Job Description Summary:

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Operational Leadership

• • Oversee production: Manage and optimize all manufacturing operations for mass timber and sawn lumber products, including production scheduling, quality control, logistics, and supply chain management.
  • Implement optimization practices: Lead the implementation of continuous improvement methodologies across all production sites to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
  • Manage facilities: Hold full strategic and operational accountability, including budgeting, asset utilization, and workforce planning, strategic and operational management responsibility for manufacturing plants, including budgeting, asset utilization, and resource allocation. 

Business Performance, P/L & Financial Management

• • Define strategic, operational and cross-functional KPIs
  • Provide performance reports, data analysis, and predictive metrics.
  • Sustainable performance improvement (margins, productivity, reliability)
  • Performance monitoring and accountability frameworks
  • P/L ownership through standardization, cost control strategies, forecasting support, and staffing alignment.
  • Partner with Operations and Finance on budgeting, forecasting, and national planning.
  • Identify systemic risks tied to cost, schedule, equipment, and workforce; lead mitigation planning.

• Oversee standardization of estimating platforms, databases, templates, and deliverables.

Strategic Planning & Execution:

• • Support corporate strategy: Work with executive leadership to align manufacturing operations with the overall corporate strategy.
  • Vision: Communicates a bold vision and sense of purpose that inspires others and connects their work to the big picture.
  • Drive innovation: Stay current with the latest mass timber production best practices and concepts and introduce new technologies to optimize productivity and performance.
  • Lead cost reduction: Plan and implement programs for cost reduction, waste reduction, and productivity improvement. 

Team & Talent Development

• • Lead large teams: Lead and inspire large, cross-functional operational teams across multiple locations.
  • Ensure safety: Promote and enforce a strong safety culture and ensure adherence to all plant safety procedures and protocols, such as OSHA. 
  • Mentorship and Development: Develop talent pipelines and succession plans; mentor emerging leaders and promote professional growth.

Quality & Supply Chain Management

• • Manage vendors: Establish and manage programs to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and service capabilities of vendors supplying materials to the manufacturing facility.
  • Collaborate across functions: Serve as a liaison to supply chain, sales, and sustainability teams to ensure seamless communication and coordinated delivery.

Champion quality standards: Oversee quality assurance for products to ensure they meet applicable building codes and mass timber standards. 

Complete other responsibilities as assigned.

MINIMUM SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• • Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or Architectural and/or equivalent experience.
  • 10+  years of manufacturing leadership experience, with significant time spent in a senior role.
  • Hands-on experience in operations and supply chain management within the wood manufacturing industry is preferred.
  • Experience with Lean process implementation across multiple sites.
  • Knowledge of engineered wood products manufacturing and US building codes.
  • Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and team leadership skills.
  • Extensive manufacturing experience and a deep understanding of the unique processes, materials, and technology involved in the mass timber industry