CAD Technician

Lippert Components; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

401k with Employer match

Career development

Tuition Reimbursement

Holiday, personal, and vacation days

Wellness offerings

Job summary

Lippert Components is seeking a CAD Technician in Elkhart, Indiana. This full-time position involves creating and updating CAD data, ensuring manufacturability, and managing customer specifications utilizing SolidWorks.

The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, relevant technical education, and experience in drafting. Competitive benefits and a supportive company culture make Lippert an excellent place to work.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented with the ability to handle multiple projects.
• Experience in drafting, design, and engineering practices is essential.
• Ability to read and interpret complex documents.

Responsibilities

• Create and update CAD data using SolidWorks.
• Ensure manufacturability of parts through collaboration.
• Process change actions per customer specifications.

Skills

Analyzing Information

Confidentiality

Quality Focus

Results Driven

Thoroughness

Time Management

Organizational Skills

Education

High school diploma or Associate’s degree in engineering

Four years related experience

Tools

SolidWorks

Microsoft Office

MasterCam

Top Solid

Lectra 2/3D

Job description

Overview

Who We Are

We are the leading supplier of components to the recreational vehicle and residential housing industries, as well as adjacent industries including bus, cargo and equestrian trailer, marine, and heavy truck. With over 65 facilities located throughout the United States, Canada, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom, our more than 14,000 team members work together to bring innovative product solutions to market every day.

Why We are Different

At Lippert Components, Everyone Matters. We are striving to make lives better through meaningful relationships with our co‑workers, our customers, and our communities. LCI team members feel a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our many team members. We measure success by how we touch the lives of people inside and outside our walls.

What You will Get

• A company culture where everyone matters
• Healthcare + Dental + Vision + 401k with Employer match
• Career development and mentoring
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Annual flu immunization
• Holiday, personal and vacation days
• Local and national discounts
• Wellness offerings

Summary/Objective

The CAD Technician is capable of working within a dynamic group to meet project goals and timelines. The person in this position must be well organized, detail oriented, and have the flexibility to handle multiple project assignments.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions

1. Create/Update part and assembly CAD data using SolidWorks
2. Create/Update part and assembly drawings to identify critical characteristics
3. Work with manufacturing engineering to ensure parts are manufacturable
4. Process change actions utilizing Enovia
5. Designs and drawings must be free from errors
6. Ensure changes are implemented according to customer needs

Other Key Responsibilities

1. Must be able to review customer prints and identify changes.
2. Determine if any new parts are required to meet customer expectations.
3. Work with customers to manage part proliferation
4. Document and process all changes using Lippert change management processes.

Working Conditions

• Primarily working indoors, office environment.
• May sit for several hours at a time.
• Prolonged exposure to computer screens.
• Repetitive use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.

Qualifications

1. High school diploma and/or related associate’s degree in engineering or specific discipline and two years’ experience; or
2. Four years related experience and/or training specialized in drafting, design, and engineering practices; or
3. Equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
4. Preferred experience in the garment/ residential furniture, automotive or marine seating systems
5. Ability to read and interpret documents.
6. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.

Competencies

1. Analyzing Information
2. Confidentiality
3. Quality Focus
4. Results Driven
5. Thoroughness
6. Time Management
7. Organizational Skills

Supervisory Responsibility

This role does not have any supervisory responsibility upon hiring.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The Team Member may have to lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full‑time position, and the expected work hours are 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday; weekend work is also necessary on occasion.

Travel

No travel is expected for this position.

Preferred Education and Experience

1. Manufacturing/industry experience
2. Experience working with multiple discipline projects
3. Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office, MasterCam, Top Solid, Lectra 2/3D, and Solidworks
4. Organizational skills, communication proficiency, initiative, thoroughness, time management

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

None

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all employment decisions, including recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave‑of‑absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters. All employment and personnel‑related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job‑related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.

Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member. Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members. Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership. Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.