Engineering Team Lead

Engineering Team Lead

Location: Onsite in Mansfield, TX
Employment Status: Full Time | Direct Hire
Compensation: $110,000 - $126,500 per year + Annual Bonus Eligibility
Travel: Up to 50% depending on project assignments
On Call: May participate in on-call rotation based on location and client needs

Who We Are
Thermo Systems is a global, full-service control systems integration partner delivering premier class automation solutions across the Energy, Life Sciences, and Mission Critical markets.

Guided by The Thermo Way, we are unified, dynamic, and committed to delivering excellence. Our culture is grounded in three core principles:

Employee Success – investing in our people and their growth
Customer Success – delivering reliable, high-quality solutions
Financial Strength – operating with discipline and long-term focus

We believe strong teams, trusted partnerships, and technical excellence drive sustainable success.

The Opportunity
The Engineering Team Lead provides technical leadership across automation and control system projects while guiding and developing engineering team members. This role leads project tasks or small to mid-sized projects from design through commissioning and supports the successful delivery of complex control system solutions.

Working closely with project managers, engineers, and customers, the Engineering Team Lead ensures technical deliverables meet quality standards, schedules, and budget expectations while supporting team development and maintaining strong customer relationships.

This role is ideal for experienced automation engineers who are ready to combine hands-on technical leadership with mentorship and project ownership.

What You’ll Do

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and support design, development, and integration of control system solutions.
• Lead system start-up, commissioning activities, and testing efforts.
• Provide advanced expertise in interpreting piping & instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) and wiring diagrams.
• Develop and maintain Human-Machine Interface (HMI) and Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) applications.
• Provide instrumentation specifications for complex control system designs.
• Lead development of IT infrastructure, network architecture, and system integration designs supporting control systems.
• Value engineer system designs to identify cost-effective technical solutions.

Collaboration & Communication

• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and customers to ensure technical deliverables align with project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Serve as a primary technical contact for customers on assigned projects.<