Plant Manager

Plant Manager – Advanced Manufacturing True House NC | Sanford, North Carolina Help Us Change the Way Homes Are Built.

Summary:

True House NC is seeking an experienced Plant Manager to lead our highly automated wall panel manufacturing operation in Sanford, North Carolina. Our state-of-the-art facility combines advanced automation, Revit-based digital design, data, and offsite manufacturing to help high-volume homebuilders build faster, improve quality, reduce waste, and address skilled labor challenges.

This leader will own overall plant performance across safety, people, quality, production, cost, and continuous improvement, while developing a high-performing team and maximizing the capabilities of our technology and automated equipment. This is an exciting opportunity for a data-driven, hands-on manufacturing leader who wants to improve an operation, drive results, and help shape the future of offsite construction.

What You’ll Do:

Lead overall plant performance across safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and people

Build, coach, and develop a high-performing production leadership team Drive production planning, scheduling, capacity, workflow, and on-time delivery

Maximize the capabilities and utilization of our advanced automated manufacturing equipment

Use production data and KPIs to improve throughput, labor efficiency, material utilization, quality, yield, scrap, and downtime

Identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and capacity

Oversee quality, maintenance, equipment reliability, inventory, and workforce planning

Manage plant expenses and performance against budget and operating goals

Identify opportunities for capital investment, technology, and process improvement

Partner across design, engineering, operations, delivery, and field teams to improve the entire value stream

Build a strong culture of safety, ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement

What We’re Looking For:

We’re looking for an accomplished manufacturing leader—not necessarily someone who has spent their entire career in wall panel manufacturing.
5+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience, including responsibility for production teams and operational performance

Proven success leading and developing production supervisors and frontline teams

Strong knowledge of production planning, scheduling, capacity, labor, materials, quality, inventory, and maintenance

Experience in an automated or technology-enabled manufacturing environment

Proven ability to use data, KPIs, and financial information to drive operational improvement

Track record of improving productivity, throughput, quality, labor efficiency, yield, scrap, downtime, and/or on-time delivery

Experience managing budgets, operating expenses, and cost controls

Strong safety leadership and understanding of manufacturing compliance

Demonstrated success with continuous improvement and process improvement

Strong analytical, communication, problem-solving, and people-leadership skillsA willingness to be a visible, hands-on leader on the manufacturing floor

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, or a related field preferred. Equivalent progressive manufacturing leadership experience will also be considered.

Experience with wall panels, trusses, structural components, building products, engineered wood, offsite/prefabricated construction, residential construction, or other highly automated manufacturing environments is a plus, but not required.

Why True House?

At True House, we believe there is a better way to build.

We bring together design, engineering, technology, manufacturing, and construction expertise to help homebuilders reduce waste, improve quality, increase…