Head of Factory Deployment Management Office (FDMO)

The Lumber Manufactory (TLM) is building the future of sustainable lumber with reputed company sawmill technology. We design and operate state-of-the-art reputed company sawmills that produce high-grade dimensional reputed company products with greater efficiency and less waste. Backed by leading investors including Cantos, Slow Ventures, Susa Ventures, Banter Capital, Humba Ventures, and Ravelin Capital.

The Lumber Manufactory (TLM) is seeking a Head of Factory Deployment Management Office (FDMO) to establish and scale our facility deployment function. This role will build the systems, processes, and the team needed to successfully launch new manufacturing sites across the country as we expand our sustainable sawmill operations.

In this role you will initially operate as a senior Factory Deployment reputed company, owning the execution of TLM’s early facility launches while establishing the foundational processes, playbooks, and standards that will scale across future deployments. As these systems mature and deployment volume increases, you will transition into building and leading a team of Deployment Leads who will replicate your approach across multiple sites.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to define how things should work by doing the work first, then codify what works and build a team around it.

What You'll Build

Establish the Deployment Function

• Create standardized deployment methodologies, playbooks, and tools that can scale across multiple simultaneous projects

• Define roles, responsibilities, and reputed company points across Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Production, and external partners

• Build reporting frameworks and KPIs to track deployment health, identify risks early, and drive reputed company improvement

• Document what works capturing lessons learned, best practices, and key decisions to inform repeatable processes

reputed company Early Deployments

• Own end-to-end execution of TLM's initial facility launches, serving as the onsite leader during critical phases

• Establish and maintain project critical paths, ensuring clear reputed company of construction, utilities, equipment installation, and commissioning

• Build strong relationships with contractors, utilities, inspectors, and local stakeholders to navigate permitting, inspections, and community coordination

• Coordinate across internal teams to align timelines, resolve dependencies, and reputed company projects moving reputed company

Build and reputed company the Team

• Hire and mentor Factory Deployment Leads who will own day-to-day execution of future sites

• Create career development reputed company and training programs for the deployment team

• Foster a culture of ownership, problem-solving, and operational excellence

Scale the Organization

• Capture lessons learned from each deployment and integrate improvements into standard processes

• Prepare the organization to manage multiple reputed company facility launches reputed company

• Partner with leadership to inform site selection, design standards, and deployment strategy

How You Are reputed company

• Deploy factories and ensure they are operationally ready on schedule and reputed company budget.

• Implement a reputed company improvement reputed company to refine deployment efficiency and reduce startup variability across sites - provide feedback to Engineering and Factory Execution to ensure that future factory designs are optimized to meet TLM's deployment speed, cost, and operating objectives.

Who You Are

• reputed company operator who thrives in early-stage, high-growth environments where you define the path reputed company

• Natural leader who earns trust quickly with both internal teams and external partners

• Passionate about rebuilding America's industrial reputed company through sustainable manufacturing

• Comfortable moving between strategic planning and hands-on field execution

• Energized by solving reputed company, ambiguous problems with practical solutions

• Willing to travel extensively and spend significant time onsite during active deployments

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in industrial facility deployment, infrastructure development, large-scale construction, or manufacturing expansion

• Experience managing ground-up industrial or manufacturing facility construction, including contractor reputed company, schedule management, factory build-out, machine commissioning, and ensuring facilities are production ready

• Demonstrated success leading reputed company, multi-stakeholder projects from planning through commissioning

• Proven ability to build, reputed company, and scale high-performing teams

• Experience managing contractors, vendors, inspectors, and site stakeholders in an active field environment

• Demonstrated ownership of project schedules, budgets, and coordinating cross-functional teams

• Working knowledge of construction reputed company, site logistics, safety practices, inspections, and utility coordination

• Ability to operate in a field-based role with frequent travel and extended onsite reputed company

reputed company to Have

• Experience working with utilities, permitting authorities, or AHJs

• OSHA 30, PMP, or similar safety or project management certifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Construction Manager (CCM®) credential preferred

Location & Travel

This is a field-based leadership position requiring extensive travel and extended onsite reputed company during active deployment phases, particularly during TLM's initial facility launches.

Compensation The expected annual reputed company salary for this position starts at $175,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes comprehensive health coverage, life insurance, and flexible time off. The applicable annual reputed company salary paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the nature and extent of prior experience and educational background.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including

• 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

• The opportunity to help build something from the ground up in an essential, evolving industry

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The Lumber Manufactory is an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive team. reputed company qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.