Director of Manufacturing Launch

BLOX designs, manufactures, and constructs buildings and delivers them as products across the country. DesignManufactureConstruct (DMC) is the system used. Manufacturing runs as a visually controlled, continuous-flow pull system, managed to takt with the minimal buffers required to stabilize flow. The next step is to encode the BLOX experience into a repeatable, teachable manufacturing launch system capable of supporting scale. The Director of Manufacturing Launch owns manufacturing setup in Launch, from design and first-of-a-kind production through ramp to stabilization. Launch has three leaders: design, manufacturing, and program management. The role reports to the COO in close partnership with the CEO. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, with occasional travel to launch sites.

Responsibilities

Own manufacturing setup in Launch, from design and first-of-a-kind production through ramp to stabilization, until a building can be consistently produced as a Product; Control line setup, standard work, tooling, takt, and training; Build the manufacturing launch team; Resolve manufacturability while the work is still in design; Document the baseline, train the operations team, transfer the role, and repeat

Requirements

A manufacturing expert: layout, flow, takt, tooling, line-side setup, and experience having built lines, not just improved them; A process expert: standard work, first-pass yield, and the discipline to prove a method before scaling it and replace it when evidence says so; A systems thinker: understands design, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and field installation, and resolves problems where they are best eliminated; A team builder: hires, teaches, and promotes engineers who outgrow the org chart; A simplifier: drives to the simple answer on the far side of the complex one and does the work to get there

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance; Flexible spending accounts; Paid time off; Short term disability; Long term disability; Life insurance; 401k plan