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Manufacturing Engineer

New Flyer
short term disability, 401(k)
United States, Alabama, Anniston
106 National Drive (Show on map)
Mar 14, 2025
Description

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 informDescriptionation 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, communicating ECN's, assigning inventory locations, conducting contract reviews, creating standard work instructions (SWI's), evaluating standards, and completing capital and facility upgrades.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

* Provide manufacturing engineering support and services within assigned manufacturing cell(s).

* Work effectively as a cell team member to ensure operational metrics are achieved and any remedial action is actively pursued.

* Maintain current updates on manufacturing engineering related tasks on the manufacturing cell log.

* Represent manufacturing engineering within assigned cells at the daily cell meetings and weekly plant metrics meetings.

* Design or specify any equipment/tooling/racking required to support manufacturing.

* Review relevant engineering change notifications (ECNs) within assigned cells or assigned option groups and support all aspects of production implementation.

* Assign default locators to all parts within assigned manufacturing cells.

* Create standard work instructions and hot sheets and train the necessary personnel on those standards.

* Update and maintain layouts (plant & cell layouts and inventory, housekeeping, emergency, & 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 team work.

* Lead or participate in SWAT team meetings, ensuring that 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 for ensuring production activities are properly resourced.

* Validate routings and submit and implement routing change requests to process planning where appropriate.

* Conduct contract reviews prior to contract start to ensure production preparedness.

* Participate in Non- Conforming Parts (NCP) meetings as assigned, to assist with the disposition of non-conforming materials.

* Initiate engineering change requests (ECRs) where appropriate.

* Support process planning and production engineering.

* Participate in internal and outside Supplier Application Approvals and audits, as required.

* Communicate Engineering Change Notification (ECN) to Quality Assurance and Production per ECN Process.

* Liaison between Product Engineering and Production.

* Provide pre-production support, including, but not limited to, organizing and leading pre-production meetings, and reviewing pre-production information packets and addressing issues as needed.

* Other duties as assigned.

Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field or equivalent experience.
  • Knowledgeable and hands on experience in application of Lean and Six Sigma
  • Experience working as an effective team player.
  • AutoCAD or UniGraphics and Microsoft Office
  • Superior computer and organizational skills
  • Goal orientated and motivation to achieve tasks within set timelines
  • -Monitors part designs and tooling requirements
  • Work with Engineering, Purchasing, and Planning departments to initiate process improvements
  • Assist in maintaining shop floor equipment spare parts and consumables
  • Experience with metal fabrication methods (CNC Mills, tube lasers, sheet lasers, etc) preferred.
Benefits
  • Competitive Wages.
  • Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401K.
  • FMLA/Short Term Disability.
  • A continuous learning environment.
  • 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.

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