation/control, process, safety, and support systems to evaluate operational impacts associated with equipment degradation, maintenance, or configuration changes.
Problem Solving and Communication: Demonstrated ability to identify operational problems, assess risk and consequences, determine appropriate actions, and clearly communicate priorities, facility conditions, expectations, and concerns across multidisciplinary organizations.
Training and Continuous Improvement: Working knowledge of formal training and qualification programs and demonstrated ability to support personnel development, organizational learning, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
Education/Experience: Position requires a Bachelor's degree and 1 year of related experience; or, an equivalent combination of education and experience directly related to the occupation.
This position may be subject to DOE Order 426.2, Personnel Selection, Training, and Qualification
Requirements
for DOE Nuclear Facilities. This DOE Order establishes entry-level
requirements
to ensure employees in the positions can successfully perform the
requirements
of the job.
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