Technical Team Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Nebraska.

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily operations, performance, development, workload, and output of a designated technical team.

• Establish expectations and priorities, track progress, offer feedback and coaching, and address any performance or conduct issues.

• Organize and manage employee assignments and workloads based on project requirements and business demands.

• Resolve routine staffing conflicts, adjust priorities, navigate scheduling constraints, travel requirements, and delivery challenges in collaboration with Project Management and other leaders.

• Provide technical guidance, review work, mentor, and support senior technical contributors.

• Monitor the quality of team outputs and tackle recurring quality or capability issues through coaching, training, mentoring, or development initiatives.

• Foster employee career advancement by offering feedback, learning opportunities, and assignments.

• Engage in recruiting, interviewing, selection, onboarding, and integration of new hires.

• Resolve routine employee, staffing, and delivery challenges, escalating issues when further expertise or authority is needed.

• Undertake technical or project tasks as necessary, while prioritizing leadership responsibilities over individual production.

• Communicate priorities, expectations, decisions, changes, risks, and problems clearly and in a timely manner.

• Coordinate staffing, priorities, schedules, travel needs, and deliverables among Project Management, technical leaders, and teams.

• Ensure adherence to technical standards, field/design procedures, processes, quality requirements, and safety expectations by employees.

• Identify recurring process or execution challenges and collaborate with leaders to resolve them.

• Directly supervise assigned employees and take accountability for their performance, development, workload, and overall employee experience.

• Make data-driven recommendations concerning employee development, recognition, compensation, and career advancement.

• Involve Human Resources or leadership when employee matters necessitate additional expertise, documentation, or authority.

⛳️ Requirements

• Associate degree or equivalent relevant technical education in controls, automation, electrical, electronics, engineering technology, design, information systems, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience.

• Typically possess 7+ years of relevant technical experience in control system startup, commissioning, integration, troubleshooting, panel design, or related automation tasks.

• Proven readiness to formally lead employees, including experience in providing direction, feedback, coaching, mentoring, or other forms of leadership to technical personnel.

• Experience delivering technical work in field operations, startup, commissioning, design, or other related project environments.

• Strong practical technical foundation in startup, commissioning, integration, troubleshooting, panel design, or related automation work.

• Capability to assess employee skills and work quality, as well as identify technical, field, design, and delivery risks.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with senior technical contributors and engineers.

• Proficient in leading and developing technical staff through clear expectations, feedback, coaching, accountability, and developmental opportunities.

• Sound judgment in handling employee, staffing, field, project, and delivery scenarios.

• Ability to plan and balance employee workloads based on project requirements, capabilities, availability, location, travel needs, and development opportunities.

• Capability to address performance issues and conduct difficult conversations directly and professionally.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work collaboratively with employees, Project Management, technical leaders, customers, and other organizational functions.

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus potential.

• 401(k) plan with company matching.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with affordable options.

• Paid time off and sick leave.

• Tuition reimbursement and support for professional credentials.

• Access to in-house and external technical training opportunities.

• Exposure to complex, high-impact automation projects.

• Collaborative culture grounded in integrity, accountability, and teamwork.