Jobs at Blue Bird

Plans and executes digital, product, brand, advertising, content, social media, and trade show marketing initiatives. Conducts market and competitive analysis, supports lead generation through CRM campaigns, maintains brand guidelines and marketing assets, and develops campaign calendars and media plans. Produces marketing collateral and coordinates events, budgets, logistics, and stakeholder communications. The role requires cross-functional collaboration, project management, travel up to 35%, and occasional evening and weekend event work.

Leads manufacturing engineering strategy and a team of engineers and technicians in a production environment. Oversees process optimization, lean initiatives, product launches, tooling, capital expenditures, line balancing, safety, quality compliance, and continuous improvement. Partners with design and cross-functional teams to resolve manufacturing issues, improve throughput, manage budgets, and deliver scalable production solutions. Requires extensive manufacturing engineering and leadership experience, with expertise in project management, process improvement, and production supervision.

Participate in a full-time summer internship supporting supply chain and broader manufacturing operations. Interns complete functional assignments and special projects, use data to support process improvements and operational efficiency, collaborate across teams, communicate results, and present outcomes to leadership. The role requires a continuous improvement mindset, accountability, safe work practices, and completion of meaningful business projects.

Summer internship supporting sales and marketing or other business functions in a manufacturing environment. Interns complete functional assignments and special projects, contribute to process improvement and operational efficiency, analyze information, collaborate across teams, communicate results, and present project outcomes to leadership. Candidates must be enrolled in a relevant bachelor's or master's program, maintain a 3.0 GPA, be at least 18, and be authorized to work in the United States.

Participates in Blue Bird’s summer internship program, completing mechanical engineering assignments and a measurable special project. Supports process improvement, problem-solving, operational efficiency, data gathering, and cross-functional collaboration in a manufacturing environment. Interns communicate progress and outcomes to leadership, follow safe work practices, adapt to feedback, and present final project results.

Participates in Blue Bird’s summer internship program by completing functional assignments and a special project, supporting process improvement, analyzing information and data, collaborating across teams, communicating progress, and presenting outcomes to leadership. Responsibilities may span communications, HR, operations, commercial, engineering, or IT based on business needs.

Summer interns support functional departments through data gathering, process improvement, problem-solving, and operational efficiency initiatives. They complete a core assignment and special project, communicate progress and results, collaborate across teams, and present outcomes to leadership. Responsibilities may span HR, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, commercial, engineering, or IT. Interns must work full-time during the internship and demonstrate professionalism, accountability, continuous improvement, and safe work practices.

Participate in a functional supply chain internship within a manufacturing environment. Support departmental goals, process improvement, problem-solving, data-informed recommendations, and operational efficiency. Complete a core assignment and special project, communicate progress and results, collaborate across teams, follow safe work practices, and present project outcomes to leadership.

Supports pricing and other assigned functional work through data gathering, analysis, process improvement, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration. Completes a special project, communicates progress and outcomes, and presents results to leadership. The internship is full-time and may support manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, planning, commercial, engineering, HR, or IT functions.

Participate in Blue Bird’s summer internship program through meaningful mechanical engineering work and a special project in a manufacturing environment. Interns support process improvement, problem-solving, operational efficiency, and department goals; communicate progress and outcomes; follow safe work practices; and present project results to leadership. Candidates must be enrolled in an aligned bachelor’s or master’s program, maintain at least a 3.0 GPA, and be authorized to work in the United States.

Electrical Engineering Intern supporting design, process improvement, problem-solving, and special projects within a school bus manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include gathering and analyzing data, collaborating across teams, communicating project progress, following safe work practices, and presenting project outcomes to leadership. The internship requires full-time availability and may provide exposure to electrical engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operational functions.

Supports departmental goals through assigned functional work and a special project in a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include process improvement, problem-solving, data gathering, operational efficiency, cross-functional collaboration, progress communication, and presenting project outcomes to leadership. Specific work may involve operations, supply chain, purchasing, planning, engineering, HR, commercial functions, or IT.

Summer software controls internship supporting engineering and business functions in a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include completing functional assignments and special projects, supporting process improvement and operational efficiency, analyzing information and data, collaborating across teams, communicating progress and outcomes, and presenting project results to leadership. Interns must work full-time during the internship and demonstrate professionalism, adaptability, accountability, and safe work practices.

Blue Bird seeks an Electrical Engineering Intern for its summer internship program. The intern will support department goals through functional assignments and special projects involving process improvement, problem-solving, data use, collaboration, and operational efficiency in a manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include communicating progress and presenting project outcomes to leadership while practicing professionalism and safe work habits. The role is intended for students pursuing engineering-related bachelor’s or master’s degrees and may lead to future early-career opportunities.

Engineering interns complete functional assignments and special projects across design, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering. Responsibilities include supporting process improvement, problem-solving, operational efficiency, data-driven recommendations, cross-functional collaboration, project communication, and final presentations to leadership in a manufacturing environment.

Plans and maintains material flow and inventory levels to support manufacturing while minimizing inventory investment. Responsibilities include coordinating inbound materials, tracking freight, managing supplier deliveries, expediting shipments, monitoring inventory, scheduling deliveries through an MRP system, preventing shortages, and collaborating with Engineering, Purchasing, suppliers, and fabrication teams.

Leads enterprise total rewards strategy and execution, including compensation, benefits, executive compensation support, incentives, job architecture, governance, benchmarking, compliance, and rewards communications. Partners with Finance, Legal, HRBPs, vendors, and business leaders to manage compensation cycles, benefits renewals, incentive plans, job leveling, analytics, and employee experience across plant and corporate populations.

Design mechanical components and systems for electric school buses using CAD, support prototype development and testing, ensure compliance with FMVSS and customer requirements, prepare technical documentation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturability and design feasibility.

Manage and grow Blue Bird's Southwest dealer network and direct fleet accounts to meet sales targets. Provide dealer training, territory management, pricing support, and trade-show representation. Monitor performance metrics, resolve dealer issues, and collaborate cross-functionally while traveling frequently.

Leads technical product definition and applications engineering for a commercial chassis platform from concept through production launch. Owns vehicle requirements, configuration architecture, option compatibility, body-builder interfaces, engineering change control, technical documentation, and product governance. Partners across engineering, manufacturing, sourcing, sales, suppliers, customers, and body manufacturers to ensure feasible, manufacturable vehicle configurations. Builds the Applications Engineering function, mentors engineers, supports prototypes and launches, and manages product complexity.