Area Manager - Factory-Built Housing

The role

The Area Manager leads day-to-day execution for a defined production area in a microfactory. This floor leadership role involves building management systems to ensure teams are safe, productive, and improving.

What you will do

• Own daily and weekly plan attainment for throughput, schedule, and rework
• Run start-of-shift and end-of-shift routines
• Coordinate labor, materials, and readiness
• Surface blockers with clear options and tradeoffs
• Own safety performance including hazard escalation and audits
• Ensure adherence to SOPs and quality gates
• Lead, coach, and develop team leads and operators
• Implement a rotation and cross-training plan
• Partner with Ops Engineering to execute improvements
• Own the area scoreboard including targets, downtime, and quality escapes

Required qualifications

• 3–7+ years leading teams in a fast-paced operations environment
• Proven track record hitting output targets while maintaining safety and quality
• Strong people leadership including coaching, conflict management, and accountability
• Strong data orientation
• Ability to operate in ambiguity and build structure
• Clear communicator

Nice to have

• Experience with Lean / TWI / continuous improvement systems
• Experience building training and certification programs
• Familiarity with tech-enabled operations
• Construction / building experience

About the company

Reframe Systems is a Physical AI and robotics company that delivers climate-resilient homes and buildings through highly automated microfactories. They use a vertically integrated delivery model to produce volumetric modular buildings.