Engineering Lead

New Flyer; Saint Cloud (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Continuous learning environment

Career advancement opportunities

Tuition subsidies for courses

Job summary

New Flyer seeks an Engineering Lead to align stakeholder efforts with strategy and drive proactive risk management across design, production, and service phases.

The role delivers customer-focused engineering outcomes, ensuring milestones, lifecycle expectations, and technical credibility. Strong leadership, NX/Teamcenter/Oracle skills, and travel ability within the US/Canada are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years in mechanical engineering or project leadership.
• Advanced technical and project management capabilities.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Willingness to travel within US/Canada.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications and identify gaps; provide risk details to Bids & Sales.
• Represent Production Engineering in vendor interactions and evaluate supplier quotes.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering teams per customer specs.
• Identify project risks and ensure build requirements comply with standards (APTA, SAE, FMVSS, etc.).
• Manage New Design Integration projects with SMART goals and KPIs; report status end-to-end.
• Review and approve Engineering Change Notification packages to maintain continuity.
• Manage engineering ANDON postings to support operations.
• Prepare and submit supplier approval packages and oversee sign-off requirements.
• Coordinate release and tracking of approval drawings to customers.
• Collaborate on vendor/customer design issues and alternate sourcing strategies.
• Act as liaison between Engineering and other departments (Customer Program Management, Vehicle Application Engineering, Strategic Sourcing, Production, Quality, Service Engineering).
• Approve Option Value forms with configuration group to optimize design configurations.
• Support training, mentorship, team building, performance management, and succession.

Skills

NX

Teamcenter

Oracle

ePlanner

Excel

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Certified Engineering Technologist designation

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Oracle

ePlanner

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 oversee sign‑off 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
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering or Certified Engineering Technologist designation
• Minimum 5+ years in a related mechanical 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, etc.)
• A self‑starter who requires minimal supervision
• Ability to travel within the US / to Canada

Expected salary: $80,000 - $103,000

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• 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 time 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