Engineering Lead - Electrical Components
- Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Minimum 5+ years in a related engineering or project leadership role, and/or 3+ years technical experience internal to NFI/MCI
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original 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:
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 (
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
More about this job
Responsibilities
Lead engineering delivery across design, production, and service, ensuring customer requirements, regulatory standards, project milestones, and technical risks are managed effectively. Coordinate design integration, supplier and customer approvals, engineering changes, cross-functional issue resolution, and team development.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering or a Certified Engineering Technologist designation, plus at least five years in a related engineering or project leadership role, or three years of internal technical experience at NFI/MCI. Candidates should bring advanced technical and project management capabilities, strong communication and leadership skills, proficiency with engineering tools and systems, and the ability to work independently.
Skills
- Engineering Leadership
- Project Management
- Risk Management
- Technical Guidance
- Customer Specifications Review
- Supplier Evaluation
- Regulatory Compliance
- New Design Integration
- KPI Monitoring
- Engineering Change Control
- Approval Drawing Coordination
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Design Integration
- Team Mentorship
- NX
- Teamcenter
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Engineering
- Management & Leadership
- Manufacturing
- Transportation
Keywords
- Engineering Leadership
- Electrical Components
- Risk Management
- Customer Specifications
- Supplier Quotes
- Production Engineering
- New Design Integration
- SMART Goals
- Virtual Bus Reviews
- Key Performance Indicators
- Engineering Change Notifications
- ANDON
- Supplier Application Approval
- Customer Approval Drawings
- Test Reports
- Sales Release Change Requests
- Option Value Forms
- Change Control Board
- APTA
- SAE
- FMVSS
- CMVSS
- ADA
- CARB
- NX
- Teamcenter
- Oracle
- ePlanner
- Excel
- A3 Reporting