Door Shop Operations Strategist - Lean Production & Quality

Alexandria Moulding; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays & Floating Holidays

Company-Paid Life Insurance & Disabil

Plus Additional Perks

Job summary

Specialty Building Products is seeking an Operations Specialist - Door Shop Strategist to optimize door-shop production. The role focuses on workflow, capacity, equipment, tooling, quality, and repeatable best practices so shops can produce safely, consistently, and on time.

The candidate will study workflows, identify bottlenecks, define equipment standards, and drive continuous improvements across locations with a data-driven approach.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in door manufacturing, millwork, or similar production setting.
• Strong understanding of production flow, capacity, labor, quality, and equipment use.
• Experience solving recurring production or quality problems.
• Ability to document processes and train others on clear operating standards.
• Ability to use basic production data to identify problems and confirm results.
• Comfort working directly with production employees and leaders in an active shop environment.

Responsibilities

• Study door-shop workflow from order release through material preparation, machining, assembly, inspection, staging, and shipment.
• Identify bottlenecks and develop production and capacity standards that help shops plan work and staffing.
• Define practical equipment and tooling standards that support safe, consistent, and efficient production.
• Improve quality by identifying common defects, causes of rework, and points where errors can be prevented earlier in the process.
• Develop and document best practices that can be used across door-shop locations.
• Partner with local shop leaders and employees to test changes before broad rollout.
• Use production data, visual observation, and employee feedback to measure performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support training and implementation when new methods, equipment, layouts, or standards are introduced.
• Track whether changes improve safety, throughput, lead time, quality, labor use, and customer service.

Skills

Production flow

Lean manufacturing

Line balancing

Time studies

Mistake-proofing

Visual management

Excel reporting

Training others

Shop floor collaboration

Education

Engineering/Manufacturing degree

Job description

Specialty Building Products is seeking an Operations Specialist - Door Shop Strategist to optimize door-shop production. The role focuses on workflow, capacity, equipment, tooling, quality, and repeatable best practices so shops can produce safely, consistently, and on time.

The candidate will study workflows, identify bottlenecks, define equipment standards, and drive continuous improvements across locations with a data-driven approach.