Lead Machinist , Facilities Services

Lead Machinist (8142C), Facilities Services #88462

At the University of California, Berkeley , we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging makes it a special place for students, faculty, and staff, who are among the most talented and accomplished anywhere, including Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and Mac Arthur Fellows. Since our founding in 1868, we have been an engine for innovation - driving intellectual, economic, and social progress that benefits California, the U.S., and beyond.

Together, we change the world.

At Berkeley, the best careers are built on a foundation of continuous learning and growth . We actively support professional development by providing all full-time staff employees with at least 80 hours of paid time per year and provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups.

Facilities Services works to continuously improve the campus in partnership with all members of the University community to ensure that classrooms, laboratories, and offices support teaching, learning and research. Through the efforts of over 400 dedicated staff members and serving over 10M building square feet and 1100 acres, Facilities Services includes the asset management program, custodial services, maintenance operations, engineering and technical services, environmental services, grounds operations, the Cal Zero Waste program.

The Lead Machinist services and repairs emergency generators, all types of fans, conveyors, compressors, and pumps. They operate large mechanical tools such as lathes, radial drills, drill presses, milling machines, balancing machines, and alignment tools. They replace bearings, repair shop equipment/tools, fabricate special parts, repair vacuum pumps, hydraulic systems, sharpen tools, service diesel and gasoline engines, and autoclaves.

The First Review Date for this job is September 8, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

TRADE EXPERTISE AND PROBLEM SOLVING - 60%

• Responsibilities include:
  
  physical repair of campus buildings including research labs and animal facilities.
• Tasks routinely performed include the following:
  Specification of appropriate materials needed for each job.
• Coordination of work with other shops in buildings, classrooms, research labs and animal facilities.
• Knowledge of processes and procedures utilized by each individual shop.
• Identify and resolve equipment malfunctions, work with manufacturer representatives and technical support.
• Maintain working knowledge of state-of-the-art tools and software through training and reading.
• Service, troubleshoot and repair all trade related equipment and other systems.
• Provide the end user with application information and technical support when needed.
• Coordinate warranty repairs when required.
• Responsibilities include:
  
  reading blueprints, wiring diagrams, schematic drawings, and instructions for repair and maintenance of equipment.
• Uses milling, drilling, grinding and welding tools as well as other machines related to the craft.
• Troubleshoot and repair pumps, shafts, bearings, hydraulic controls and regulators.
• Equipment maintenance and repair of conveyers, vacuum pumps, and compressors.
• Maintain working knowledge of state-of-the-art tools and software through training and reading.
• Service, troubleshoot and repair all generators, engines, storage tanks and fuel delivery systems.
• Expertise in the fabrication of parts requiring exacting tolerances.
• This fabrication includes the use of calipers, welding equipment, and lathes, milling machines, drill presses, planers, balancers and grinders among others.
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