Engineering Lead - Electrical (3-month term)

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: 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 Other duties as assigned Requirements 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) Travel within Canada or to the US (<15%)

The Engineering Lead aligns stakeholder efforts with organizational strategy while driving proactive risk management and technical oversight across design and production phases. They are responsible for managing New Design Integration projects, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and providing technical leadership to engineering teams.

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a Certified Engineering Technologist designation. A minimum of 5 years in a related engineering or project leadership role is required, along with advanced technical and project management capabilities.

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• Project management
• Technical leadership
• Risk management
• Engineering design
• Stakeholder management
• NX
• Teamcenter
• Oracle
• EPlanner
• A3 reporting
• Process optimization
• Vendor management
• Quality assurance
• Performance management
• Mentorship
• Organizational Strategy
• Industry Standards
• Supply Chain
• Accountability
• Resilience
• Technical Leadership
• Smart Goals
• Teamcenter (PLM Software)
• Building Services Engineering
• Certified Engineering Technologist
• Change Control
• Change Requests
• Customer Service
• Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Communication
• Performance Management
• Engineering Change Order
• Sales
• Leadership
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Risk Management
• Project Management
• Milestones (Project Management)
• Operations
• Process Optimization
• Production Engineering
• Program Management
• Project Risk Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Succession Planning
• Team Building
• Vendor Relationship Management

• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Manufacturing
• Transportation
• Logistics
• Electrical Engineering Lead
• Electrical Engineer (General)
• Electrical Engineers

Formation minimale

Diplôme professionnel

Expérience minimale

5+ ans

Langue de l’offre

anglais

Heures de travail

40 heures par semaine

Exigences de lieu

Country, Canada