Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Designer

Job summary

The Mechanical Engineering Designer will design and develop new ambulance and specialty vehicle products while applying DFM and DFA principles. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality, production efficiency, and regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle.

Job details

Make a difference, build life-saving ambulances. Role: Mechanical Engineering Designer Location: Saskatoon, SK Schedule: Full Time, Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Crestline Coach, a long-established family-oriented organization in Saskatoon, SK, has grown to become North America's leading ambulance manufacturer and Canada's largest supplier of small to mid-size commercial buses. With safety, innovation, and durability always at the forefront of our business, we now inspire today’s industry standards. Crestline Coach has strong values that align with our culture, demonstrating a customer-centric focus, leadership, integrity, family spirit, and excellence in all we do. We are seeking a Mechanical Engineering Designer to join our dynamic Engineering team. In this role, you will contribute to the design, development, testing, and launch of new ambulance and specialty vehicle products. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will help create innovative, manufacturable solutions that support product quality, production efficiency, safety, and customer satisfaction. This role is well suited to an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, collaborating across departments, and seeing their designs progress from concept through production. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES As the Mechanical Engineering Designer, you will: Design and develop new products, features, and improvements that meet Crestline engineering standards, customer requirements, OEM chassis specifications, and applicable regulatory requirements. Create and maintain accurate 3D models, drawings, bills of materials, and other engineering documentation. Apply Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) principles to improve manufacturability, efficiency, quality, and cost. Collaborate with Production, Manufacturing Engineering, Purchasing, Quality, Service, and Sales teams to develop practical and scalable design solutions. Support prototype development, product validation, testing, certification activities, and production launches. Investigate production and service-related issues and develop corrective actions and design improvements. Participate in project planning activities, including requirements definition, risk identification, and engineering deliverables. Work with suppliers to evaluate components, support product development activities, and validate design solutions. Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance product performance, quality, manufacturability, and efficiency. Support engineering change management, revision control, and technical documentation processes. Contribute to the standardization of products, components, and engineering practices across the organization. QUALIFICATIONS As the Mechanical Engineering Designer, you will have: A Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Approximately five years of experience in product design, manufacturing, or a related engineering environment preferred. Experience designing products within a manufacturing environment. Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturing, Design for Assembly, and value engineering principles. Experience with 3D CAD software, preferably Autodesk Inventor and Vault. Experience developing engineering drawings, bills of materials, and technical documentation. Understanding of engineering change management and revision control processes. Experience working cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Production, Supply Chain, Quality, or other operational teams. Strong project management, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications. The following would be considered assets: Experience with project management tools such as risk registers, project charters, requirements management, or DFMEA/FMEA. Experience with product testing, validation, certification, or compliance activities. Experience in Lean Manufacturing or continuous improvement environments. Experience with vehicle, transportation, agricultural, heavy equipment, mining, or other manufactured products. WHY CHOOSE CRESTLINE COACH? Crestline Coach takes pride in a strong company culture that embodies excellence, integrity, trust, and innovation. To foster a strong culture, we believe in a progressive, dynamic, and solution-based environment and want to prosper amongst the best and brightest in the country. Benefits of working with Crestline Coach include: A competitive salary with bonus earning potential, including a recruitment referral bonus. Health benefits including dental, extended health care, long and short-term disability coverage, accident and serious illness insurance, life insurance, and a health spending account. A Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan. Employee and Family Assistance Program and a virtual healthcare clinic for employees and their families. Milestone and service awards at five-year increments. Access to employee discounts, wellness programs, and other employee perks. Career path support through professional development opportunities, reimbursement programs, and professional association memberships. The opportunity to work on innovative products and see your designs move from concept to production. Crestline Coach Ltd. is committed to fair and inclusive hiring. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels respected and supported. Accommodations are available upon request during any stage of the recruitment process.

What you’ll do

The Mechanical Engineering Designer will design and develop new ambulance and specialty vehicle products while applying DFM and DFA principles. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality, production efficiency, and regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and have approximately five years of experience in product design or manufacturing. Proficiency in 3D CAD software and a strong understanding of engineering documentation and change management processes are required.

Benefits

• Competitive salary • Bonus earning potential • Recruitment referral bonus • Dental insurance • Extended health care • Long-term disability coverage • Short-term disability coverage • Accident insurance • Serious illness insurance • Life insurance • Health spending account • Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan • Employee and Family Assistance Program • Virtual healthcare clinic • Milestone and service awards • Employee discounts • Wellness programs • Professional development opportunities • Professional association memberships

Listed skills

• Technical Documentation · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• Lean Manufacturing · Preferred
• Critical Thinking · Preferred
• Product Design · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Collaboration · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Mechanical engineering
• Product design
• 3D CAD
• Autodesk Inventor
• Vault
• Design for Manufacturing
• Design for Assembly
• Value engineering
• Engineering documentation
• Project management
• Problem-solving
• Critical thinking
• Technical documentation
• Lean Manufacturing
• Engineering change management
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Bill Of Materials
• Engineering Documentation
• Scalability Design
• Solutions Support
• Industry Standards
• Supply Chain
• Virtual Health
• Validation Testing
• Prototype Development
• 3D Modeling
• Ambulances
• Change Management
• Customer Service
• Version Control
• Communication
• Continuous Improvement Process
• Critical Thinking
• Project Planning
• Development Testing
• Design For Manufacturability
• Design Failure Mode And Effects Analysis
• Discounts And Allowances
• Engineering Drawings
• Sales
• Failure Mode And Effects Analysis
• Leadership
• Innovation
• Interpersonal Communications
• Problem Solving
• Mechanical Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Project Management
• Microsoft Office
• New Product Development

Job areas

• Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Transportation
• Engineering Designer
• Mechanical Design Engineer
• Mechanical Engineers