Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer

Company: New Flyer

As a prominent leader in the manufacturing of heavy-duty transit buses in North America, New Flyer is committed to delivering high-quality, innovative, and sustainable transit solutions. Our manufacturing engineers are key players in ensuring the efficiency of our production processes and the quality of our products.

Position Overview: We are currently seeking a dedicated and experienced Manufacturing Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, evaluating, and optimizing our manufacturing processes to improve efficiency and product quality. You will collaborate closely with various departments, including production, quality assurance, and continuous improvement teams, to implement best practices and innovative solutions.

In this position, you'll have the opportunity to lead manufacturing projects that align with our goals of safety, quality, and cost-saving measures, while also supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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/tool/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 and cell layouts and inventory, housekeeping, emergency, and security maps etc.)
• Specify and facilitate lean manufacturing initiatives (5S, value stream mapping, set-up reduction, etc.)
• Promote an environment of continuous improvement and teamwork
• 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 audits and Supplier Application Approvals, 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

Requirements

• Four-year Manufacturing/Electrical Engineering or Electrical Technology degree 
• Experience with mobile electrical/electronic is highly desired
• Lean certification or applicable equivalent experience beneficial
• Experience working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Superior computer and organizational skills
• Goal orientated and motivation to achieve tasks within set timelines
• Proficiency in Excel, Microsoft Suite, PLC or Ladder Logic and Electrical troubleshooting

Benefits

• 401k Matching up to 6%
• Competitive Health Insurance (BCBS)
• Dental Insurance (Employer paid through Delta Dental)
• Vision Insurance (Employer Paid through VSP)
• Paid time off
• Vacation accrual
• Employee assistance program
• Short/Long Term Disability Benefits
• 12 paid Holidays

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