Controls Team Lead

Ready to combine hands-on controls expertise with team leadership? Marvin is hiring a Custom Equipment Programming Group (CEPG) Controls Team Supervisor to guide the Controls team while continuing to perform controls work. In this role, you’ll lead, mentor, and coordinate the work of Controls Technicians, helping the team complete projects successfully and on time. You’ll also partner with specialists in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), database systems, and programmable logic controllers (PLC) to integrate sophisticated automated manufacturing equipment.

You’re an exceptional candidate if you bring strong controls and troubleshooting experience, a collaborative leadership approach, and the ability to manage projects while empowering team members to take ownership of their work. If you’re looking for a new role that provides opportunity to grow within a supportive team, we invite you to apply today.

This job is located in Fargo, ND. If you’re considering relocating to Fargo, you may be eligible for a relocation benefit package to assist with your move. Marvin offers an extensive relocation benefit package that includes the movement of your household goods, temporary housing, and much more - in addition to a relocation counselor to assist you throughout the entire journey. Highlights of your role:

• Provide direction for the Controls group while continuing to execute controls work, collaborating with Automation Systems, Maintenance, Information Systems, and Operations.
• Support team leadership activities, including interviewing candidates, training employees, planning work, balancing workloads, delegating assignments, evaluating work, addressing concerns, and resolving problems.
• Research, analyze, install, and test automation control systems to improve machine efficiency, advance existing systems, and support current and future production demands.
• Diagnose and resolve electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and programming-related equipment and facility issues. Recommend preventive maintenance rule sets for recurring issues and identify opportunities to improve operational procedures.
• Manage projects and timelines through successful completion or resolution while maintaining feedback loops and providing end-user training.
• Serve as a liaison with vendors to ensure new and modified equipment, control panels, wiring schematics, components, and electrical practices align with Marvin specifications and procedures. Build collaborative relationships across functional departments.

You’re a good fit if you have (or if you can):

• Working knowledge of manufacturing software, including ICIM, and Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with PLC and operator interface programming languages
• Familiarity with standard networking technologies and hardware
• Knowledge of SCADA, automation control systems, and related components
• Knowledge of data communication protocols, industrial protocols, and computer operating systems such as Microsoft Windows and Unix/Linux

Also want to make sure you have:

• A four-year degree, one to two years of related experience or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Project management skills and the ability to execute work according to established timelines
• Strong, proactive communication, training, and mentoring skills
• The ability to create a collaborative team environment and empower others to take ownership of assigned work, Analysis Skills, Automation, Automation Systems, Communication Skills, Communications Protocols, Computer Networks, Control Systems, Database Technology, Electrical Components, Electrical Wiring, Electricity, Financial Support, Identify Issues, Information Technology & Information Systems, Interface Programming Languages, Interviewing Skills, Leadership, Linux Operating System, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Equipment, Manufacturing Software, Mentoring, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Operating System, Network System Hardware, Operating Systems, Operational Improvement, Operations Processes, Organizational Skills, Preventative Maintenance, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Development, Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), Project/Program Management, Schematics, Staff Training, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), System Operations, Systems Maintenance, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Training, Test Automation, Time Management, Unix Operating Systems

From people to products, Marvin is committed to creating better ways of living. When you join this family-owned and -led window and door company, you belong to a community full of opportunities.

For more than a century, we’ve been at the forefront of designing, building, and engineering premium, award-winning products. Today, Marvin is also proud to have been named a Top Large Employer by Forbes Magazine two years in a row, in 2024 and 2025. With operations in 19 cities across North America, we manufacture Marvin’s quality products, including Infinity Replacement Windows and Doors, and TruStile Doors.

Together, we uphold our values and foster a culture where safety and the wellbeing of our people comes first. We take a better living approach with benefits to support you at work and beyond. From day one, you will enjoy health insurance, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a 401(k) retirement savings match and more!

Some of our unique and most popular benefits include:

• $300 annual wellbeing account to spend on what helps you feel happy + healthy
• Better Living Day! (a paid day off to go have some fun)
• Annual profit sharing - recognizing everyone’s contribution to Marvin’s success
• Giving at Marvin - participate in organized volunteer opportunities
• Brighter Days Fund - financial support from your colleagues and the Marvin family during personal hardships

Join the more than 8,000 Marvin team members to experience these benefits and more. Apply today! Marvin is an Equal Opportunity Employer