Purpose: This position exists to optimize processes through analyzing data for a wide variety of projects throughout the business ensuring safety, efficiency, and reliability at a competitive cost.
Essential Functions:
- Lead continuous improvement projects, events, and training to support business operations.
- Facilitate the creation of solutions along with Operations to improve the flow of processes.
- Lead Kaizen events and projects to support company goals and objectives.
- Embrace continuous improvement initiatives; cost reductions, quality, and manufacturability improvements.
- Work with suppliers and vendors to support LEAN manufacturing projects and initiatives.
- Manage multiple projects across different departments
- Follow Jayco lean standards and be a culture change agent.
Experience/ Knowledge:
- Preferred (not required) Bachelor’s degree in one of the following: Industrial, Mechanical, Manufacturing Engineering or in Project Management with manufacturing processes/technology, quality assurance & overall manufacturing operations focus.
- Requires a minimum of 3 year of experience with LEAN practices and projects utilizing the following LEAN tools
- VSM
- 6S
- Problem Solving
- 8 Waste
- SMED
- Requires a minimum of 2 year of experience leading teams and people
- Demonstrated successful project management experience in a manufacturing setting is required.
- Prefer a background in an RV manufacturing or assembly environment.
Necessary Skills & Abilities:
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software.
- Prefer experience operating AutoCAD, Inventor, Revit, or similar software.
- Problem solver mindset for creating solutions and bettering processes for overall efficiencies.
- Ability to work both independently and lead in a team environment.
- Monitoring, evaluation, and time management skills to track people and process improvements.
- Strong technical communication skills are required.
- Ability to solve complex problems through data analysis.
- Ability to use good judgment in making decisions or recommendations.
- Ability to collaborate effectively in interactions with all organizational departments and functional teams.
- Demonstrate a commitment to LEAN practices and sustaining improvements to processes, quality, and customer satisfaction.
Work Requirements:
- This position may require sitting, standing, working in front of a computer monitor in an office setting approximately 50% of the day, and collecting data from a production environment approximately 50% of the day.
- Requires ability to travel between field locations.
- Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and stoop, kneel, or crouch; use hands to fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
- Must be able to frequently lift and move up to 25 pounds.
- This position is a full-time position, which may require some flexibility in hours & days worked (including Saturdays, as needed).
- Regular attendance is required.
- Supervisory responsibilities may include managing CI Technicians and Specialist.
- Remote work: not available.
- Management reserves the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Jayco offers a generous benefits package including:
- (2) Medical Insurance plan options, HSAs, and FSAs
- Family Care Clinic for employees and dependents enrolled in a Jayco medical plan (IN only)
- Dental Insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability and Life Insurance
- 401k plan with an annual discretionary match
- Wellness Benefits
- On-site Fitness Center access (IN only)
- Health Clinic for employee use (IN only)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Benefits
