Senior Director, Manufacturing

Senior Director, Manufacturing page is loaded## Senior Director, Manufacturinglocations: Portland OR (Timberlab)time type: Full timeposted on: Posted 29 Days Agojob requisition id: J16141**Job Description Summary:**The Senior Director of Manufacturing will oversee the end-to-end production of engineered wood products, including cross-laminated timber (CLT), glue-laminated timber (glulam), the sawn lumber division, and other manufactured products. This role is accountable for all aspects of safety, quality, operations, and human resource management across multiple manufacturing sites. The Senior Director will guide all phases of manufacturing operations and engineering to deliver the highest-quality products. Responsibilities include setting cost and capacity objectives, driving production schedule adherence, improving productivity and efficiency, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, and managing annual budgets and overall financial performance. This position serves as a transformational leader, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence. By aligning people, strategy, and culture, the Senior Director will play a critical role in driving business performance and long-term success. This leader connects daily work to Timberlab’s bold vision, inspiring teams and aligning efforts with the broader enterprise goals.**Job Description:****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.**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.**Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements*** Degree in Engineering, Construction Management or Architectural and/or equivalent experience.* 15–20 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.Timberlab makes projects simple. We are experts in full-service mass timber project delivery stemming from our deep roots as a general contractor. With a holistic view of building construction, we understand how to integrate mass timber into a commercial building, carefully coordinating the timber structural system with the other building systems. **Timberlab is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Minority, Women, Disability, and Veteran Employer.**Our Company is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We have a commitment to provide equal hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, layoff, and recall benefits to all individuals without regard to gender, race, color, religion, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, marital or domestic partner status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal or state laws or local ordinance or regulation.We are committed to the safety and security of everyone interested in our company–including those who visit us online. Please note that Timberlab will only invite you to submit work history and personal information related to employment through our career portal WorkDay (which requires the set-up of a login), and communication will only come from individuals with an email address ending in @timberlab.com or @swinerton.com.As a 100% employee-owned organization and member of the Swinerton Family of Companies, we hire the best people, give them exceptional training, and provide robust opportunities for professional growth. Timberlab values and recognizes our employees as the essential ingredient to our lasting success. We strive for a positive work environment that encourages outstanding performance while making room for fun. We also believe that happy, healthy employees lead to a highly productive company, and we are proud to offer a robust benefits package to support individual and collective success.
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