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Prototype Shop Technician - 6 Month Term

Open 15d

New Flyer is North America's heavy-duty transit bus leader and offers the most advanced product line under the Xcelsior® and Xcelsior CHARGE® brands. It also offers infrastructure development through NFI Infrastructure Solutions™, a service dedicated to providing safe, sustainable, and reliable charging and mobility solutions. Further information is available at .

POSITION GOAL:

Design, build, and test products to meet the present and future needs of “NFIL” as directed by the Director of New Product Development.

Responsibilities:

  • Construction of prototype parts, assemblies, and installations, working from drawings, sketches, verbal instruction.
  • Provide feedback to engineering on drawings, designs, and theories of operation, understand and navigate BOM and engineering drawing systems.
  • Working with hand and power tools, fabrication equipment and test equipment, some lifting and climbing required.
  • Operation of heavy equipment such as forklift or bus.
  • Write reports and test documentation, use of PC, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
  • Set-up and perform tests from a requested plan; emerging technology.
  • Knowledge transfer from NPD shop various departments.
  • Shop maintenance and cleaning.
  • Other duties as requested

Requirements

  • Post-secondary certificate or technology degree.
  • 3-5 years of relevant experience
  • Ability to read contractions drawings, schematics, details drawings.
  • Knowledge of engineering drawings, design, aesthetic, and ergonomic principals.
  • Knowledge of warehouse and inventory systems, scientific test methods, FMEA, maintenance, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement

What this application asks

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First name, Last name, Email, Headline, Phone, Address, Are you at least 17 years of age?, Are you legally authorized to work in the country of the position you applied for?, Are you a current employee or have you ever worked for an NFI Group Company?, If Yes, write the start/end dates and position/location held?, Education, Experience, Summary, Resume, Cover letter, Employment Type Desired, Work Shift Preference, Date Available For Hire, How Did You Hear About Us?, Who Referred you? Or what other Source did you hear about us?, I understand the information obtained in this application will be kept confidential and may only be used in accordance with the provisions of applicable federal laws, executive orders, and regulations, including those which require the information to be summarized and end reported to Federal Government for civil rights enforcement. I understand that by completing this application I may be considered for other roles with in NFI Group., The company adheres to Fair Chance Hiring practices which includes considering qualified applicants with a criminal history. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if there is concern about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report. Please indicate your acknowledgment of this process by selecting Yes or No.

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