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Associate Manager, Central, Powertrain

Location
Sparks, NV · On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Director
Listed
28 days ago

About the role

  • Associate Manager, Central, Powertrain | Tesla (Manufacturing)
  • Location: Sparks, Nevada | Req ID: 277687 | Job Type: Full-time
  • What to Expect

Tesla is searching for a passionate Associate Manager highly motivated to lead part of the Central Engineering Department at Gigafactory Nevada. The role includes leadership of CAPEX engineering project implementation and leadership of our maintenance and sustaining program for existing material flow automation.

This individual will be responsible for leading the maintenance and engineering departments including the upkeep of all manufacturing assets and resources and delivering new equipment to production, following all Tesla standards of excellence. The Associate Manager will oversee multiple shifts of project Engineers, sustaining engineers, and Maintenance Supervisors and Technicians.

What You'll Do

  • Set direction and priorities across project engineering, sustaining engineering, and maintenance
  • Drives the maintenance and reliability initiative focused on preventive and predictive maintenance rather than reactive maintenance
  • Drives projects from concept through completion, maintaining budgets and schedules and delivering equipment designed in compliance with all Tesla standards
  • Responsible for vendor management, FAT/SAT, controls/integration coordination, and management of new equipment into production
  • Setting and maintaining departmental goals and KPI’s, monitoring line efficiencies, labor cost, and other department expenses
  • Partners cross-functionally to manage, maintain and establish procedures with production lines to ensure production meets or exceeds the targets
  • Maintains manufacturing assets and facility, parts inventory, monitoring purchase orders, invoice approvals
  • Provides training and continuous development to both direct and indirect reports
  • Performs performance evaluations on direct reports and establishes work schedules to ensure coverage for production and for project activities
  • Tesla people leaders are responsible for a variety of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) assurance functions, including ensuring their teams’ safety training is current, documenting EHS incidents, proactively correcting workplace hazards in the areas, and empowering others to continuously improve operations

What You'll Bring

  • Minimum 3 years of leadership in engineering and operations
  • Degree Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Strong maintenance and reliability knowledge with applicable improvement and/or implementation experience
  • Safety and risk management experience
  • Maintenance database set-up and management
  • Project management experience
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program implementation
  • Green belt / Black belt certification is a plus
  • Excellent technical knowledge of equipment, products, and processes. Allen Bradley and/or Siemens PLC experience, Fanuc and/or Kuka robot experience is a plus
  • Strong knowledge/experience managing maintenance and preventative maintenance through CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management system)

Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

  • Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction
  • Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
  • Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
  • Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
  • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays
  • Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
  • Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance
  • Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs
  • Tesla Babies program
  • Commuter benefits
  • Employee discounts and perks program
  • Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)
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