diff --git a/lib/ramble/ramble/test/workflow_manager_functionality/slurm_workflow_manager.py b/lib/ramble/ramble/test/workflow_manager_functionality/slurm_workflow_manager.py
index b89a5ffae..30af0d334 100644
--- a/lib/ramble/ramble/test/workflow_manager_functionality/slurm_workflow_manager.py
+++ b/lib/ramble/ramble/test/workflow_manager_functionality/slurm_workflow_manager.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def test_slurm_workflow():
             assert ".slurm_job" in content
         with open(os.path.join(path, "slurm_execute_experiment")) as f:
             content = f.read()
+            assert "scontrol show hostnames" in content
             assert "#SBATCH --gpus-per-task=1" in content
         with open(os.path.join(path, "query_job")) as f:
             content = f.read()
diff --git a/lib/ramble/ramble/util/command_runner.py b/lib/ramble/ramble/util/command_runner.py
index c290c6d03..f479e9499 100644
--- a/lib/ramble/ramble/util/command_runner.py
+++ b/lib/ramble/ramble/util/command_runner.py
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@ class CommandRunner:
     Can be inherited to construct custom command runners.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, name=None, command=None, shell="bash", dry_run=False, path=None):
+    def __init__(
+        self, name=None, command=None, shell="bash", dry_run=False, path=None, required=True
+    ):
         """
         Ensure required command is found in the path
         """
         self.name = name
         self.dry_run = dry_run
         self.shell = shell
-        required = not self.dry_run
+        required = required and not self.dry_run
         try:
             if path is None:
                 self.command = which(command, required=required)
diff --git a/lib/ramble/ramble/wmkit.py b/lib/ramble/ramble/wmkit.py
index 0d0ab3bc2..845442827 100644
--- a/lib/ramble/ramble/wmkit.py
+++ b/lib/ramble/ramble/wmkit.py
@@ -14,3 +14,8 @@
 from ramble.language.shared_language import *
 
 from ramble.workflow_manager import WorkflowManagerBase
+
+from ramble.util.command_runner import (
+    CommandRunner,
+    RunnerError,
+)
diff --git a/lib/ramble/ramble/workflow_manager.py b/lib/ramble/ramble/workflow_manager.py
index ffbc1238f..b02dbe876 100644
--- a/lib/ramble/ramble/workflow_manager.py
+++ b/lib/ramble/ramble/workflow_manager.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def __init__(self, file_path):
         ramble.util.directives.define_directive_methods(self)
 
         self.app_inst = None
+        self.runner = None
 
     def set_application(self, app_inst):
         """Set a reference to the associated app_inst"""
diff --git a/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py b/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
index b8758eaa8..6be44ed4a 100644
--- a/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
+++ b/var/ramble/repos/builtin/workflow_managers/slurm/workflow_manager.py
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class Slurm(WorkflowManagerBase):
 
     tags("workflow", "slurm")
 
+    def __init__(self, file_path):
+        super().__init__(file_path)
+
+        self.runner = SlurmRunner()
+
     workflow_manager_variable(
         name="partition",
         default="",
@@ -54,23 +59,23 @@ class Slurm(WorkflowManagerBase):
         """.strip(),
     )
 
-    render_content(
-        name="query_job",
-        content_tpl=rf"""
+    render_content(name="query_job", content_func="_slurm_query_script")
+
+    def _slurm_query_script(self):
+        return rf"""
 #!/bin/bash
 {_ensure_job_id_snippet}
-squeue -j $job_id
-        """.strip(),
-    )
+{self.runner.generate_query_command("$job_id")}
+        """.strip()
 
-    render_content(
-        name="cancel_job",
-        content_tpl=rf"""
+    render_content(name="cancel_job", content_func="_slurm_cancel_script")
+
+    def _slurm_cancel_script(self):
+        return rf"""
 #!/bin/bash
 {_ensure_job_id_snippet}
-scancel $job_id
-        """.strip(),
-    )
+{self.runner.generate_cancel_command("$job_id")}
+        """.strip()
 
     render_content(
         name="slurm_execute_experiment", content_func="_slurm_execute_script"
@@ -112,8 +117,26 @@ def _slurm_execute_script(self):
 
 cd {{experiment_run_dir}}
 
-scontrol show hostnames > {{experiment_run_dir}}/hostfile
+{self.runner.generate_hostfile_command()} > {{experiment_run_dir}}/hostfile
 {{command}}
         """.strip()
 
         return content
+
+
+class SlurmRunner(CommandRunner):
+    """Runner for executing slurm commands"""
+
+    def __init__(self, dry_run=False):
+        super().__init__(
+            name="slurm", command="slurm", dry_run=dry_run, required=False
+        )
+
+    def generate_query_command(self, job_id):
+        return f"squeue -j {job_id}"
+
+    def generate_cancel_command(self, job_id):
+        return f"scancel {job_id}"
+
+    def generate_hostfile_command(self):
+        return "scontrol show hostnames"