Vehicle Applications Engineer - 7-Month Term
- Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Temporary
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Original job description
Responsibilities:
- Serve as primary technical correspondent and Engineering representative for production contracts and sales opportunities
- Support bids process from initial proposals through production, including change requests and configuration audits
- Identify, define, and manage technical configuration requirements and clearly communicate details to customers and internal stakeholders. Ensure all technical specifications are addressed prior to bid submission
- Identify technical risks and opportunities. Independently develop strategies to mitigate risks and action opportunities
- Release initial Bill of Material (iBoMs) needed to build heavy duty transit buses and coaches for a wide range of customer specifications. Provide BoM status reports to Management
- Effectively manage and present project documentation
- Assign tasks to Engineering designers to complete contract-specific design work.
- Actively contribute or lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives
- Mentor and train new employees
- Serve as checker for Engineering change orders (ECOs) prior to release
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or an equivalent combination of education, skills, and experience
- Knowledge of Engineering Design and Project Management
- Knowledge of Bills of Materials
- Knowledge of the manufacturing industry
- Experience with enterprise database software and engineering product lifecycle management systems considered an asset
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Ability to understand and communicate engineering concepts
- Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving ability
- Strong attention to detail
- Travel to the US (up to 25%) is required
More about this job
Responsibilities
Coordinate engineering support for production contracts and sales opportunities, including bids, technical configurations, risk management, and customer-specific bills of materials for transit buses and coaches. Manage project documentation and design assignments, report bill-of-material status, review engineering change orders, and contribute to continuous improvement while mentoring employees.
Requirements
A bachelor's degree in engineering or an equivalent combination of education, skills, and experience is required, along with knowledge of engineering design, project management, bills of materials, and manufacturing. Candidates should have strong communication, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills; experience with enterprise database and product lifecycle management systems is an asset, and travel to the United States of up to 25% is required.
Skills
- Engineering Project Coordination
- Project Management
- Engineering Design
- Bill Of Materials Management
- Bid Support
- Risk Mitigation
- Technical Documentation
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Continuous Improvement
- Employee Training And Mentoring
- Engineering Change Order Review
- Critical Thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Written And Oral Communication
- Attention To Detail
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Categories
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Transportation
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- Engineering Project Coordination
- Production Contracts
- Sales Opportunities
- Bid Process
- Technical Specifications
- Risk Mitigation
- Transit Buses
- Coaches
- Bill Of Materials
- Initial Bill Of Materials
- Project Documentation
- Engineering Design
- Project Management
- Manufacturing
- Enterprise Database Software
- Engineering Change Orders
- Configuration Audits
- Continuous Improvement
- Cross-Functional Initiatives
- Customer Specifications