Job Description
Job Description
THE OPPORTUNITY
Western Forest Products is hiring for a Project Manager based in Vancouver, WA as part of our Engineered Wood Products at our Calvert Division.
Our Engineered Wood Products include Douglas Fir, Yellow Cedar, Southern Yellow Pine and Hem-Fir glulam beams, arches and columns. Primary markets include North America and Asia.
What You’ll Do: The Project Manager, Engineered Wood Product manages glulam and mass timber projects from order handoff through design coordination, CAD modeling, shop drawings, fabrication, delivery, and closeout, while providing technical oversight of CNC fabrication operations. This role ensures project requirements are executed supporting safe, efficient, and high-quality production.
Who You Are: The ideal candidate is a hands-on mass timber professional with a strong combination of project management experience and CNC fabrication expertise, moving comfortably between the shop floor and project coordination, translating design intent into accurate shop drawings, CAM instructions, and efficient fabrication. The successful candidate understands glulam manufacturing from engineering through delivery, can support CNC operations and resolve fabrication issues, and takes ownership of schedule, quality, and results. The ability to communicate clearly, anticipate problems, and bring a practical, safety- and quality-focused mindset to delivering successful mass timber projects is essential.
Our total rewards offering includes:
- Salary range of $80,000 - $120,000 based on skill level, qualifications, and experience
- Annual incentive plan
- Dental and Medical benefits; employee premiums for base plan are 100% paid by Western
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Basic life insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Paid time off (PTO) and Paid holidays
Work Environment: This position will be based out of our Vancouver, WA office. Ability to travel as required is essential to this position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Management
- Manage assigned projects from contract award through closeout;
- Develop and maintain project, engineering, and fabrication schedules aligned with plant capacity;
- Coordinate internal handoff from sales to engineering and operations, ensuring scope and assumptions are clear, and;
- Monitor progress, manage risks, and implement corrective actions to meet schedule, cost, and quality objectives.
CNC Fabrication & Technical Oversight
- Provide technical leadership for CNC fabrication of glulam and mass timber components;
- Produce, review, and approve shop drawings, fabrication drawings, and CNC-ready CAD models;
- Develop and support CAM programs and machine instructions for joinery, profiling, drilling, and connection features, and;
- Troubleshoot CNC programs, support machine operators, and optimize machining strategies.
Engineering, Manufacturing & Logistics Coordination
- Interface between engineering, detailing, and manufacturing teams;
- Review contract documents and drawings for fabrication scope and constructability;
- Coordinate production sequencing, quality requirements, and delivery logistics with plant operations, and;
- Manage technical changes affecting drawings, CAM files, schedules, or cost.
Customer, Safety & Continuous Improvement
- Serve as a technical point of contact for customers, engineers, and contractors;
- Promote safe CNC and manufacturing practices and support quality control processes, and;
- Capture lessons learned to improve project delivery and fabrication efficiency.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Forestry, Wood Products, or a related field; or equivalent experience, and;
- 5+ years of project management experience in structural wood products, mass timber, heavy timber, or related construction/manufacturing environments.
Skills, Knowledge and Required Competencies
- Hands-on experience producing shop drawings and CAM instructions for CNC fabrication;
- Strong understanding of glulam manufacturing processes and connection systems;
- Proven project management, communication, and problem-solving skills;
- Experience with mass timber CAD/CAM platforms (e.g., Cadwork, hsbCAD, Hundegger, SCM, etc.);
- Experience supporting multi-axis CNC machining centers, and;
- PMP or similar certification.
YOUR CAREER
At Western Forest Products, we believe our most significant asset is our people. Investing in our people brings value and success to our business, ensuring a safe, engaged, productive and continuously improving workplace. We offer challenging opportunities working alongside the best in the industry to meet your career and professional development goals while providing competitive total rewards and recognition.
We provide a variety of on-the-job training and continuing education in many areas at Western to ensure you have the skills you need to succeed. Our promote-from-within culture recognizes high performance and we offer diverse career paths across the organization for those with the talent and will to advance.
Our total rewards offering includes competitive pay, performance bonus, 401(k) plan, extended health and dental benefits and other programs designed to support our employees.
WESTERN OVERVIEW
Western Forest Products is a leading forest products company that sustainably manages forests and manufactures high-quality wood products. Headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia with operations in the coastal region of BC and Washington State, Western meets the needs of customers worldwide with a specialty wood products focus and diverse product offering. Our commitment to health and safety, environmental stewardship and community engagement is core to how we do business at Western Forest Products.
Our Calvert Division is one of the oldest continuous glulam manufacturers in the U.S., bringing more than 70 years of experience producing high quality glued laminated beams and arches. With two manufacturing plants in Washington, our Washougal and Vancouver facilities produce glued laminated timber products for both commercial and residential projects around the world.