Design Director: Strategy, Leadership & Execution

A-1 Industries; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Job summary

A-1 Global Holdings, Inc. in Fort Pierce, FL, is seeking a Director of Design to lead the Design Department and drive engineering excellence across projects for residential, multifamily, commercial, and emerging markets.

The role partners with the Vice President of Design to execute initiatives, optimize workflows, and ensure high standards of performance, integrity, and customer satisfaction. Requires extensive design leadership experience in truss/construction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Project management

Remote team management

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in civil/structural engineering or related field

Tools

Alpine

MiTek

Job description

A-1 Global Holdings, Inc. in Fort Pierce, FL, is seeking a Director of Design to lead the Design Department and drive engineering excellence across projects for residential, multifamily, commercial, and emerging markets.

The role partners with the Vice President of Design to execute initiatives, optimize workflows, and ensure high standards of performance, integrity, and customer satisfaction. Requires extensive design leadership experience in truss/construction.