What are the responsibilities and job description for the New Flyer - Configuration Technician position at NFI Group?
New Flyer is North America's heavy-duty transit bus leader with various locations in North America. Offering the most advanced product line under the Xcelsior® and Xcelsior CHARGE™ brands. It also offers infrastructure development through New Flyer Infrastructure Solutions™, a service dedicated to providing safe, sustainable, and reliable charging and mobility solutions. Further information is available at www.newflyer.com.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Product Configuration Technician is primarily responsible for maintaining the Engineering product configurator. The successful applicant will review, maintain, and ensure accuracy of the reference buses within the product configurator.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Responsible for maintaining the product offering database.
- Reviews Engineering Change Notices (ECN’s) and Design Information Summaries (DIS’s) for maintenance of the product offering database.
- Create, maintain, and ensure the accuracy of the product matrices for all Bills of Materials (BoM) option group line items.
- Create, maintain, variant conditions and performs configuration tests within the product offering database.
- Responsible for the creation and maintenance for the rule checks and warning messages within the product offering database.
- Maintain the Option Value listing to ensure that it is compliant with current value solutions.
- Maintain Product Structure templates, to ensure consistency of use to facilitate future maintenance.
- Create and maintain the reference bus configurations for accuracy of use.
WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:
- Post-secondary education (associative to Electrical or Mechanical preferred)
- Minimum of 2 years work experience in similar role is preferred.
- Knowledge of Bills of Materials.
- Familiarity with Siemens Product Configurator in TC is an asset.
- Proficient with relevant Computer applications.
- Excellent interpersonal skill and ability to communicate professionally.
- Must be organized and detail oriented.
- Flexible with Travel up to 5% of the time.
WHY JOIN OUR TEAM:
- Competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package.
- A continuous learning environment.
- Ability to advance your career with a growing company.
- NFI Group has been named a Manitoba Top Employer for 2020 and this is the tenth since the competition was established in 2007.
- Employee social committee organizes numerous events throughout the year, including summer barbecues, holiday festivities, sporting events and tournaments, and much more.
- Ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house training initiatives along with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions.
OUR WHY:
We exist to move people. Our mission is to design and deliver exceptional transportation solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient and reliable.
NFI Group is a leading independent global bus manufacturer providing a comprehensive suite of mass transportation solutions. News and information are available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, www.arbocsv.com, www.alexander-dennis.com, www.carfaircomposites.com and www.nfi.parts.
