Facilities Electrical Engineer

About the role

• Facilities Electrical Engineer | Tesla (Construction & Facilities)
• Location: Sparks, Nevada | Req ID: 280738 | Job Type: Full-time
• What to Expect

The Gigafactory Nevada Facilities team has an immediate opportunity for an Electrical Engineer to play an integral role in the growth and maintenance of our facility. The Facilities team has an immediate opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to play an integral role in the growth and maintenance of our facility. Candidates should possess direct construction experience building high-tech infrastructure and operational facilities (from industries such as semiconductor, solar, battery, etc.). This is a field-based position to support 24/7 manufacturing facilities located Sparks, Nevada.

What You'll Do

• Oversee and manage the daily electrical operations, preventive and corrective maintenance, and overall performance of facility electrical distribution, to ensure continuous uptime, operational efficiency, and adherence to regulatory and safety requirements
• Assist Operations and Maintenance in planning outages by supporting the coordination of downtime activities and needs between stakeholders (Construction, Facility, and Manufacturing team)
• Provide technical and configuration support for the implementation and maintenance of energy systems utilizing tracking techniques and trending software and leading root cause analysis on process or asset failures
• Work across sites to determine commonality and implement best practice to improve in electrical asset effectiveness, availability, and maintainability
• Coordinate with external vendors and third-party testing companies to plan and execute specialized maintenance, testing, inspections, and emergency response activities, ensuring minimal disruption to facility operations
• Operate equipment and program/adjust medium voltage relays and breaker settings
• Perform energy audits, provide energy usage calculations, circuit analysis for critical load throughout the plant and circuit protection for voltage sag on critical loads
• Validation, optimization and efficiency analysis for cost savings and reduction of energy throughout the plant
• Prepare engineering specifications for bid invitation, performed bid evaluation and conformed bid evaluations for purchase related to ongoing maintenance (preventive) and improvements activities
• Establishes standards and specifications for installation, modification, quality control, testing, operation, inspection, and maintenance of Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS) and high voltage electrical systems according to commissioning standards, NFPA requirements, EPSS engineering principles and safety regulations

What You'll Bring

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or the equivalent experience
• 3-5 years of direct construction experience building high-tech infrastructure and operational facilities (semiconductor, solar, battery, etc.)
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work in an extremely fast-paced environment
• Medium Voltage equipment including – operating/maintaining the equipment, trouble shooting and programming /adjusting medium voltage relays
• Well versed and significant experience in electric utility system safe work practices in accordance with the OSHA, HAZMAT safety protocols and other applicable codes and standards (IEEE C37, C57, etc.); National Electrical Code, NFPA 70E, and IEEE 1584

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)