Position Description

Accelerate your education and your career with the Tesla Manufacturing Development Program (MDP). Through the MDP, you will be registered for a 8-week Course of instruction, completing classes in electronics, microcontrollers, manufacturing, and material handling. Once the program has been completed, you will have the opportunity to transition into a full-time Production Associate at the Buffalo Gigafactory, working with the same equipment and systems you learned about in the classroom and understanding the manufacturing process.

Shift:

1st 8 weeks: M-F, 8am-5pm

Once graduated: 12 hour shift, 7-am-7pm

Responsibilities

• Complete standard work process and follow work instructions, procedures, and rotate as required.
• Demonstrate flexibility as needed by the business
• Operate complex manufacturing equipment under supervision
• Escalate technical and process issues to the appropriate support groups and leaders
• Production Associates must be able to perform a wide array of essential functions across a number of production and manufacturing lines and work areas, as business needs require. Follow safety guidelines & procedures
• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism
• Exemplary attendance and punctuality are crucial for the team to achieve success

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to learn new skills & adapt to new work environments
• Comfortable learning new technology
• Must have command of the English language, both written and verbal
• Must be at least 18 years of age

Essential Physical Demands

• Ability to perform physically demanding work for extended periods of time, up to 12 hours a day
• Frequently and repetitively, lift, push and carry up to 50 lbs
• Frequently and repetitively, bend, lift, reach, stoop, lay, squat, kneel, crouch, twist and
• crawl for extended periods of time
• Frequently and repetitively, climb a 10” step and back down
• Ability to find issues in a work process and receive safety signals using sight, touch, or
• hearing
• Potential exposure to confined spaces and hazardous materials
• Wearing Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to: safety glasses, safety
• shoes, bump caps, and adhering to prescribed safety rules and guidelines

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $22.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift

Work Location: In person