Machinery Team Lead

Becht Engineering Co• Remote, Remote, US, Remote

7d•$140,000 - $200,000

About The Position

The Machinery Team Lead grows Becht’s machinery services practice and leads its project execution team. This role combines business development, technical leadership, and delivery oversight to strengthen client relationships, develop expert capability, and deliver practical solutions that meet client objectives. The position balances practice growth, project delivery, and leadership while helping clients succeed.

Requirements

At least 10 years of relevant experience in rotating equipment, reliability, maintenance, or closely related industrial engineering work.
Ability to translate technical expertise into practical solutions aligned with client needs and business objectives.
Ability to grow a technical support business through client development, proposal pursuit, relationship building, and market visibility.
Strong commercial judgment, including the ability to recognize scope growth, protect margins, prioritize resources, and pursue change orders when justified.
Strong relationship and communication skills with client managers, client engineers, and Becht subject matter experts.

Nice To Haves

Experience in turbomachinery repair quality assurance.
Experience balancing competing stakeholder priorities, technical recommendations, available budgets, and organizational constraints.
Experience recruiting and developing technical experts and building professional networks through industry conferences, client engagement, and professional relationships.

Responsibilities

Grow revenue and sustain commercial performance by managing pipeline quality, proposal activity, conversion, and project margins.
Develop and expand client relationships through proactive outreach, regular engagement, proposal follow-up, and pursuit of new and repeat business.
Build market visibility through conferences, presentations, thought leadership, social media, and current sales and marketing materials.
Turn Becht’s credentials and subject matter expertise into defined, repeatable service offerings that preserve expert judgment and deliver consistent quality.
Recruit, engage, and retain high-caliber subject matter experts to strengthen the depth and breadth of the machinery practice.
Oversee project quality, scope, schedule, and financial health; resolve obstacles, address scope changes, and support justified change orders.
Provide technical leadership by evaluating recommendations, challenging assumptions, and connecting the right expertise. Ensure solutions are evidence-based, practical, and prioritized according to client objectives, technical risk, budgets, and timing.
Guide execution project managers in delivery discipline and commercial stewardship while enabling subject matter experts to focus on high-value technical work.
Serve as a project manager or subject matter expert when appropriate to the engagement and individual qualifications.
Lead collaboratively, follow through on commitments, and resolve stalled work.
Pursue growth, uphold high standards, and protect client funds by using Becht resources wisely.
Balance business development, practice leadership, and project delivery to strengthen the practice over time.