Process Engineering Supervisor

What To Expect

The Lithium & Recycling (LiR) group, under Cell Engineering, is responsible for the reliable and efficient flow of all battery materials from Tesla’s factories and Service locations to approved battery reclamation & recycling facilities. As a process engineering supervisor, you will lead an operations team and drive metrics in battery recycling pretreatment and mechanical processing. In this role, you will work cross-functionally with our engineering, maintenance, EHS and R&D teams to ensure production goals are safely being met. You will be expected to drive improvement of operations processes, give feedback to engineering teams on process improvements, and build a strong operations culture.

What You'll Do

• Develop and maintain a positive, professional, and proactive operating group focused on monitoring, technical execution, and customer service
• Plan, supervise, and coordinate Battery Recycling Operations Group activities
• Ensure group adherence to safety protocols and advocate for improvements
• Lead skilled technical staff in executing complex operations of Battery Recycling equipment and processes
• Enforce policies, develop procedures, and plan resource utilization for daily activities
• Provide training, mentoring, and career development to shift personnel
• Address complex issues, advise team members, and manage on-shift escalations

What You'll Bring

• 4+ years of related trade experience in a supervision/management role in high-risk production environments
• Work in heavy equipment rooms, chemical storage, and distribution locations, and industrial waste plants and the potential to work with materials which contain hazardous chemicals
• Must have command of the English language, both written and verbal

Essential Physical Demands

• Ability to work outside in the elements ranging from 0-110F in the wind, rain, and snow
• Ability to sit, stand and/or walk for 10+ hours per day, climb and maintain balance on ladders, scaffolding or other high structures, and lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to wear a full-face air-purifying respirator while performing mildly or moderately exertional tasks for 4 consecutive hours, up to 12 hours per day

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Medical plans
• Fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage)
• Vision plans
• HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plans
• Paid holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Tesla Babies program
• Employee discounts and perks program