Continuous Improvement Engineer

The Continuous Improvement Engineeris a key position in our organization. The position develops and implements continuous improvement principles and processes of a precast concrete manufacturing plant. While this is an intermediate-level professional individual contributor position were looking for that continuous improvement engineer professional eager to grow a career in an exciting company doing exciting stuff and share special or technical information with others.

Reporting to the Plant Manager youll primarily work with a team of operational leaders onsite and engage with varies employees supervisors and departments to continuously improve our processes and practices that can be sustainable for long term consistency and growth.

Location: This position will be based in Fontana CA through 2026. In Q3 2027 the role will transition to Lancaster CA to support operations at our newly opened manufacturing facility. Candidates should be willing and with assistance be able to relocate to Lancaster when the transition occurs.

WHAT YOULL BE DOING

The primary responsibilities of this role are to develop and implement continuous improvement activities throughout the operation. The selected candidate will also be responsible to various teams through events provide analyses and feedback on key metrics projects budgets and timelines. While this is an individual contributor position were looking for that engineer eager to grow a career in an exciting company doing exciting stuff.

A Highlight of Your Day Will Include.

• Reviews department productivity and partners with operations to develop action plans to improve performance
• Direct or conduct studies to ascertain the best sequence of operations or workflow.
• Coordinate and drive a structured process to close follow-up actions from assessments and audits.
• Plan and facilitate achievement of cost savings objectives through various Lean and Six Sigma projects and initiatives.
• Collect and analyze production data develop and track KPIs at the Plant level for improvement opportunities.
• Create continuous improvement suggestion system and ensure its used daily and actionable items are implemented quickly.
• Execute continuous improvement ideas visibly and functionally with display boards to meet KPI goals.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelors degree in industrial engineering or related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the key accountabilities of the job required
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience in process improvement preferably in the manufacturing arena and demonstrated experience helping an organization bring newly developed products to market.
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills. Attention to detail. Ability to multitask.
• Strong interpersonal skills including collaboration and communication. Willingness to work in a Team environment.
• Experience leading and participating in CI events with firm understanding of kaizen tools (Such as value stream maps fishbone diagrams PDCA and SMED)
• Lean Six Sigma certification (or the ability to acquire green belt certification within six months)
• The ability to work with a high degree autonomy in a rapidly changing and evolving environment

ALL ABOUT JENSEN INFRASTRUCTURE

Like you our founder DonJensenwas looking for a way to support his family so he started his company in 1968. Since its foundingwevesupported communities across Nevada California Arizona WashingtonMissouriand Hawaii.

Jensenlikely impactsyour daily life. We build culverts to drain water from your neighborhoods underground utility boxes to hold cables andmanholesto allow workers access to the sewers deep below the roads we drive on. Andthatsjust a small sample of what we do at Jensen daily.

When you work at one of Jensens many locations you will enjoy the close relationships and camaraderie of a small company while being part of a larger well-established growing company.

We are committed to ensuring employment practices that promote equal opportunities. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodation during your interview.

We consider the wide variety of factors in making compensation decisions including job-relatedknowledge;skillset;experienceeducationandtraining;certifications;and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Additional Compensation and Benefits:Jensen Infrastructure offers various competitive benefits including medical dental vision life insurance disability insurance PTO and 401k with a Company match. The successful candidate may also be eligible toparticipatein Jensens annual incentive program subject to the rules governing such programs. Incentive awards will depend onvarious factors including without limitationindividualand company performance.