Senior Maintenance Engineer

Kelly; Hayward (CA); On-site; USD 186,251,520 - 229,232,640; Full time

Job summary

Kelly is seeking a Senior Maintenance Engineer for a 12-month contract at Hayward, CA. The role offers a pay rate of $65–80/hr on W2 and requires strong reliability and maintenance expertise.

Responsibilities include acting as SME for equipment failures, guiding troubleshooting, supporting preventive maintenance, and contributing to reliability metrics across the plant. A Bachelor's or Master's in Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience with MRO systems including maintenance workflows and spare parts.
• Exposure to capital projects and project management.
• Bachelor's or Master's in Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering; Mechanical preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on equipment failures and root cause investigations.
• Provide troubleshooting guidance on failures and repairs; evaluate equipment service conditions.
• Contribute to reliability metrics and site MRO processes; support spare parts reviews.
• Support preventive maintenance planning and coordination with maintenance teams.
• Assist in conveying maintenance data to engineering and operations for improvements.

Skills

MRO systems experience

Capital project exposure

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's in Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Kelly is hiring a Senior Maintenance Engineer for a 12 - month Contract role with one of our prestigious clients based out in 25500 Whitesell St, Hayward, CA 94545.

Job Title: Senior Maintenance Engineer

Location: 25500 Whitesell St, Hayward, CA 94545

Employment Type: 12-month long term contract

Pay rate: $65– 80 /hr. on W2.

Summary:

• Provides engineering support to address plant issues that are impacting production over a short period of time.
• Provides technical expertise which may be equipment based or repair technique based that impacts the availability and maintainability of the facility.
• Requires expanded conceptual and practical knowledge in own job discipline and broadens capabilities.

Responsibilities / Duties

• Serves as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.
• Provides technical expertise to plant personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating whether equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.
• Provides maintenance and reliability input to Global Project Methodology activities.
• Supports the preventive maintenance coordinator, as required, in reviewing spare parts list for existing equipment.
• Provides equipment reliability and performance data to the technical resource networks for input into equipment purchasing requirements, evaluation of equipment performance, vendor performance, and modifications to MET.
• Supports implementation and management of site MRO spare parts management system.
• Uses maintenance spending, reliability, and maintenance metrics for assigned area. Understands objectives of the Facility Maintenance Strategy for assigned areas and relevant history of equipment failures.
• Analyzes impact of equipment failures on maintenance spending to identify improvement opportunities.
• Initiates reliability related MOCs and effectively implement change in own area of responsibility in coordination with appropriate leadership.
• Understands principles of Long-Term Cost of Ownership. Analyzes and troubleshoots maintenance spending in assigned area with coaching.
• Creates Equipment Reliability Strategies based upon Top Opportunity List, Critical Equipment List, and identified plant/business needs.
• Evaluates and Optimizes PPM activities, on an on-going basis, to support overall productivity improvements.
• Identifies and resolve Top Reliability Opportunities and decrease equipment failure losses in order to meet the site Product Supply Reliability improvement goals for the given year.
• Facilitates the Reliability Team and implementation of the HRO principles within the unit, building strong partnerships and coaching/teaching as needed.
• Serves as manufacturing rep for capital project execution

Education

A Bachelor or Master Degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Electrical Engineering. Mechanical Engineer preferred

Top Skills / Must-Haves:

Experience working with MRO systems (maintenance workflows, spare parts, etc.)

Exposure to capital projects / project management

Preferred Experience:

Chemical or manufacturing environment

Familiarity with maintenance processes (work orders, planning, execution)

Ideally 3–5 years experience, but flexible for strong candidates

Technical & Tools:

SAP preferred

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Work Schedule & Conditions:

Overtime: Not expected but possible if approved

Driving: Required (may use plant vehicle occasionally)

PPE: Standard plant PPE required including steel toes

TWIC card: Not required

Soft Skills:

Strong communication skills (internal and external stakeholders)

Ability to work with vendors

Comfortable providing updates via meetings and email

Interview Process:

Preferred: In-person interviews

Alternative: Teams if needed

Location: Hayward, CA facility