Assistant Production Engineer

Join a manufacturing leader with over 50 years of excellence, where every role contributes to building reliable transportation solutions that people depend on everyday across the United States and Canada. At ENC, we prioritize safety, quality, innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth – creating vehicles our teams can take pride in.

Founded in 1975, ENC (ElDorado National – California) is a leading U.S. transportation manufacturer specializing in design, engineering, and end-to-end production of heavy‑duty buses, shuttles, and cargo vehicles through a custom‑build, mixed‑model assembly process. Each vehicle is produced in our purpose‑built facility in Riverside, California supporting public agencies and private transportation providers nationwide. We offer one of the industry’s widest portfolios of power options, including 100% battery‑electric, diesel‑electric hybrid, CNG, and clean diesel.

ENC is committed to revitalizing American manufacturing through innovation, customer focus, and the delivery of high‑quality vehicles that keep communities connected, supported, and moving forward.

Assistant Production Engineer

Location:
Riverside, CA

Salary Range: $80,000 - $115,000

We are seeking an Assistant Production Engineer with extensive hands‑on experience in commercial vehicle manufacturing and production floor operations. This role supports the Process Engineer in preparing production documentation, inspecting components and assemblies, verifying new product quality and functionality, and maintaining a safe and organized prototype vehicle work area.

The ideal candidate can interpret engineering drawings and electrical schematics, troubleshoot vehicle systems, and work closely with engineering and production teams to identify and resolve issues before installation.

This list of essential duties is not all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties, as management may deem necessary from time to time. The team member must be able to perform each essential job duty identified below satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties of this position unless doing so would create an undue hardship.

• Work with the Process Engineer to create and update production bills of materials (BOMs), production drawings, assembly instructions, and work instructions.
• Translate engineering requirements into clear, practical instructions for production personnel.
• Verify that production documents reflect approved designs, component requirements, and assembly sequences.
• Identify drawing discrepancies and assembly concerns and coordinate their resolution with engineering.

• Assist with inspecting in-house manufactured parts against approved drawings and specifications before installation.
• Pay particular attention to wires and harnesses, verifying wire size, length, identification, connector selection, pin assignments, crimps, routing provisions, and workmanship.
• Perform continuity and other specified electrical checks using appropriate test equipment and approved procedures.
• Document discrepancies and support corrective actions to minimize wiring changes and rework after installation.

• Assist the Process Engineer with quality inspections and functional checks for newly developed products, components, and prototype vehicles.
• Prepare inspection checklists, test records, and inspection reports based on engineering requirements and approved acceptance criteria.
• Record results, identify nonconforming conditions, and track corrective actions through reinspection.
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