Founded by Amherst, the full-service real estate solutions platform, Amherst StudioBuilt™ homes is an innovative approach to home development that utilizes offsite construction to create new housing supply at scale without sacrificing quality.
StudioBuilt homes are constructed at Amherst’s housing studio in Cuero, Texas as well as partner studios across the Southeast and then installed on site.
At full capacity, the Cuero facility will create over 250 manufacturing jobs, making Amherst the third largest employer in the area.
The StudioBuilt team is comprised of experienced individuals from all trades, working to continuously improve the production process.
Who Are We?
Amherst Studio Build will manufacture high-quality, affordable, and innovative single-family residential homes by empowering a devoted network of highly motivated and skilled individuals with a fantastic place to work, the opportunity for learning and growth, and the ability to make a difference in the community.
Responsibilities
Coach, provide technical expertise, develop a high-performing manufacturing team that meets agreed objectives, and ensure adequate staffing levels, recruitment, training, development, appraisal, attendance, disciplinary issues, and daily supervision to maximize efficient productivity.
Effectively manage the production & delivery of all daily/weekly/monthly targets in line with customer specifications, meeting quality and delivery expectations, while providing costeffectiveness, and ensuring the best practices are always maintained.
Communicate and liaise with other lead stakeholders, and provide continuous development, process improvement, and production metrics monitoring.
Create and implement manufacturing metrics, workflows, and procedures that will achieve maximum organization efficiencies.
Ensure the cabinet plant's operational standards are met, by health, safety, and environmental policies and protocols.
Regularly communicate with the Plant Manager and VP Manufacturing on the manufacturing group’s performance.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.
Recommend modification to processes and equipment to improve efficiencies, quality, and safety.
Provide necessary information to sister departments via field trips to job sites, and operations team meetings, and ascertain that departmental staff meetings are held regularly.
Ensure effective operating methods to minimize operating problems and improve efficiency and quality.
Requirements • Strong Excel, Word, and general computer skills.
Broad knowledge of manufacturing business, departments, and functions.
Has a background and understanding of technical and engineering software applications (are a plus).
Extensive kitchen and bath cabinetry manufacturing background, with at least one year in a similar role.
Reliable and self-motivated, resilient, optimistic, flexible, strong leadership & communication skills and qualities.
Exception people management skills, and organizational skills, and takes ownership of team cohesion and team development.
Qualifications
Our ideal candidate has at least 5 years of experience in a highly automated large scale kitchen cabinet manufacturing business
We need someone to focus on process improvement, so our ideal candidate should have quality control and lean manufacturing experience
You must keep on top of preventative maintenance and inventory management, so you should have strong vendor management skills for dealing with third parties
Management and lean manufacturing experience
Continual improvement process experience
Strong communication and organizational skills
Our full-time employee benefits include:
A competitive compensation package, annual bonus, 401k match
Vacation and Sick Time including 7 paid holidays, 1 floating holiday, and 1 volunteer day
Employer-paid benefits (medical, dental, vision, health savings account)
Professional career development and reimbursement
Up to 16 weeks paid maternity leave; up to 4 weeks of paid parental leaves
Amherst Operating Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status, and encourage all applicants to apply.