Director of Design

A-1 Global Holdings Inc. is a technology-driven building solutions company and parent organization of A-1 Industries of Florida Inc. and A-1 Industries of Georgia LLC. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Fort Pierce Florida A-1 combines advanced manufacturing proprietary software automation robotics and engineering expertise to help transform the way America builds homes. The Company delivers roof trusses floor trusses EZWALL Innovative Framing Solution and integrated structural solutions for residential multifamily commercial and emerging construction markets throughout the Southeastern United States and the Caribbean. Employees are eligible to participate in the Companys Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).

The Director of Design is responsible for leading the Design Departments day-to-day operations including personnel management resource planning workflow optimization quality assurance customer support and technical development. This position partners closely with the Vice President of Design to execute departmental initiatives drive continuous improvement and support the organizations strategic objectives while maintaining accountability for departmental performance.

This position must maintain the highest degree of integrity trust and confidence avoiding even the mere appearance of impropriety. This is a highly visible position inside and outside the Company and must be seen as putting the Company first. This position adheres to and practices core values of own-it passion honesty and respect in every facet of the position.

Reports To: Vice President of Design

Essential Functions

Lead the daily operations of the Design Department and serve as the primary operational leader for design activities.
Provide leadership coaching accountability and professional development for design personnel.
Participate in recruiting interviewing hiring onboarding performance evaluations succession planning goal setting and employee development.
Establish departmental priorities and allocate personnel and resources to meet production schedules and customer commitments.
Monitor workload backlog productivity turnaround times and resource availability to ensure projects are completed accurately and on schedule.
Serve as the primary point of contact for customers sales manufacturing engineering and operations regarding design activities project status and estimated completion dates.
Review design work to ensure consistency accuracy quality and compliance with company standards engineering requirements customer specifications regulatory requirements and applicable building codes.
Develop monitor and report departmental performance metrics including productivity quality turnaround time backlog utilization and customer service performance.
Identify operational trends and recommend improvements to enhance departmental performance customer satisfaction workflow efficiency quality and communication.

Coach and mentor designers on software applications engineering principles design standards and customer requirements.
Develops and mentors managers to strengthen leadership effectiveness while identifying and cultivating high potential talent to build a strong internal leadership pipeline and ensure organizational continuity through effective succession planning.
Partner with the Training Coordinator to develop onboarding programs technical training materials continuing education and departmental learning initiatives.
Partner with Information Technology to evaluate test implement maintain and support design software technology and related systems.
Oversee the organization maintenance and accessibility of design files engineering standards software libraries pricing resources software databases and project documentation.
Coordinate with the Repair Coordinator to ensure repair requests are addressed accurately and promptly.
Collaborate with Sales Manufacturing Operations Purchasing and Engineering to improve communication project execution and customer service.
Recommend staffing levels resource requirements and operational improvements based on projected workload and business needs.
Prepare operational reports and provide regular updates to the Vice President of Design regarding departmental performance staffing workload risks and improvement initiatives.
Execute departmental initiatives established by the Vice President of Design while providing operational insight and recommendations to support strategic decision-making.
Perform design and engineering work as necessary to support customer commitments and departmental workload.
Maintain availability after normal business

Success Measures
The Director of Design is accountable for achieving measurable departmental performance in the following areas:
Design quality and accuracy.
On time completion of design projects.
Department productivity and utilization.
Customer satisfaction and responsiveness.
Employee development and retention.
Compliance with company standards and engineering requirements.
Continuous process improvement and operational efficiency.
Cross functional collaboration and communication.

Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in civil engineering structural engineering architecture construction management or a related field preferred.
10 years of related experience and/or training in truss construction and design including proven experience as a truss designer or similar role in the building materials or construction industry.
Experience in wall panel design material optimization and hardware estimating is strongly preferred.
Proficiency with truss design software preferably Alpine and/or MiTek.
Experience managing teams and developing employees both in-house and remote
Ability to effectively present information to senior leadership customers public groups and/or boards of directors.
Ability to define problems collect data establish facts draw valid conclusions and interpret technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form.
Ability to read analyze and interpret technical documents financial reports and legal documents.
Ability to respond to complex inquiries or complaints from customers regulatory agencies or members of the business community.

Supervisory Responsibility
This role supervises Design Managers.

Work Environment / Physical Demands
This job operates in a clerical office setting. Moderate noise (examples: business office equipment like printers light traffic).
This is a sedentary role. It requires close vision color vision and depth perception three-dimensional vision ability to judge distances and spatial relationships. Must be able to stand walk sit use hands to finger handle or feel talk and hear.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time in-office exempt level position.

Travel
Limited travel is expected for this position.

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