Instrumentation and Controls Supervisor

TAMKO is seeking an Instrumentation and Controls Supervisor for its Dallas, TX manufacturing facility. This role directs and coordinates the activities of Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians and Automation Engineering Technicians engaged in troubleshooting, repair, maintenance, and installation of control devices, instrumentation, and electrical utility systems, and leads improvement work executed through PLC and HMI changes and hardware/distribution upgrades.

The position reports to the Engineering Manager and carries direct supervisory responsibility for the Instrumentation & Controls technical team. Beyond the technical scope, this role is expected to run the day-to-day floor leadership of that team — setting the standard for how work gets planned, executed, and closed out, and building technicians’ ability to identify and correct gaps in their own work without needing to be told.

The candidate selected will work primarily Monday through Friday during day shifts, with flexibility for extended hours and on-call duties required.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Other duties may also be assigned.

• Identify and lead electrical and controls continuous improvement initiatives while managing direct reports in the execution of improvement projects, holding the team to defined standards and following up until commitments are actually closed — not just assigned.
• Facilitate on‑time and orderly execution of controls projects through internal plant resources or centralized corporate teams and contracts.
• Collaborate with plant supervisors to diagnose and resolve electrical and controls related issues impacting throughput and equipment uptime.
• Assist in scheduling repair, maintenance, and installation of instrumentation devices and controls systems to ensure continuous production operations.
• Offer expertise and knowledge to resolve complex electrical and controls problems and prevent reoccurrence by identifying gaps in training or procedures.
• Help resolve logistical conflicts and develop solutions to overcome technical barriers in improvement projects executed by direct reports, giving technicians real ownership of their assigned scope rather than reviewing every decision.
• Direct maintenance activities and provide or arrange expert advice on main power infrastructure systems to the MCCs.
• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance programs in conjunction with engineering and maintenance staff.
• Review production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics to plan, adjust, and prioritize maintenance activities and identify opportunities for controls improvement.
• Plan, develop, and implement new methods and procedures to improve operations, reduce costs, and increase the efficient utilization of labor and materials.
• Direct, train, and supervise team members to enhance work performance and ensure adherence to company policies and procedures, adapting coaching approach to each technician’s working style while holding a single consistent standard for the team.
• Track compliance with TAMKO’s electrical safety requirements and lead annual electrical safety training and compliance activities.
• Approve and monitor timesheets, vacation schedule, and coordinate vacancy coverage.
• Document and hand off institutional knowledge — troubleshooting history, equipment quirks, vendor relationships — in a form the team can reference without depending on any one person, including this role.
• This role leads a technical team with a wide range of work and communication styles — from technicians who push hard for autonomy and direct answers, to those who work best with structure and explicit reassurance before taking a stand. Success in this role depends on:
• Setting a standard through what is actually enforced day to day, not just what is written in a procedure — and being consistent about it across the team.
• Delegating real ownership of technical scope to technicians rather than retaining approval…