Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Designer

Socket.dev; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + bonus potential

Health benefits including dental and E

RRSP and retirement plan

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Professional development and training

Employee discounts and awards program

Job summary

Crestline Coach, a leading ambulance manufacturer in Saskatoon, seeks a Mechanical Engineering Designer to develop and validate new vehicle components from concept to production. You will create manufacturable designs, maintain 3D models and drawings, and work with multi‑functional teams to ensure safety, quality and efficiency.

The role emphasizes DFMA, BOM creation, and design documentation, with collaboration across Production, Quality, and Supply Chain to support launches and continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering required.
• Approximately five years of design experience in manufacturing preferred.
• Experience designing for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFM/DFA).
• Experience with 3D CAD, drawings, BOMs, and technical docs.
• Cross-functional teamwork across Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Service.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop new ambulance and specialty vehicle components and features.
• Create and maintain 3D models, drawings, BOMs, and engineering docs.
• Apply DFM and DFA to improve manufacturability, cost, and quality.
• Collaborate with Production, Purchasing, Quality, and Sales on design solutions.
• Support prototypes, testing, certification, and production launches.
• Drive design improvements and investigate issues for corrective actions.

Skills

Mechanical design

3D CAD (Inventor)

DFM / DFA

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Communication skills

Documentation (BOMs, drawings)

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Inventor

Autodesk Vault

Job description

Make a difference, build life-saving ambulances.

Role: Mechanical Engineering Designer
Location: Saskatoon, SK
Schedule: Full Time, Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Crestline Coach, a long-established family-oriented organization in Saskatoon, SK, has grown to become North America's leading ambulance manufacturer and Canada's largest supplier of small to mid-size commercial buses. With safety, innovation, and durability always at the forefront of our business, we now inspire today’s industry standards. Crestline Coach has strong values that align with our culture, demonstrating a customer-centric focus, leadership, integrity, family spirit, and excellence in all we do.

We are seeking a Mechanical Engineering Designer to join our dynamic Engineering team. In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, testing, and launch of new ambulance and specialty vehicle products. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will help create innovative, manufacturable solutions that support product quality, production efficiency, safety, and customer satisfaction.

This role is well suited to an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, collaborating across departments, and seeing their designs progress from concept through production.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As the Mechanical Engineering Designer, you will:

• Design and develop new products, features, and improvements that meet Crestline engineering standards, customer requirements, OEM chassis specifications, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Create and maintain accurate 3D models, drawings, bills of materials, and other engineering documentation.
• Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles to improve manufacturability, efficiency, quality, and cost.
• Collaborate with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, Quality, Service, and Sales teams to develop practical and scalable design solutions.
• Support prototype development, product validation, testing, certification activities, and production launches.
• Investigate production and service-related issues and develop corrective actions and design improvements.
• Participate in project planning activities, including requirements definition, risk identification, and engineering deliverables.
• Work with suppliers to evaluate components, support product development activities, and validate design solutions.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product performance, quality, manufacturability, and efficiency.
• Support engineering change management, revision control, and technical documentation processes.
• Contribute to the standardization of products, components, and engineering practices across the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

As the Mechanical Engineering Designer, you will have:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Approximately five years of experience in product design, manufacturing, or a related engineering environment preferred.
• Experience designing products within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, and value engineering principles.
• Experience with 3D CAD software, preferably Autodesk Inventor and Vault.
• Experience developing engineering drawings, bills of materials, and technical documentation.
• Understanding of engineering change management and revision control processes.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Production, Supply Chain, Quality, or other operational teams.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

The following would be considered assets:

• Experience with project management tools such as risk registers, project charters, requirements management, or DFMEA/FMEA.
• Experience with product testing, validation, certification, or compliance activities.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing or continuous improvement environments.
• Experience with vehicle, transportation, agricultural, heavy equipment, mining, or other manufactured products.

WHY CHOOSE CRESTLINE COACH?

Crestline Coach takes pride in a strong company culture that embodies excellence, integrity, trust, and innovation. To foster a strong culture, we believe in a progressive, dynamic, and solution-based environment and want to prosper amongst the best and brightest in the country. Benefits of working with Crestline Coach include:

• A competitive salary with bonus earning potential, including a recruitment referral bonus.
• Health benefits including dental, extended health care, long and short-term disability coverage, accident and serious illness insurance, life insurance, and a health spending account.
• A Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program and a virtual healthcare clinic for employees and their families.
• Milestone and service awards at five-year increments.
• Access to employee discounts, wellness programs, and other employee perks.
• Career path support through professional development opportunities, reimbursement programs, and professional association memberships.
• The opportunity to work on innovative products and see your designs move from concept to production.

Crestline Coach Ltd. is committed to fair and inclusive hiring. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and supported. Accommodations are available upon request during any stage of the recruitment process.