Automation Team Lead
About The Position
Maas Energy Works (MEW) is seeking a highly motivated Automation Team Lead for its Puma Works department. The role coordinates tasks, maintains and enforces team processes, and helps develop team members. The ideal candidate is reliable, self-starting, able to address conflict, and committed to driving projects to completion with excellence. MEW is a developer and operator of on-farm waste-to-energy systems in the United States. It designs, develops, constructs, and operates biogas renewable energy generation systems, primarily on dairy farms, including anaerobic digesters, biogas-powered electric generation, and renewable natural gas upgrading. The position is based at the corporate headquarters in Redding, California. It is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with on-call responsibilities. The role mainly operates in a professional office environment, is largely sedentary, and requires some travel.
Requirements
- Strong experience as a programmer, for example with Allen Bradley, Ignition, or Automation Direct.
- Some knowledge of or experience in IT and networking.
- Some knowledge of electrical systems and safe practices.
- Some field installation experience.
- Strong knowledge of automated systems such as VFDs, pneumatics, analog pressure and temperature sensors, 4-20mA controls, 24V discrete controls, relays, contactors, Modbus485, and ModbusTCP.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex requirements.
- Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.
- Detail-oriented, with a focus on delivering high-quality software solutions.
- Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new technologies and programming languages.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to enter, travel in, and exit vehicles and airplanes.
Responsibilities
- Act as the team representative.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and define project goals.
- Ensure quality control in projects and tasks.
- Review team tasks and help drive their completion.
- Support team members in professional development.
- Manage team timesheets, time-off requests, and performance reviews.
- Collaborate with the team to identify process-improvement opportunities and create scalable software solutions.
- Assist in maintaining documentation for new sites and changes to existing sites.
- Assist in project tracking and documentation.
Benefits
- Three weeks of paid vacation.
- Paid sick time.
- Eight and a half paid holidays annually.
- Two paid flexible holidays per year.
- ICHRA health insurance reimbursement.
- 100% employer-paid dental and vision insurance.
- 100% employer-paid life insurance.
- Additional paid vacation accruing over the first 3–24 months.
- No-cost primary medical care membership accruing over the first 3–24 months.
- 401(k) with matching accruing over the first 3–24 months.
- Quarterly profit share accruing over the first 3–24 months.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
