Component Design Manager

Truss Craft of Wyoming, a Mead Lumber Company, Inc is the leading provider of building materials to professional contractors and remodelers. We have 53 operating locations across 9 Midwestern states. As 100% employee-owned, we continue to grow and are in search of driven individuals who desire an opportunity to grow their career.

Component Design Manager is primarily responsible for overseeing daily operations of the design department and maintain consistent quality design work within the department. 

• Design Team Leadership & Engagement


• Assigning Estimating Work


• Assigning Design Work


• Interface with Production Team


• Implementing & Auditing Standardized Business Practices


• Designer Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding


• Designer Discipline and Terminations


• Designer Productivity


• Designer Quality Control


• Customer Service and Standards


• Communicate Design Issues and Concerns with General Manager and Corporate Design Manager


• Communicate Design Ideas and Best Practices with General Manager & Corporate Design Manger


• Work alongside salesperson, customer, and subcontractor to ensure all schedules are met.


• Expedite and resolve issues as they arise


• Occasional Travel


• Other duties as assigned

• 4 years of industry and component design experience.


• Proficient in industry and supplier software applications.


• Proficient in Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.


• High School Diploma, General Education Degree (GED) or Associate’s Degree required


• Rough Carpentry, Project Supervision and or Project Manager experience will be considered.


• Blueprint reading and estimating.


• CAD and BIM experience is preferred.

This position will be in office at our Truss Craft of Wyoming location. 

Once eligible, you will participate in our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), a unique benefit that can provide a financial source for your future/retirement that very few companies offer.  We also offer our employees competitive pay as well as the benefits listed below:

• Employee Stock Ownership


• Medical, Dental, Vision


• 100% Employer Paid Group Term Life, AD&D, and STD


• Additional Voluntary Life, AD&D, and LTD


• Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay


• Flexible Spending Accounts


• 401(k)


• Scholarship & Tuition Assistance Programs


• Employee Assistance Program


• Merchandise Discounts

The company has six core values that are essential to achieving its business objectives and overall mission. Employees are expected to live these values in their daily job performance, work behaviors, business relationships, customer interactions, financial expenditures, and decision-making. 

• Put People First


• Think Like an Owner


• Integrity


• Invest Where you Live


• Unmatched Customer Service


• Continuous Improvement

Mead Lumber considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, pregnancy, marital status, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability or any other protected basis prohibited by law. 

An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer