Reliability Engineer

Job Title: Reliability Engineer II

Job Type: Contract

Duration: 6 Months

Location: San Leandro, CA, 94577

Pay rate: $70/hr

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