SHEPHERDSVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- More than 500 high-tech engineering jobs are coming to Bullitt County with the arrival of New Flyer of America.

Over the past nine months, the company has been preparing a 300,000-square-foot warehouse off Park Loop Road in Shepherdsville to house its newest manufacturing facility. On Monday, workers and executives celebrated the grand opening with a ribbon cutting and tour for city and state leaders.

“This is a huge investment and a huge step for us,” said Wayne Joseph, the president of New Flyer of America.

According to the company’s press release, NFI Group is North America’s largest bus and coach manufacturer.

The Shepherdsville facility furthers NFI’s effort to insource part fabrication capability, and increases the company’s commitment to meet increased US Content requirements under Buy America provisions of the 2015 FAST Act.

On December 4, 2015, President Obama signed the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. No. 114-94) into law—the first federal law in over a decade to provide long-term funding certainty for surface transportation infrastructure planning and investment. The FAST Act authorizes $305 billion over fiscal years 2016 through 2020 for highway, highway and motor vehicle safety, public transportation, motor carrier safety, hazardous materials safety, rail, and research, technology, and statistics programs.