Director, Manufacturing

Harris•Evansville, IN

19h

About The Position

The Director of Manufacturing will own how manufacturing performs and scales across the company. This role is responsible for aligning multiple facilities into a consistent, high-performing system that can support both internal construction work and external manufacturing customers. The Director will set direction for plant leadership, define what good looks like across safety, quality, delivery, and cost, and ensure the infrastructure and capacity are in place to support growth. The core purpose is to build a manufacturing operation that is repeatable, reliable, and able to scale across regions. This role is about ensuring multiple operations perform as one, not just running a single plant.

Requirements

Senior leadership experience overseeing multi‑facility manufacturing or fabrication operations.
A solid background in mechanical fabrication, modular construction, or industrialized construction.
Strong understanding of plant operations, capacity planning, and production flow
Ability to influence and align teams across regions
Experience working across manufacturing, engineering, and construction environments
A practical, outcomes-focused approach to leadership

Responsibilities

Working closely with engineering, industrial engineering, supply chain, estimating, product management, and construction to ensure alignment between design and production
Leading and aligning plant managers across multiple facilities through both direct and dotted-line relationships
Establishing consistent operating standards and performance expectations across locations
Driving improvements in throughput, capacity, and overall system performance by identifying and removing constraints
Supporting expansion into new regions, including facility planning, startup strategy, and long-term footprint decisions
Helping shift the organization toward more standardized, product-driven manufacturing where it makes sense