Supervisor, Quality Inspector (Day Shift)

About the role

The Quality Supervisor manages and leads a team of Quality Leads and Quality Inspectors to ensure all materials are correctly processed according to Tesla standards. They assist their team in determining the disposition of production parts and promote a culture of quality.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Quality Leads and Quality Inspectors, including creating schedules, monitoring breaks, and providing coaching.
• Guide inspection and rework teams to properly dispose of parts as good for use, needing repair, or scrap.
• Prepare and lead daily Quality meetings with Quality Inspection Management.
• Document and communicate any identified defects, escalating concerns to Quality Inspection Management.
• Understand and ensure adherence to current production quality standards, communicating emerging issues to prevent negative impacts.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with production and engineering teams, collaborating across departments.
• Execute all responsibilities while maintaining a safe, quality-focused, positive environment, and cost savings.

Requirements

• Ability to visually detect defects in a fast-paced environment, identifying and differentiating between various defect types.
• Ability to determine defect severity and required responses.
• Ability to help establish immediate containment activities.
• Ability to build solid relationships with multiple teams in various departments.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to apply critical thinking to engage and troubleshoot new quality issues.
• Ability to handle difficult conversations with team members.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in quality control or manufacturing environments.
• Strong leadership and coaching skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-stress environment.

Skills

• Visual defect detection
• Defect severity determination
• Team building and coaching
• Communication and relationship building
• Critical thinking and problem-solving

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) with employer match
• Employee stock purchase plans
• 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
• Employee discounts and perks