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 Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).The Director of Design is responsible for leading the Design Department’s 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 organization’s 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…