Manager, Process Engineering

🕒 August 4

🎸 Mississippi – Remote

🎸 Mississippi – Remote

💵 $170k - $220k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Operations

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The Lumber Manufactory

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🏭 Manufacturing

⚡ Energy

🏗️ Construction

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $35M Series B - The Lumber Manufactory on 2025-09

Manufacturing • Energy • Construction

The Lumber Manufactory is reimagining sawmill operations with modular technology to deploy sawmills quickly, reliably, and at low cost where they are needed. Founded in 2023, TLM builds next-generation modular mills that convert local timber into domestic lumber supply, emphasizing faster deployment, sustainable forest management, local employment, and regional economic development. The company operates locations from Mississippi to Washington and is expanding nationwide, positioning itself as a provider of modular sawmill manufacturing and deployment solutions supported by industry investors and partners.

📋 Description

• Design and optimize material flow from log intake through primary breakdown, secondary processing, drying, surfacing, and finished goods staging • Develop and maintain mill layouts for sawmills, planer mills, panel plants, or engineered wood facilities • Determine primary and secondary breakdown equipment requirements and optimal sequencing • Evaluate and specify scanning, optimization, automation, sorting, stacking, and strapping systems • Lead line balancing and bottleneck analysis across mill operations • Conduct time studies and production flow analyses to establish standard work, crew sizing, and shift capacity targets • Partner with maintenance, production, and dry kiln teams on equipment installations, mill reconfigurations, and capacity expansion projects • Apply lean principles to identify waste and improve lumber handling, sorting, stacking, trim optimization, and grade flow • Lead capital project development, vendor selection, installation, and commissioning • Maintain mill flow diagrams, equipment layout drawings, and standard operating procedures • Manage and develop a team of process and industrial engineers • Align engineering priorities with production management and senior leadership • Adapt to changing priorities and support team and operational needs

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline • 8+ years of process or industrial engineering experience in wood products manufacturing • Working knowledge of primary and secondary wood breakdown processes, log merchandising, sawing patterns, kerf, recovery optimization, surfacing, and grading • Hands-on experience with mill layout design and material flow planning, including green-end and dry-end configurations, lumber handling systems, and sort/stacker integration • Proficiency in layout tools such as AutoCAD • Familiarity with scanning and optimization systems and optimizer settings affecting recovery and grade yield • Experience evaluating and implementing mill automation, including PLC-controlled sort lines, automated stackers, kiln tracking systems, and MES/production reporting platforms • Proficiency in time study methods, OEE analysis, and capacity modeling for high-volume, continuous-flow wood processing • Knowledge of kiln drying operations, drying schedules, kiln capacity, and green inventory management • Understanding of lumber grading rules and product mix and grade targets • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability to work across mill operations, construction and installation teams, maintenance, forestry/procurement, and sales teams • Ability to travel at least 50%

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health coverage for employees and dependents (medical, dental, and vision) • 100% employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage • Paid time off and company holidays • Flexible, unlimited time off • The opportunity to help build something from the ground up in an essential, evolving industry • Competitive compensation • Comprehensive benefits