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HVAC Controls Systems Technician Team Leader
Johnson Controls is committed to helping customers create smarter, healthier, and more sustainable buildings. In this role, you will help lead field operations that support reliable HVAC service, strong customer outcomes, and safe, profitable execution.
Role Overview
Under general supervision, the HVAC Truck Based Controls Technician Team Leader oversees the day-to-day activities of the field technician team, plans monthly technician routes, and supports the performance of the assigned business. This role balances customer satisfaction, safety compliance, and financial goals while helping ensure consistent service delivery and strong operational results.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day activities of the field technician team and plan monthly technician routes.
- Analyze team performance and recommend changes to improve profitability, safety, and client satisfaction.
- Supervise assigned teams and ensure developmental plans are in place.
- Coordinate the team’s work with sales to support sales opportunities, including installation opportunities.
- Ensure serviced account portfolios achieve growth, proper profit levels, and customer satisfaction.
- Implement plans to comply with HVAC operational standards and monitor performance against expectations.
- Drive service and installation operational review meetings, including review of bids and estimates for accuracy.
- Recruit, hire, and retain operational staff while supporting performance reviews and development plans.
- Use workforce management tools and resource deployment practices to support effective execution.
- Perform other managerial responsibilities related to business plans, account management, and customer satisfaction.
How You Will Do It
- You will lead with accountability, safety, and integrity, ensuring the team delivers dependable results for customers and the business.
- You will stay close to the work, remove obstacles quickly, and keep focus on the activities that most affect service quality, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
- You will coach consistently through monthly one-on-ones, clear performance expectations, operational reviews, and development plans.
- You will use business plans, branch workforce management tools, and operational data to track performance and make practical improvements.
- You will work closely with sales, branch, and region resources to support opportunities, surface market potential, and align field execution with business direction.
- You will build a culture of continuous improvement by reviewing processes, auditing effectiveness, and making timely changes when performance can be improved.
- You will win as one team by collaborating across functions, sharing standard processes, and valuing different perspectives in decision-making.
- You will ensure contractual obligations are completed and that HVAC standards are followed consistently across the assigned business.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business, or equivalent working experience.
- A minimum of five years of progressive operational experience in HVAC services.
- Three years of experience in a management role with responsibility for the productivity and development of others.
- Experience supervising teams, managing field execution, and supporting customer-facing service operations.
- Strong communication, coaching, and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Ability to analyze operational performance and recommend improvements that support safety, quality, and financial outcomes.
Nice to Have
- Eight years’ experience in an operational HVAC role with leadership responsibilities.
- Johnson Controls Metasys experience.
If you are ready to lead a high-performing HVAC field team and make a meaningful impact for customers, we invite you to apply.
HIRING HOURLY RANGE: $40.96-$55.91 (Hourly rate to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us
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HVAC Controls Systems Technician Team Leader
Johnson Controls is committed to helping customers create smarter, healthier, and more sustainable buildings. In this role, you will help lead field operations that support reliable HVAC service, strong customer outcomes, and safe, profitable execution.
Role Overview
Under general supervision, the HVAC Truck Based Controls Technician Team Leader oversees the day-to-day activities of the field technician team, plans monthly technician routes, and supports the performance of the assigned business. This role balances customer satisfaction, safety compliance, and financial goals while helping ensure consistent service delivery and strong operational results.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day activities of the field technician team and plan monthly technician routes.
- Analyze team performance and recommend changes to improve profitability, safety, and client satisfaction.
- Supervise assigned teams and ensure developmental plans are in place.
- Coordinate the team’s work with sales to support sales opportunities, including installation opportunities.
- Ensure serviced account portfolios achieve growth, proper profit levels, and customer satisfaction.
- Implement plans to comply with HVAC operational standards and monitor performance against expectations.
- Drive service and installation operational review meetings, including review of bids and estimates for accuracy.
- Recruit, hire, and retain operational staff while supporting performance reviews and development plans.
- Use workforce management tools and resource deployment practices to support effective execution.
- Perform other managerial responsibilities related to business plans, account management, and customer satisfaction.
How You Will Do It
- You will lead with accountability, safety, and integrity, ensuring the team delivers dependable results for customers and the business.
- You will stay close to the work, remove obstacles quickly, and keep focus on the activities that most affect service quality, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
- You will coach consistently through monthly one-on-ones, clear performance expectations, operational reviews, and development plans.
