Strategic Engineering Lead for Cross-Functional Delivery

New Flyer Group; Anniston (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

New Flyer Group in Anniston, Alabama, seeks an Engineering Lead to align stakeholder efforts with strategy and drive risk-aware, on-time delivery across design, production, and service. The role requires cross-functional leadership and customer-focused delivery to meet milestones and lifecycle expectations.

The Engineering Lead will guide engineering teams, review specifications, oversee supplier interactions, and validate builds to industry standards. Travel <15% within the US/Canada; salary range $80,000–$102,000 annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or certified technologist designation.
• Minimum 5+ years in engineering or project leadership; 3+ years internal to NFI/MCI.
• Advanced technical and project management capabilities; strong communication and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Review customer specifications to identify gaps and provide risk details for bids and sales.
• Represent Production Engineering in vendor interactions and evaluate supplier quotes at bid stage.
• Provide technical guidance and oversight to engineering teams tailored to customer specs.
• Proactively identify project risks and initiate validations to ensure build requirements meet standards (APTA, SAE, FMVSS, etc.).
• Manage New Design Integration (NDI) projects: set SMART goals, facilitate reviews, monitor KPIs, report status end-to-end.
• Provide technical leadership by reviewing and approving Engineering Change Notification packages to maintain continuity and deadlines.
• Manage engineering ANDON postings and responses to support operations.
• Prepare and submit Supplier App Approvals, customer drawings, test reports, and oversee signoffs.
• Coordinate release and tracking of approval drawings to customers, aligning with milestones.
• Collaborate on vendor/customer design issues and alternate sourcing strategies.
• Act as liaison between Engineering and other departments (Customer PM, Vehicle App Eng, Sourcing, Production, Quality, Service Eng).
• Approve Option Value forms with configuration group and VAE for design configurations.
• Support training, mentorship, team building, performance management, and succession planning.
• Support product standardization and design integration across Sales, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain.
• Identify design improvements and present initiatives to the Change Control Board.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication

Leadership

Organization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Certified Engineering Technologist designation

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

Oracle

ePlanner

Excel

A3 reporting

Job description

New Flyer Group in Anniston, Alabama, seeks an Engineering Lead to align stakeholder efforts with strategy and drive risk-aware, on-time delivery across design, production, and service. The role requires cross-functional leadership and customer-focused delivery to meet milestones and lifecycle expectations.

The Engineering Lead will guide engineering teams, review specifications, oversee supplier interactions, and validate builds to industry standards. Travel <15% within the US/Canada; salary range $80,000–$102,000 annually.