Engineering Team Lead

Grain and Protein Technologies

$90K — $125K *
Omaha, NE 68104In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role
  • Degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Agricultural Engineering or equivalent experience
  • High intellectual curiosity and willingness to challenge the status quo
  • Cross-functional communication skills for organizational alignment
  • Passion for delivering customer success solutions
  • Quick decision-making abilities in fast-paced environments
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of design engineers
  • Provide feedback and coaching to team members
  • Manage tasks, priorities, and resources
  • Communicate transparently with team and management
  • Foster collaboration and continuous improvement
  • Define expectations and support the team
  • Verify product requirements, cost targets, and priorities
  • Manage project timelines and accountability
  • Work cross-functionally with key stakeholders
  • Analyze and identify risks
  • Support inter-departmental manufacturing, quality, and tech support
  • Ensure accuracy of engineering output
  • Drive continuous improvement through automation
  • Maintain adherence to design standards and processes

Benefits

  • Health care and wellness plans
  • Dental and vision plans
  • Flexible and virtual work options
  • 401(k) Savings Plan with company match
  • Paid holidays and paid time off
  • Health savings and flexible spending accounts
  • Reimbursement for continuing education
  • Life insurance and other supplemental insurance options
Full Job Description
Grain & Protein Technologies (GPT) has an exciting opportunity for an Engineering Team Lead for Structures and Specialty Products in Omaha, NE. As a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of agricultural solutions, GPT delivers effective, high-tech solutions for those working to feed the world's population.

As Engineering Team Lead, you will be responsible for new product development and current product maintenance across the Structures and Specialty product groups. You'll work to develop a high-performance engineering team through people development and culture development while managing projects of varying scope. You'll provide leadership and direction to the engineering team and will report to the engineering manager.

Impact

Leadership & Team Development
  • Lead a team of design engineers
  • Provide constructive feedback and coaching to team members
  • Manage tasks, priorities, & resource plans
  • Be transparent through effective communication to team members and to management
  • Foster a winning culture of collaboration & continuous improvement
  • Clearly define expectations & provide critical team support

Project Management
  • Verify product requirements, cost targets, and priorities
  • Manage project timelines & drive accountability to deadlines
  • Work cross-functionally with key stakeholders including product management, manufacturing, quality, sales, customers, suppliers, etc.
  • Analyze and identify risks

Culture of Excellence
  • Foster inter-departmental support of manufacturing, quality, & tech support teams
  • Ensure accuracy of engineering output to facilitate all downstream functions
  • Drive continuous improvement of systems & tools including automation of repetitious tasks
  • Ensure adherence to standards and guidelines for design, modeling, drawings, processes


Experience and Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role
  • Degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Agricultural Engineering or related field, or equivalent technical experience
  • High degree of intellectual curiosity, and willingness to challenge status quo
  • Ability to communicate cross-functionally to ensure organizational alignment
  • Possess a passion for delivering solutions to enable customer success
  • Ability to think and react quickly to new information & make key decisions
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office (MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
  • Ability to work in a deadline oriented, fast-paced, and flexible environment


Compensation and Benefits

Expected annual salary for this role will be $90,000 - $125,000 plus a bonus target. This is dependent upon job related knowledge, experience, and skills.

Benefits will include the ability to elect health care and wellness plans, dental and vision plans, flexible and virtual work options (where available), 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, reimbursement for continuing education, life insurance, and other supplemental insurance plans.

Your Workplace and Travel

You will be working a hybrid role with four days per week (Monday - Thursday) in office (Fridays are flexible for in office or remote) based in Omaha, NE.

Occasional travel may be required, up to 20%.

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