- You will use business plans, branch workforce management tools, and operational data to track performance and make practical improvements.
- You will work closely with sales, branch, and region resources to support opportunities, surface market potential, and align field execution with business direction.
- You will build a culture of continuous improvement by reviewing processes, auditing effectiveness, and making timely changes when performance can be improved.
- You will win as one team by collaborating across functions, sharing standard processes, and valuing different perspectives in decision-making.
- You will ensure contractual obligations are completed and that HVAC standards are followed consistently across the assigned business.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business, or equivalent working experience.
- A minimum of five years of progressive operational experience in HVAC services.
- Three years of experience in a management role with responsibility for the productivity and development of others.
- Experience supervising teams, managing field execution, and supporting customer-facing service operations.
- Strong communication, coaching, and cross-functional coordination skills.
- Ability to analyze operational performance and recommend improvements that support safety, quality, and financial outcomes.
Nice to Have
- Eight years’ experience in an operational HVAC role with leadership responsibilities.
- Johnson Controls Metasys experience.
If you are ready to lead a high-performing HVAC field team and make a meaningful impact for customers, we invite you to apply.
HIRING HOURLY RANGE: $40.96-$55.91 (Hourly rate to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.) This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Manufacturing
- Technology & Software
- Artificial Intelligence
- Construction & Real Estate
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in technical team lead jobs.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with at least 1-2 years in a lead or senior role
- Proficiency in one or more primary languages such as Python, Java, Go, or TypeScript
- Experience leading small engineering teams, including code review and mentorship
- Hands-on cloud platform experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Demonstrated ability to translate product requirements into technical architecture decisions
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Technical Team Lead Job Search
Show leadership impact on your resume
Hiring managers want to see how many engineers you led, what you shipped, and what got better because of your technical decisions. Quantify team velocity improvements, incident reduction, or delivery milestones rather than listing responsibilities.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists technical team lead openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Tailor your resume to the tech stack
Technical team lead postings often filter on specific languages, cloud platforms, or frameworks. Mirror the exact stack terms from the job description in your resume so your application clears automated screening before a recruiter reads a single line.
Prepare a concise technical vision statement
Interviewers at the lead level expect you to articulate how you would improve a codebase, reduce technical debt, or lift team output. Draft a two-minute answer for your target domain before your first screen so you're not improvising it live.
Negotiate scope, not just compensation
At the team lead level, the size of the team you own and your authority over architectural decisions affects your career trajectory as much as base pay. Ask directly about team headcount, roadmap influence, and promotion criteria during the offer stage.
Follow up with a technical recap email
After a panel interview, send a short note within 24 hours that references one specific technical problem discussed and briefly restates your proposed approach. It signals follow-through and keeps your candidacy top of mind during debrief.
Technical Team Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most technical team leads?
The companies hiring the most technical team leads right now include Thermo Systems, Arvato, and Euna Solutions, with the largest share of openings in Georgia, New York, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is concentrated in product-driven technology companies and large enterprises undergoing platform modernization.
How many technical team lead jobs are remote?
About 77% of technical team lead openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, making it one of the more flexible senior individual contributor and management-adjacent roles in engineering. Backend and platform engineering leads tend to see the highest share of remote arrangements, while embedded hardware and infrastructure-heavy roles skew toward on-site.
How do you become a technical team lead?
Most engineers move into a technical team lead role by first becoming the go-to person on a specific system or codebase, then taking on informal mentorship before a formal title follows. Building a record of shipping projects end-to-end, driving architecture decisions, and onboarding junior engineers puts you in position when a lead opening appears internally or at another company.
Can you get hired as a technical team lead with limited leadership experience?
Yes, if you can show evidence of informal leadership even without a formal title. Contributing to hiring panels, leading a cross-functional project, owning an on-call rotation, or mentoring a junior engineer all signal readiness. Smaller companies and startups are more likely to promote into the role based on technical depth and initiative rather than a prior lead title.
What does the technical team lead interview process look like?
A typical technical team lead interview process includes an initial recruiter screen, a technical phone screen covering system design or coding, a panel round with engineering and product stakeholders, and a final conversation with an engineering director or VP. Expect questions on how you handle competing priorities, technical disagreements with teammates, and how you balance individual contribution with team oversight.
Where can I find and apply to technical team lead jobs?
You can find and apply to technical team lead jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and apply directly to each listing from the page.
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