Continuous Improvement Engineer

Jensen Precast; Fontana, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with company match

PTO

Job summary

Jensen Precast seeks a Continuous Improvement Engineer to lead process improvements at our Fontana, CA facility. You will develop and implement CI initiatives across operations, engaging with leadership and shop floor teams to drive measurable gains in efficiency and quality.

Reporting to the Plant Manager, you will scope projects, analyze data, and deliver results while preparing for a future Lancaster transition.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field (or equivalent).
• 3–5 years of experience in process improvement, preferably in manufacturing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; attention to detail; multitasking ability.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and teamwork orientation.
• Experience leading CI events with kaizen tools (value stream maps, fishbone, PDCA, SMED).
• Lean Six Sigma certification (or able to obtain green belt within six months).

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement continuous improvement activities across operations.
• Lead events and collaborate with teams to analyze metrics, budgets, and timelines.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and reduce waste.
• Coordinate and drive action closure from assessments and audits.
• Develop KPI tracking at plant level and monitor performance.
• Create a continuous improvement suggestion system and ensure actions are implemented.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Process improvement

Data analysis

Kaizen tools

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field

Job description

Salary Range $85,000.00 - $95,000.00 Salary

Description

The Continuous Improvement Engineer is 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, we’re 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, you’ll 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 YOU’LL 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, we’re 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 KPI’s at the Plant level for improvement opportunities.
• Create continuous improvement suggestion system and ensure it’s 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

• Bachelor’s 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, Don Jensen was looking for a way to support his family, so he started his company in 1968. Since its founding, we've supported communities across Nevada, California, Arizona, Washington, Missouri and Hawaii.

Jensen likely impacts your daily life. We build culverts to drain water from your neighborhoods, underground utility boxes to hold cables, and manholes to allow workers access to the sewers deep below the roads we drive on. And that's just a small sample of what we do at Jensen daily.

When you work at one of Jensen's 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-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; 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 to participate in Jensen's annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. Incentive awards will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.