Associate Manager, Maintenance, Drive Unit

What You'll Do

Manage, mentor and lead a team of Supervisors at Gigafactory Nevada focused on manufacturing equipment, specifically within our Battery Module expansion team.

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.

Build and improve management systems to ensure all equipment operates safety, with high availability and product quality and low cycle time.

Own, report on and drive improvement of area KPI's including equipment availability, technician utilization, MTTR and spares consumption.

Coach Supervisors and Technicians to execute and communicate equipment servicing needs to increase equipment reliability.

Lead and assist Supervisors and Technicians in resolving unplanned down events and driving successful recoveries with high reliability.

Make daily resource allocation decisions, balancing competing priorities, to serve the needs of the maintenance, engineering, and production communities.

What You'll Bring

• Minimum 3 years of operations maintenance management with hands-on experience in maintaining industrial equipment and automation; Gigafactory Nevada experience preferred
• Degree in Engineering or equivalent degree preferred, or evidence of exceptional experience
• Strong maintenance and reliability knowledge with applicable improvement and/or implementation experience, including safety and risk management
• Experience with maintenance database set-up and management, and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) program implementation
• Excellent technical knowledge of equipment, products, and processes, including strong Allen Bradley PLC experience; Fanuc and/or Kuka robot experience is a plus
• Proficient in managing maintenance and preventative maintenance through CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) with detail-oriented organizational skills and proficient computer skills in spreadsheets, databases, and word processing
• Excellent communication, coaching skills, self-motivated, results-oriented, with strong personal skills and a willingness to engage in hands-on work

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Medical plans
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage)
• Vision plans
• 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
• Other financial benefits
• Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution
• 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