Manufacturing Process Improvement Engineer

Airxcel-1; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Airxcel is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support, improve, and sustain manufacturing processes across Dicor brand operations in Elkhart, IN, including pultruded panels, shade production, RV components, and related assembly lines.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply Chain to boost safety, quality, throughput, and cost performance across product lines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Manufacturing Technology, or related field.
• Minimum of one year of manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience with composites, shade manufacturing, assembly operations preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Outlook, Word).
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, specifications, BOMs, routings, and engineering documentation.
• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and waste reduction methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and improve manufacturing processes to increase productivity, quality, safety, and efficiency.
• Analyze workflows, equipment layouts, tooling, and labor flow to identify opportunities.
• Develop and implement process improvements that reduce scrap, downtime, and costs while improving yield.
• Support design, commissioning, and sustainment of production lines and work cells.
• Create and maintain standard work instructions, routings, setup sheets, and inspection points.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, 5S, problem solving, and line balancing.
• Analyze manufacturing performance metrics and develop action plans to improve KPI results.
• Support troubleshooting across manufacturing, quality, and production issues including pultrusion and assembly.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for new product launches and process changes.
• Develop work cell layouts, staffing models, capacity models, and manufacturing flow strategies.

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Problem Solving

Project Management

Communication

Reading Technical Drawings

Excel

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

ERP/MRP Systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

SolidWorks

Microsoft Project

ERP/MRP systems

Job description

Airxcel is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support, improve, and sustain manufacturing processes across Dicor brand operations in Elkhart, IN, including pultruded panels, shade production, RV components, and related assembly lines.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality, Maintenance, Engineering, and Supply Chain to boost safety, quality, throughput, and cost performance across product lines.