Engineering Design Project Manager, Infrastructure Programs

About the role

Designing and building infrastructure at record speed is key to enabling worldwide scaling. We are seeking a highly motivated design manager to lead our factory infrastructure engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Fundamentally understand stakeholders' requirements and translate them into clear project objectives.
• Distill, document, and manage scope effectively to support a highly dynamic environment.
• Manage infrastructure projects through conceptualization, feasibility, funding, design (30%/60%/90%/IFC), change management, and engineering services during construction.
• Manage permitting and construction documents including transmittals and RFI's while co-managing infeed of customer requests from all site teams.
• Drive project funding request process for major infrastructure improvements and coordinate key project schedule requirements with Procurement and Construction partners for overall schedule success.
• Identify resource requirements and highlight gaps and constraints across various stages for all projects.
• Influence various teams outside of direct reporting structure.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure overall program alignment.
• Define strategies for project delivery methods including design bid build, integrated project development, and fast track projects.
• Understand lean construction principles and fully integrated design using Building Information Modeling (BIM).
• Implement innovative engineering and design methodologies to support very aggressive program and construction schedules.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Process, or Mechanical, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years experience with managing multi-disciplinary scopes within A/E or Design Engineering firms.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills with ability to understand complex problems and distill the message into a clear plan to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience designing manufacturing facilities and site infrastructure (e.g. building and utilities) and experience working with codes and jurisdictions.
• Full understanding of all engineering disciplines and skills to manage engineering resources.
• Advanced project management skills, demonstrated application of project and program management fundamentals to complex engineering problems.
• Positive, enthusiastic, fast learner, can-do mindset and passionate about manufacturing infrastructure.
• Thrives under pressure and in ambiguous environments.
• Ability to effectively execute many projects and tasks in parallel.

Qualifications

• Passionate about Tesla's mission and focused on collaborative solutions.

Skills

• Strong background in engineering, construction, manufacturing, and project management.
• Highly organized mindset and passion for driving multi-disciplinary projects.
• Unparalleled ability to pull people together to make things happen.
• Understanding of lean construction principles and BIM.
• Advanced project management skills.
• Positive, enthusiastic, fast learner, can-do mindset.

Benefits

Competitive pay along with a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical plans
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) Contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Other financial benefits
• Basic Life, AD&D Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time
• Paid Holidays
• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources
• Voluntary benefits
• Tesla Babies program
• Commuter benefits
• Employee discounts and perks program