The Lumber Manufactory
Manufacturing Engineer
Mississippi
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
Operations ManagementProcess ImprovementMedical DevicesLeadershipProblem SolvingLean Manufacturing
About the role
- Backed by leading investors including Cantos, Slow Ventures, Susa Ventures, Banter Capital, Humba Ventures, and Ravelin Capital.
- In this role, you will be responsible for shaping how production systems are developed, measured, and scaled translating engineering intent into safe, repeatable, and high-performing operations.
- This role offers significant autonomy and ownership, with the opportunity to influence core manufacturing systems at a fast-growing industrial tech startup.
Responsibilities
- Lead hands-on process improvement efforts to improve safety, quality, throughput, delivery, and cost across manufacturing operations.
- Develop and refine manufacturing processes that deliver consistent, compliant product with high yield and low variability.
- Drive day-to-day process stability through production troubleshooting, root cause analysis of downtime and defects, line balancing, takt time optimization, and bottleneck elimination.
- Lead structured continuous improvement initiatives, including 5S, Kaizen events, waste reduction, cycle time reduction, and labor productivity improvements.
- Design and implement equipment, tooling, and automation solutions that enable productivity gains, reduce labor time, and improve process repeatability.
- Enable new product introduction and scaling by developing production processes, implementing DFM improvements, supporting pilot builds and ramp-ups, and planning capacity for growth.
- Optimize factory layouts and material flow to improve work center performance across log yard, kilns, production lines, and finished goods packaging, loading, and shipping.
- Build and maintain production performance metrics to prioritize improvement work and enable data-driven operational decision making.
- Ability to independently own projects end-to-end in a fast-paced, startup environment where priorities
- The opportunity to help build something from the ground up in an essential, evolving industry
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or closely related engineering discipline from an accredited university.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment, with direct ownership of engineering or process improvement projects.
- Experience in heavy industrial, automotive, or similarly demanding manufacturing environments.
- Candidates whose recent experience has shifted primarily toward management, CI leadership, or operations management should be prepared to discuss their return to floor-level engineering.
- Experience in wood products, forestry, or heavy industrial manufacturing (strongest differentiator).
- Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing principles, continuous improvement, and standard work.
- Experience with statistical process control, process capability, or data-driven manufacturing approaches.
- Experience standing up or launching a new production line or process from scratch.
- Comfort spending significant time on the factory floor and collaborating across engineering, operations, and maintenance.
- Demonstrated ability to diagnose and solve mechanical or process problems on the production floor, not just support others who did.
- Experience in heavy industrial, automotive, or similarly demanding manufacturing environments. Background in aerospace, medical devices, or consumer electronics is considered but requires demonstrated transferability to heavy industrial operations.
- Strong problem-solving instincts and comfort working directly on heavy equipment and industrial machinery.
- This is a hands-on individual contributor role with no direct reports. Candidates whose recent experience has shifted primarily toward management, CI leadership, or operations management should be prepared to discuss their return to floor-level engineering.
- Ability to independently own projects end-to-end in a fast-paced, startup environment where priorities shift and resources are lean.
- We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including:
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills
Compensation
- We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including:
Benefits
- Background in aerospace, medical devices, or consumer electronics is considered but requires demonstrated transferability to heavy industrial operations.
- 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
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