Engineering Lead - Electrical Components

New Flyer; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

New Flyer is seeking an Engineering Lead in Winnipeg to align stakeholder efforts with strategy, drive proactive risk management, and ensure on-time engineering outcomes across design, production, and service phases.

The role requires strong leadership, advanced technical and project management capabilities, and direct collaboration with Vehicle Application Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Production, Quality, and Service Engineering. Occasional US travel (<15%) is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or CET designation.
• 5+ years in engineering or project leadership.
• 3+ years internal to New Flyer Industries/MCI.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specs for gaps and provide risk details for bids and sales.
• Lead cross-functional teams to meet milestones and milestones per contract.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams per customer specs.
• Identify risks and drive validation to ensure build requirements meet standards (APTA, SAE, CMVSS, ADA, CARB, etc.).
• Manage New Design Integration projects: set SMART goals, run virtual reviews, track KPIs, and report status end-to-end.
• Approve Engineering Change Notifications to maintain continuity and deadlines.
• Coordinate release of approval drawings and ensure alignment with milestones.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Organizational skills

Engineering know-how

Education

Bachelors in Engineering / CET

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Oracle

ePlanner

Excel

A3 reporting

Job description

The Engineering Lead (EL) aligns all stakeholder efforts with organizational strategy, driving proactive risk management and accountability. Through cross-functional leadership and customer-focused delivery, the EL ensures engineering outcomes meet critical deadlines, contractual milestones, and lifecycle expectations. Serving as a strategic integrator, the role strengthens resilience and design integrity while advancing engineering excellence through technical credibility, process optimization, and collaborative execution across design, production, and service phases.

Responsibilities:

• Review customer specifications to identify any gaps in product or process and provide Bids & Sales with the specific risk-related details, propose approved alternatives or deviation requirements.
• Represent Production Engineering in vendor interactions and evaluate supplier quotes at bid stage
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to engineering teams tailored to customer specifications
• Proactively identify project risks and initiate the appropriate validation efforts to ensure the technical build requirements comply with industry standards and regulations (e.g. APTA, SAE, FMVSS, CMVSS, ADA, CARB, etc.)
• Manage New Design Integration (NDI) projects: set Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-bound (SMART) goals, facilitate virtual bus reviews engaging all stakeholders, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), provide tasking to designers/technical leaders, and report project status end-to-end
• Provide technical leadership by reviewing and approving Engineering Change Notification packages as required in order to maintain continuity and ensuring deadlines are met
• Manage engineering ANDON postings and responses to support engineering operations and resolve issues promptly
• Prepare and submit Supplier Application Approval packages, customer approval drawings, test reports, and oversees signoff requirements
• Coordinate the release and tracking of approval drawings to customers, ensuring engineering deliverables align with project milestones
• Collaborate on vendor/customer design issues, support the completion of Sales Release Change Requests, and alternate sourcing strategies
• Act as liaison between Engineering and departments such as Customer Program Management, Vehicle Application Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Production, Quality, and Service Engineering
• Approve Option Value forms to define Family and Feature information, in collaboration with the configuration group and VAE, to optimize various design configurations
• Support training, mentorship, team building, performance management, and succession planning within Engineering Services
• Support product standardization and design integration across Sales, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain
• Coordinate engineering efforts to identify design improvement opportunities and present new initiatives to the Change Control Board
• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering or Certified Engineering Technologist designation
• Minimum 5+ years in a related engineering or project leadership role, and/or 3+ years technical experience internal to NFI/MCI
• Advanced technical and project management capabilities
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills
• Proficiency in engineering tools and systems (NX, Teamcenter, Oracle, ePlanner, Excel, A3 reporting)
• A self-starter who is able to work independently
• Required travel to the US (<15%)