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Urban Farmer · 3 weeks ago

1st Shift Senior Technical Lead

Manteno, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$38/hr - $43/hr

7+ years exp

Urban Farmer is focused on efficient, safe, and compliant food manufacturing operations, and they are seeking a Senior Technical Lead to provide technical leadership across various systems. The role involves designing and implementing scalable solutions, supporting operations, and mentoring team members to enhance technical capabilities.

Food and BeverageSnack Food

Responsibilities

Lead the design, implementation, and support of scalable and reliable technical solutions across manufacturing and enterprise systems

Serve as the primary technical authority for system architecture, integrations, and troubleshooting across production, quality, and operational platforms

Establish and enforce technical standards, best practices, and documentation for system configuration, development, testing, and deployment

Support and maintain critical plant systems to ensure uptime, performance, and data integrity in a manufacturing environment

Partner with Operations, Maintenance, and Quality teams to support technology that enables production efficiency, food safety, traceability, and compliance

Assist with technical support for manufacturing systems, equipment interfaces, data collection, and reporting tools

Identify opportunities to improve system reliability, automation, and data visibility across bakery, toppings, warehouse, and logistics functions

Collaborate with project managers and cross-functional leaders to define technical scope, requirements, timelines, and resource needs for plant and corporate initiatives

Translate business and operational requirements into practical, well-designed technical solutions

Manage technical risks, dependencies, and change impacts to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope

Lead, mentor, and support technical team members, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and problem-solving

Provide hands-on guidance, coaching, and feedback to improve technical skills, documentation, and execution

Facilitate technical reviews, knowledge sharing, and post-project evaluations to drive continuous improvement

Act as a key liaison between technical teams and Operations, Quality, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and Leadership

Clearly communicate technical concepts, system impacts, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Support leadership decision-making by providing clear technical insight and data-driven recommendations

Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and systems that support operational efficiency, scalability, and cost control

Lead initiatives to modernize legacy systems and optimize existing platforms to improve performance, reliability, and user experience

Support Urban Farmer’s continuous improvement mindset through technology-enabled process enhancements

Ensure systems support food safety, quality, and regulatory requirements (GMPs, SQF, traceability, and audit readiness)

Implement appropriate testing, monitoring, and security measures to protect systems and data

Support incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective actions related to system failures or performance issues

Qualification

System designCloud platformsProgramming languagesTechnical leadershipDatabasesAPIsMicroservices architectureProblem-solvingCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsAdaptability