Continuous Improvement Engineer

San Leandro, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Continuous Improvement Engineer
Job Type: Contract

Duration: 6 Months

Location: San Leandro CA 94577

Job description-

The Manufacturing Reliability Engineer is responsible for enhancing equipment reliability and driving a unified plant-wide continuous improvement strategy across Maintenance Operations Safety Quality and Training. This role ensures that reliability-centered maintenance practices are implemented and sustained while fostering collaboration across departments to reduce downtime improve asset performance and support a culture of operational excellence. Indirect supervision/direction for maintenance personnel as well as other support personnel in the department in order to and ensure maintainability of equipment processes facilities and other systems.

Responsibilities:

Position Duties Responsibilities and Results:

Maintenance & Reliability Engineering

Conduct root cause analysis on high-cost failures high-downtime situations and selected minor repetitive downtime situations that are initiated by defined triggers in order to identify options for engineering solutions.
Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to eliminate chronic equipment issues.
Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs using CMMS data and condition monitoring tools.
Analyze equipment performance trends and downtime data to identify reliability improvement opportunities.
Support planning and scheduling teams to ensure maintenance activities are prioritized and executed efficiently.
Collaborate with OEMs and vendors to improve equipment design maintainability and spare parts strategies.

Cross-Functional Continuous Improvement

Facilitate cross-departmental initiatives that align maintenance operations safety quality and training around shared performance goals.
Champion lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies to reduce waste improve process stability and enhance equipment uptime.
Partner with safety and quality teams to ensure reliability improvements also support compliance and risk reduction.
Integrate operator care and autonomous maintenance practices into frontline training and daily routines.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Review computerized maintenance equipment history data and production downtime system data to accumulate trend and analyze performance data. Modify collection procedures and codes to ensure capture is complete coordinating with maintenance supervision and production management on any system changes.
Develop KPIs and dashboards to monitor progress on reliability and continuous improvement initiatives.
Conduct life-cycle cost analysis and asset criticality assessments to guide capital investment and maintenance strategies.

Qualifications:

Bachelor s degree in Mechanical Electrical Industrial Engineering or related field.
3 7 years of experience in a manufacturing or industrial maintenance environment.
Strong knowledge of reliability engineering principles (RCM FMEA RCA TPM).
Proficiency with CMMS platforms and data analysis tools (Excel Power BI etc.).
Experience with lean manufacturing Six Sigma or other CI methodologies.
Excellent communication and leadership skills with a collaborative mindset.

Preferred Certifications

Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP)

Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)

Skills

Reliability Engineering

manufacturing

CMMS platforms

Job Title: Continuous Improvement Engineer Job Type: Contract Duration: 6 Months Location: San Leandro CA 94577 Job description- The Manufacturing Reliability Engineer is responsible for enhancing equipment reliability and driving a unified plant-wide continuous improvement strategy ac...