Manager, Process Engineering

🕒 August 4

🎸 Mississippi, Pennsylvania, +1 more states – Remote

🎸 Mississippi – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $147k - $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

💰 $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

• Lead the design, optimization, and continuous improvement of mill operations across sawmill, planer mill, and engineered wood facilities • Own material flow from log intake through finished goods • Define equipment strategies that maximize recovery and throughput • Manage a team of process engineers embedded across mill departments • Design and optimize material flow through primary breakdown, secondary processing, drying, surfacing, and finished goods staging • Develop and maintain mill layouts, incorporating equipment footprints, flow paths, green chain and dry chain configurations, and trim/sort systems • Determine breakdown equipment requirements and sequencing, including headrigs, frame saws, and gang saws • Evaluate and specify scanning, optimization, PLC-controlled sorting, automated stacking, and strapping systems • Lead line balancing and bottleneck analysis across mill operations • Conduct and oversee 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 wood products manufacturing environments • Lead capital project development, vendor selection, installation, and commissioning • Maintain mill flow diagrams, equipment layout drawings, and standard operating procedures • Align team 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 (sawmill, planer mill, OSB, LVL, plywood, MDF, or similar environments) • Working knowledge of primary and secondary wood breakdown processes, including log merchandising, sawing patterns, kerf and 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 how optimizer settings translate to recovery and grade yield outcomes • Experience evaluating and implementing automation in mill environments, 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 applied to high-volume, continuous-flow wood processing • Knowledge of kiln drying operations and how drying schedules, kiln capacity, and green inventory management interact with mill flow • Understanding of lumber grading rules and how product mix and grade targets influence equipment sequencing and line design • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across mill operations, construction and installation teams, maintenance, forestry/procurement, and sales teams • Ability to travel at least 50% of the time • Ability to work in or travel initially to Mississippi, with greater U.S. extended onsite support as developed • Legal authorization to work in the United States

🏖️ 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