Automation Team Lead

Maas Energy Works • Redding, CA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Maas Energy Works is seeking a motivated Automation Team Lead to coordinate tasks, maintain and enforce team processes, and help develop team members. The ideal candidate is reliable, self-starting, able to address conflict, and committed to driving projects to completion with excellence. The position is based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Redding, California, and is full-time, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with on-call responsibilities. The stated starting compensation range is $80,000–$110,000, commensurate with skills and experience.

Maas Energy Works develops and operates on-farm waste-to-energy systems, primarily on dairy farms. Its projects include anaerobic digesters, biogas-powered electric generation, and renewable natural gas upgrading. This role works with cross-functional teams on project requirements, goals, quality control, process improvement, documentation, and project tracking. The job 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 or experience in IT and networking.
• Some knowledge of electrical systems and safe practices.
• Some field installation experience.
• Strong knowledge of automated systems, including VFDs, pneumatics, analog pressure and temperature sensors, 4–20 mA controls, 24 V discrete controls, relays, contactors, Modbus485, and ModbusTCP.
• Strong problem-solving skills and 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.

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 of 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed