Manufacturing Engineer - Weld

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 .

POSITION SUMMARY
Support all manufacturing engineering activities within assigned cells, including electrical system integration and system troubleshooting, implementing and facilitating lean manufacturing initiatives, implementing engineering change orders, assigning inventory locations, conducting contract reviews, creating shop floor instructions, evaluating standards and completing capital and facility upgrades.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Work effectively as a cell team member to ensure operational metrics are achieved and any remedial action is actively pursued.
• Provide manufacturing engineering support and services within assigned manufacturing cell(s)
• Represent manufacturing engineering within assigned cells at the daily cell meetings and weekly plant metrics meetings
• Maintain current updates on manufacturing engineering related tasks on the manufacturing cell log.
• Design or specify any equipment/tooling/racking required to support manufacturing.
• Review relevant engineering change orders (ECOs) within assigned cells or assigned option groups and support all aspects of production implementation.
• Review relevant engineering change notifications (ECNs) within assigned cells at the daily cell meetings and weekly plant metrics meetings
• Implement and facilitate lean manufacturing initiatives (5S, value stream mapping, set-up reduction etc.)
• Lead or participate in SWAT team meetings, ensuring that necessary action is taken between cross-functional groups to resolve issues
• Specify and facilitate capital and equipment upgrades, installations or modifications.
• Support process planning and production engineering.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• Post-secondary education in a related discipline and or 5+ years equivalent manufacturing experience required
• Four-year Manufacturing Engineering or Manufacturing Technology degree preferred
• Experience with automotive or similar paint process desired
• Lean certification or applicable equivalent experience beneficial
• Experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Superior computer and organizational skills
• Goal orientated and motivation to achieve tasks within set timelines
• Experience with welding, weld symbols, robotic welders is preferred.

New Flyer is an EEO/AAP/Female/Minority/Disabled/Vets Employer
*Travel May Be Required*

WHY JOIN OUR TEAM:

• Competitive Wages.
• COVID-19 Precaution(s): Personal protective equipment provided or required. Social distancing guidelines in place. Temperature checks, sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place.
• Benefits: Our benefits include medical, dental and vision insurance. We also have 12 paid holidays and vacation, 401k with a generous company match, flexible spending accounts, employer-paid life insurance, voluntary-term life insurance, employer-paid short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident benefits, and an allowance for safety boot/shoes just to name a few. A waiting period for benefits may apply and only full-time employees are eligible.
• 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, e??fficient 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 , , , , , and .