New Flyer is North America's heavy-duty transit bus leader with various locations in North America. Offering the most advanced product line under the Xcelsior® and Xcelsior CHARGE™ brands. It also offers infrastructure development through New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions™, a service dedicated to providing safe, sustainable, and reliable charging and mobility solutions. Further information is available at www.newflyer.com.

POSITION SUMMARY

Support all manufacturing engineering activities within assigned manufacturing cell(s) including implementing and facilitating lean manufacturing initiatives, implementing ECN's, assigning inventory locations, conducting contract reviews, creating shop floor instructions, evaluating standards and completing capital and facility upgrades. Coordinate, lead, and support swat team activities.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Provide manufacturing engineering supervision, ensuring that manufacturing cells are appropriately supported
• Work effectively as a team member to ensure operational metrics are achieved, and any remedial action is actively pursued.
• Design or specify any equipment/tooling/racking required to support manufacturing.
• Ensure relevant engineering change orders (ECNs) are properly reviewed within assigned cells or assigned option groups and support all aspects of production implementation.
• Ensure default locators are assigned to all parts within assigned manufacturing cells.
• Create shop floor instructions and hot sheets and train the necessary personnel on those standards.
• Update and maintain layouts (plant and cell layouts, inventory, housekeeping, emergency, and security maps, etc.).
• Specify and facilitate capital and equipment upgrades, installations or modifications.
• Implement and facilitate lean manufacturing initiatives (5S, value stream mapping, set-up reduction etc.)
• Promote an environment of continuous improvement and teamwork.
• Lead or participate in SWAT team meetings, ensuring necessary action is taken between cross-functional groups to resolve issues.
• Conduct process observations to ensure that assigned time standards are fair and consistent.
• Maintain necessary resource plans to ensure production activities are adequately resourced.
• Validate routings and submit and implement routing change requests to process planning where appropriate.
• Conduct contract reviews before the contract starts to ensure production preparedness.
• Initiate engineering change requests (ECRs) where appropriate.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• Engineering degree and/or related courses & work experience.
• Lean certification or applicable equivalent experience is required for this position.
• Superior computer and organizational skills.
• Goal-orientated and motivated to achieve tasks within set timelines.
• Well-versed in AutoCAD.
• Previous experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment would be considered an asset.
• Knowledgeable in Unigraphics and Oracle would be considered an asset.

Up to 10% of travel is required in this position.

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM:

• Competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package.
• A continuous learning environment.
• Ability to advance your career with a growing company.
• NFI Group has been named a Manitoba Top Employer for 2020 and this is the tenth since the competition was established in 2007.
• Employee social committee organizes numerous events throughout the year, including summer barbecues, holiday festivities, sporting events and tournaments, and much more.
• Ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house training initiatives along with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions.

OUR WHY:

We exist to move people. Our mission is to design and deliver exceptional transportation solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient and reliable.

NFI Group is a leading independent global bus manufacturer providing a comprehensive suite of mass transportation solutions. News and information are available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, www.arbocsv.com, www.alexander-dennis.com, www.carfaircomposites.com and www.nfi.parts.