Production Manager Upper-Midwest Based

Liechty Homes is seeking a senior Production Manager to build and operate a production system that moves homes from completed sale through charge-out. The role designs the production calendar and scheduling rules, coordinates crew, subcontractor, manufacturer, carrier, and material availability, and trains teams to follow the process.

Responsibilities:

• Build the production system from the ground up: one shared calendar from factory order to charge-out, with milestone tracking for every home
• Define and defend its rules: homes enter only through the Sales-to-Operations handoff, and crews and subcontractors are committed only after readiness checks clear
• Give salespeople a clear, self-serve way to put homes on the calendar and see crew and trade availability, so they plan around real capacity instead of booking crews directly
• Coordinate build and delivery dates with manufacturers and carriers, and surface crew, truck and material shortages before they delay a home
• Train salespeople, crews, subcontractors and branch staff at launch with clear guides and checklists, then keep training as the system changes, onboarding new hires and subcontractors
• Set milestone and photo-documentation standards so each milestone is verified before the schedule advances or payment is approved
• Run same-day escalation for slipped dates: flag at-risk homes, bring the right people together on a recovery plan, and make sure the salesperson tells the customer first
• Own the system's data and reporting, and feed recurring delays and trade issues back into its rules

Requirements:

• 5+ years of construction, homebuilding or production project management, including multi-site, scattered-site or residential work
• Hands-on experience building or implementing a scheduling system for many concurrent jobs
• Proven ability to build trade partner accountability (communication standards, documentation, scorecards) that works without constant on-site supervision
• Strong facilitation and leadership: the people skills to bring everyone onto one process, the toughness to hold its rules, and experience coordinating and training teams on a shared calendar
• Systems fluency (scheduling software, Google Workspace, spreadsheets, photo documentation), strong organization and high Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
• Manufactured or modular housing experience: factory coordination, transport and set
• Experience with lean or critical-chain scheduling, or with dashboards and KPIs in Power BI or Excel
• Associate's or bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering or Business