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About The Position

Requirements

• 3+ years managing or supervising technical staff - engineers, programmers, controls technicians, or a comparable team
• Demonstrated record of developing people: coaching, performance conversations, career growth, and retention
• Working technical background in industrial automation, controls, engineering, IT, or a closely related technical field - enough to follow the work, size it, and contribute in a troubleshooting discussion
• Experience managing a work queue or project portfolio and driving it to completion
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to track many parallel workstreams
• Excellent written and verbal communication; can adapt the message for a programmer, an operations manager, and a dairy owner
• Comfortable with task and project tracking systems (ClickUp or equivalent)
• Sound judgment on when to decide, when to delegate, and when to escalate
• Must be proficient in English.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with PLC programming (Allen-Bradley, Studio 5000) or SCADA/HMI platforms (Ignition, Aveva, Wonderware, C-more, Automation Direct)
• Familiarity with industrial networking, VFDs, instrumentation, 4-20mA and 24V control, Modbus485, and Modbus TCP
• Experience in renewable energy, agriculture, manufacturing, utilities, or another field-service environment
• Background supporting geographically distributed sites and remote team members
• Working knowledge of electrical systems and safe work practices

Responsibilities

• Manage, coach, and develop a team of automation programmers
• Hold consistent one-on-one meetings focused on growth, obstacles, and career direction
• Build individual development plans and identify training, certification, and stretch-assignment opportunities for each team member
• Write and deliver performance reviews; set clear expectations and address performance issues early and directly
• Build a team culture that reflects MEW's values - trustworthy, effective, generous, fulfilled, innovative
• Assign programming tickets and project work across the team based on skill, development goals, and available capacity
• Maintain a clear view of who is working on what, and rebalance when priorities shift
• Forecast capacity against the incoming project pipeline and flag staffing gaps to the Director
• Coordinate with Project Management, Operations, Engineering, and Construction to sequence automation work against site schedules and commissioning dates
• Own the health of the team's ticket queue in ClickUp - keep work visible, current, and moving
• Run recurring stand-ups and work-review meetings; identify stalled tickets and clear the blockers behind them
• Track project milestones and communicate status, risk, and schedule changes to stakeholders
• Partner with the Technical Lead to confirm work is scoped and sized realistically before it is committed
• Escalate resource conflicts, scope changes, and schedule risks to the Director early
• Report on team throughput, backlog, and delivery performance
• Review and approve timesheets, expenses, and PTO requests
• Build and manage team scheduling, including site travel and the on-call rotation
• Verify the team maintains program backups and site documentation to standard
• Support process improvement in how the team intakes, tracks, and closes work
• Contribute to team budget planning and software, hardware, and licensing needs
• Participate in troubleshooting and problem-solving sessions, contributing practical judgment and experience
• Perform automation and programming work where needed
• Understand the team's work well enough to size it, assess progress honestly, and hold credible technical conversations with team members and stakeholders
• Translate between technical staff and non-technical stakeholders across the company
• Defer to the Technical Lead on technical direction, standards, and final technical decisions

Benefits

• Three weeks of paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Eight & a half paid holidays per year
• Two paid flexible holidays per year
• ICHRA Health Insurance Reimbursement
• 100% Employer Paid Dental & Vision Insurance
• 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Medical Clinic Membership or Cash Equivalent (for Field Staff) for employees and dependents
• Additional paid vacation (accrues over 3-24 months)
• 401k with company matching (accrues over 3-24 months)
• Quarterly profit share (accrues over 3-24 months)