Group Manager

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About Woodgrain:

Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world, with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 70 years of quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products. Woodgrain Inc. is headquartered in Fruitland, Idaho with six divisions and over 45 manufacturing and warehouse facilities in the United States and South America. Since 1954, Woodgrain is proud to be family owned and operated.

Job Summary:

The Group Manager for Coatings/Quality oversees all coating manufacturing for Woodgrain Towanda. This role ensures coating production teams operates safely, efficiently, and with consistent quality performance.  Manager is also responsible for leading our PPAC/Quality data collection and initiatives for our Molded Door Skin Manufacturing.

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Manage daily operations of coating manufacturing, including primer manufacturing and quality assurance.


• Supervise and develop a manufacturing team, quality assurance techs, and line techs across multiple shifts.


• Maintain high standards of safety, housekeeping, organization, and equipment readiness.


• Maintain full compliance with OSHA, environmental regulations, and facility safety standards.


• Ensure proper handling, storage, and disposal of coating materials.


• Lead safety audits, hazard reviews, and incident investigations.


• Lead data collection, analysis, and reporting related to molded line performance (first-pass yield, rework, downtime, defect rates, film build).


• Develop predictive insights using historical data to prevent quality issues before they occur.


• Work with maintenance and engineering to use process data to identify failure patterns and improve equipment reliability.


• Create dashboards or visual performance boards for real-time monitoring of critical coating parameters.


• Recommend process adjustments based on analytics rather than anecdotal observations.


• Oversee coating weight, viscosity, temperature, and application uniformity for all priming operations.


• Ensure proper use and calibration of measurement tools (viscosity cups, thickness gauges, IR sensors, heat guns).


• Maintain and update SOPs, work instructions, recipes, and control plans for all coating operations.


• Ensure compliance with customer specifications and internal finishing standards.


• Implement Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to reduce waste, improve coating efficiency, and boost throughput.


• Collaborate with R&D, materials vendors, and engineering to validate new products or application technologies.


• Drive automation and digital solutions for coating consistency and measurement accuracy.

Requirements: 

• Demonstrated ability to lead technical problem-solving and cross-functional improvement work.


• Strong communication, leadership, and coaching skills.


• Ability to work across shifts as needed.

Additional Skills:

• This individual should exemplify the company values of Integrity, Servant Leadership, Respect for People, Continuous Improvement, and Customer Focus.

Physical Demands:

This person is expected to perform work in the manufacturing floor/environment. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
This is a full-time position. This position occasionally requires long hours and occasional weekend work.

Travel:

This role does not require traveling from other Woodgrain locations.

Summary of Company Benefits:

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance


• Health Savings Account (HSA)


• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)


• 401(k) with a Company Match


• Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D


• Employer Paid Long-Term & Short-Term Disability


• Voluntary Supplemental Hospital and Accident Plans


• Employee Assistance Program


• 8 Company Paid Holidays & 1 Floating Holiday


• Paid Time Off (PTO) 

Woodgrain is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Woodgrain is a drug, alcohol, and tobacco-free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent upon pre-employment background and drug screening, and some positions require a fitness for duty test.