Maintenance Team Lead

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 SUMMARY

To lead, guide and mentor the Maintenance team in maintaining all plant equipment and ensuring Production up time is maintained at 100%.  Support the key operating principles of safety, quality, operational excellence, our lean journey and continuous improvement while meeting or exceeding internal customer expectations.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

•    Ensure all company safety initiatives and requirements are met. Stress Safety Daily!

•   Encourage all Maintenance Technicians to recognize safety concerns and push to resolution. (Own it to completion.)
• Support operational excellence through both weekly and monthly world class 5S audits.

• Maintain a high level of quality of the work being performed.
• Maintain the required work schedule while coordinating with production and manufacturing engineering for production equipment and area availability.
• Interface and communication with other departments or affected areas to ensure that production impact is always minimized.          
• Conduct daily team huddles with the Maintenance Technicians.
• Provide a daily report of the work completed against the plan.
• Ensure all work orders are completed and closed each day.
• Ensure PM’s are turned in daily to the Maintenance Coordinator.
• Assist Maintenance Supervisor as requested.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL:

• Must have good people skills
• Must have good oral and written communication skills
• Must be able to monitor and control many different tasks
• Must have medium level computer skills
• Must possess mechanical aptitude
• Must be able to read blueprints

WHY JOIN US:

•   Be a part of a team leading the world’s electrification of mass mobility. 
•   Competitive Wages and comprehensive benefit package with Immediate benefit eligibility.
•   Paid holidays and vacation.
• 401K with generous company match.
• Passionate about creating a better product, a better workplace, and a better world
•   Inclusive workplace culture that values and empowers team members. 
•   On-the-job training in a continuous learning environment (we invested $15.9 million in 2024) .
• Advancement opportunities within our family of companies. 

OUR WHY:  We exist to move people. Our mission is to design, deliver, and support market-leading bus and motorcoach solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient, and reliable. Our values—safety, quality, integrity, accountability, teamwork, and sustainability—are at the core of everything we do. NFI Group | We Move People - YouTube 

 Leveraging 450 years of combined experience, NFI offers a wide range of propulsion agnostic bus and coach platforms, including market leading electric models. Through its low- and zero-emission buses and coaches, infrastructure, and technology, NFI meets today’s urban demands for scalable smart mobility solutions. Together, NFI is enabling more livable cities through connected, clean, and sustainable transportation. News and information is available at www.nfigroup.com, www.newflyer.com, www.mcicoach.com, nfi.parts, www.alexander-dennis.com, arbocsv.com, and carfaircomposites.com. 

New Flyer is committed to administering all employment matters in accordance with the value we place on fostering an inclusive and welcoming workplace that values the contributions of all team members. We ensure that all employment decisions are based upon merit and comply with applicable employment legislation and requirements. Accommodations are available at all stages of the recruitment process, at the candidates’ request.