Automation Team Lead — Lead Global Teams & Deliver Impact

Thermo Systems LLC; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Thermo Systems LLC in Omaha, NE seeks a Technical Team Lead to guide a high-performing automation team, ensuring successful delivery of control-system projects. You will set priorities, coach engineers, and balance staffing with travel and client needs.

Reporting to senior leaders, you’ll provide technical direction, manage performance, and foster a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across the delivery teams.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant automation and control-system experience.
• Experience leading technical teams and guiding engineers.
• Ability to balance staffing with project needs and travel requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day performance, development, workload, and delivery of an assigned technical team.
• Set clear expectations and priorities for employees, monitor progress and commitments, provide timely feedback and coaching, and address performance or conduct concerns when they arise.
• Plan and manage employee assignments and workload based on project needs, employee capability, availability, travel requirements, development opportunities, and other business requirements.
• Work with Project Management and other leaders to resolve routine staffing conflicts, changing priorities, schedule constraints, travel needs, and other issues affecting team delivery.
• Work with senior technical contributors to ensure employees receive appropriate technical direction, review, mentoring, and support for their assigned work.
• Understand the quality of work being produced by the team, ensure employees receive relevant feedback, and address recurring quality or capability issues through coaching, training, mentoring, or other development.
• Support employee career development by understanding individual strengths, development needs, and career goals and providing appropriate feedback, learning opportunities, and assignments.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff management

Technical direction

Communication

Coaching

Project coordination

Education

Associate degree or technical education in controls/automation or related field

Job description

Thermo Systems LLC in Omaha, NE seeks a Technical Team Lead to guide a high-performing automation team, ensuring successful delivery of control-system projects. You will set priorities, coach engineers, and balance staffing with travel and client needs.

Reporting to senior leaders, you’ll provide technical direction, manage performance, and foster a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement across the delivery teams.