Prototype Shop Technician - 6 Month Term

New Flyer· Engineering - Reliability Simulation & Testing
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📍 Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaTemporary

About this role

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 www.newflyer.com.

 

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

  • 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

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This Prototype Shop Technician - 6 Month Term position at New Flyer was posted on Jul 22, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Prototype Shop Technician - 6 Month Term
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