Engineering Technician (Change Orders) at Russell Tobin

Title: Engineering Change Services (ECS) Specialist

Pay Range: $30.00 - $39.36/hourly

Location: Fremont, CA

Job Type: Contract

Length: 24 months (with potential for extension and/or conversion)

Department: Engineering Change Services (ECS)

Work Schedule: Monday–Friday, 40 hours/week

Position Summary

Seeking an Engineering Change Services (ECS) Specialist to support engineering change control processes within a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) environment. This role is responsible for generating and managing Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) and Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), maintaining documentation accuracy, coordinating cross-functional change activities, and supporting engineering teams throughout the product change lifecycle. Additional responsibilities include data analysis, reporting, process improvement initiatives, and facilitating communication across multiple departments in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate and manage Change Orders (COs) through final closure.
• Perform documentation research to ensure engineering changes are accurate, complete, and compliant with change control procedures and drafting standards.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI) Program Managers with Engineering Change Order activities.
• Collaborate with engineers and designers to implement design solutions into Bills of Materials (BOMs) that support manufacturing requirements.
• Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders to drive solutions aligned with cut-in strategies, excess and obsolete (E&O) management, and effectivity planning.
• Serve as a point of contact for engineering change control processes and related escalations.
• Monitor and prioritize change activities to ensure timely implementation.
• Process part numbers, BOMs, and change orders, including preparation for change control board reviews and approval routing.
• Track documentation from initiation through final approval and release.
• Monitor document review progress and provide status reporting.
• Develop, track, and report key performance metrics.
• Generate and maintain documentation supporting ISO standards, revisions, and releases.
• Update engineering drawings based on model changes.
• Support engineering and design teams with drawing and specification updates.
• Facilitate design review meetings and coordinate meeting logistics.
• Document key decisions, action items, and distribute detailed meeting minutes.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and reporting activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering required.
• Experience supporting engineering change management and configuration management processes.
• Experience working within PLM environments and change control systems.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Experience coordinating meetings, tracking action items, and preparing documentation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, formatting, and graphing), Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Experience with SAP and/or iPLM preferred.
• Experience with Teamcenter and Siemens NX preferred.
• Ability to work overtime as required to support business and manufacturing needs.

Preferred Experience

• Engineering drafting experience using Siemens NX CAD.
• Experience with Teamcenter PLM or comparable PLM systems such as Enovia, Windchill, or Agile.
• Experience with CAD platforms including Siemens NX, SolidWorks, or Creo.
• Experience supporting engineering documentation, BOM management, and product change implementation processes.

Benefits

Pride Global and its affiliates offer eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, and hospital indemnity insurance), a 401(k) retirement savings plan, life and disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support services, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Pride Global and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision-making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Fair Chance Employment

Pride Global and its affiliates are Fair Chance employers. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

Accommodations

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Only Applicable to San Francisco Candidates

Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights. This notice will automatically be provided upon hire and upon any inquiry regarding parental leave or lactation accommodation.