Automation Technical Team Lead

About the role

We take pride as a contract medical device manufacturer solving problems and partnering with our customers. This onsite, leadership position will report to the Engineering Manager. Your benefits start day 1 as we offer excellent health coverage, 401K with company match and other ancillary coverages to fit your needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure staffing levels and technical expertise align with a specific engineering project workload and priorities, including resource prioritization and escalation when constraints impact delivery.
• Coach, mentor, and develop automation technicians by creating targeted training plans, supporting skill growth in engineering and monitoring progress.
• Analyze production and inspection performance and develop corrective action plans to increase yield and reduce downtime.
• Prioritize corrective, preventative, and breakdown maintenance to maximize equipment uptime and support qualification and validation activities for new and existing automated equipment (IQ/OQ/PQ).
• Aid in generation and maintenance of automation-related process documentation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing or regulated environment
• Demonstrated experience leading projects, mentoring engineers, or acting in a Senior technical role
• Effective communication with all levels of the organization
• Strong problem solving, communication and customer-facing skills
• Ability to make data-driven recommendations and decisions
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related years of experience

Qualifications

• Basic Background Requirements

• Learn about Kimball Vision and Guiding Principles.
• Learn the Kimball systems to understand and be able to communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Assist in developing and executing automation strategies aligned with business and production needs.
• Learn Kimball Quality System and SOP requirements.

Key Performance Objectives

• Short Term: (0 to 3 months)
• Learn about Kimball Vision and Guiding Principles.
• Learn the Kimball systems to understand and be able to communicate to all levels of the organization.
• Assist in developing and executing automation strategies aligned with business and production needs.
• Learn Kimball Quality System and SOP requirements.

• Midterm: (3 to 6 months)
• Provide coaching, mentorship and training to our automation technicians.
• Become Familiar with Customers, Products, Processes, and Management.
• Identify opportunities to improve automation reliability, standardization, and scalability.
• Participate in special projects and cross-functional initiatives as needed.

• Long Term: 6-12 months +
• Implement changes or enhancements.
• Expand teamwork; maximize Kimball as the employer of choice.
• Execute on the training and development of the technicians.

Benefits

Your benefits start day 1 as we offer excellent health coverage, 401K with company match and other ancillary coverages to fit your needs.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details on schedule are not specified in the job posting.