Automation Technical Team Lead

Oversee the technical performance and reliability of Automation Technicians on multiple shifts, providing hands-on technical leadership to ensure automation strategies align with production needs, quality requirements, and business objectives within a regulated manufacturing environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing or regulated environment
• Strong knowledge and experience with PLCs
• Demonstrated experience leading projects, mentoring engineers, or acting in a Senior technical role
• Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
• Excellent computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• 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

Responsibilities

• Ensure staffing levels and technical expertise align with 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)
• Assist with generation and maintenance of automation-related process documentation

Key Performance Objectives

• Short Term (0 to 3 months): Learn the company’s vision, guiding principles, and systems to communicate effectively across the organization; assist in developing and executing automation strategies aligned with business and production needs; learn the company’s Quality System and SOP requirements
• Midterm (3 to 6 months): Provide coaching, mentorship, and training to 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
• Long Term (6-12+ months): Implement changes or enhancements; expand teamwork and maximize the company as an employer of choice; execute on the training and development of technicians

Pay

$110,000 – $130,000 per year, with great benefits and profit-sharing opportunity.