What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr. Manager, Operations & Engineering, Solar Manufacturing position at Tesla Motors, Inc.?
What to Expect
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
Compensation and Benefits
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Tesla is looking for a highly motivated Senior Leader for its Energy team. The incumbent will lead a large organization consisting of engineers, technicians, and their leaders, and will be responsible for improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness of involved manufacturing steps to a world class level, thus helping Tesla produce a high volume of great and cost-effective products. The ideal candidate will have a track record of significant achievements, tremendous drive, and a willingness to roll up their sleeves.
What You'll Do
- Responsible for a portion of Energy Manufacturing, including engineering, maintenance, reliability, as well as future projects
- Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and Controls teams to install and ramp new equipment and processes, then take hand over for long term sustenance, and continually improve their efficiency to a world class level
- Drive a safety mindset in their organization through Environmental Health and Safety assurance, including ensuring their teams' safety training is current, documenting incidents, proactively identifying and correcting manufacturing, and workplace hazards
- Develop a high-performance team with excellent technical ability to break down complex problems into their first principles, and ability to collaborate and positively influence cross functional teams
- Achieve and maintain high product quality and manufacturing yield. Collaborate with Quality team to contain, correct, prevent product quality issues, and reduce risk in the processes
- Drive strategies to achieve productivity, capacity as well as other key business goals
- Set up an effective preventative maintenance program to ensure long term reliability of manufacturing equipment
- Innovate processes and procedures to help streamline production operation
- Reduce cost of goods through continuous improvement initiatives
What You'll Bring
- Degree in Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 10 years' related manufacturing experience, 3 years management experience in a highly automated manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and automation principles with the demonstrated capability to improve performance of a multi-line manufacturing facility
- Experience with process improvement methodologies to maximize efficiency and throughput
- Ability to drive engineering problems to true root cause and elimination
- Ability to work well under pressure, manage competing demands, meet tight deadlines, multitask and adapt to constant change
- Demonstrated ability to coach, develop and influence direct and indirect subordinates
- Must possess effective verbal and written communications skills along with strong attention to detail, flexibility, and prioritization
- Must be adaptable in work schedule (including compressed work week and night shift) and working environment
- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive and proprietary information
Compensation and Benefits
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
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.