Technical Team Lead

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the daily operations, development, workload, and performance of an assigned technical team.

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

• Organize and manage employee assignments and workloads according to project and business requirements.

• Resolve common staffing conflicts, adapt to changing priorities, manage scheduling constraints, and coordinate travel needs with Project Management and other leaders.

• Ensure that team members receive adequate technical guidance, review, mentoring, and support.

• Evaluate the quality of team output and tackle recurring quality or capability challenges through coaching, training, mentoring, or development initiatives.

• Promote employee career growth through constructive feedback, learning opportunities, and relevant assignments.

• Engage in the recruitment process, including interviewing, selection, onboarding, and integrating new team members.

• Address routine employee, staffing, and delivery issues and escalate more significant concerns as necessary.

• Undertake technical or project tasks when suitable, while prioritizing leadership responsibilities over individual production.

• Clearly communicate priorities, expectations, decisions, and changes to team members.

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

• Identify risks and issues early, providing practical recommendations for resolution.

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

• Directly supervise assigned employees, supporting their performance, development, workload, and overall experience.

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

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

• Proven readiness to take on a formal leadership role, including experience in providing guidance, feedback, coaching, mentoring, or other leadership to technical personnel.

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

• A strong practical technical foundation in startup, commissioning, integration, troubleshooting, panel design, or related tasks.

• Ability to collaborate with senior technical contributors and engineers to provide technical direction, review, mentoring, and development.

• Capability to lead and nurture technical employees through clear expectations, feedback, coaching, accountability, and development opportunities.

• Good judgment in employee, staffing, field, project, and delivery situations.

• Competence in planning and balancing employee workloads based on project requirements, capabilities, availability, location, travel needs, and development prospects.

• Proficiency in addressing performance issues and having difficult conversations directly, professionally, and promptly.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity for an annual bonus.

• 401(k) plan with company match.

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

• Paid time off and sick leave benefits.

• Tuition reimbursement and support for professional credentials.

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

• Exposure to complex, impactful automation projects.

• A collaborative culture founded on integrity, accountability, and teamwork.