Tesla has an immediate opening for an Engineering Supervisor to join the Production Engineering team at our Fremont Factory. We are seeking an energetic, skilled, cost-conscious, team-oriented individual to be responsible for the performance of an equipment and process technicians on shift. The incumbent will manage a team of technicians to ensure that perform at a high level while meeting the needs of the production floor. The individual will be responsible for all production engineering related metrics for their shift. He/she will performance manage their team to generate the highest value from every employee while maintain a high level of technical ability.
Responsibilities:
- Interact with the manufacturing team members to determine shift priorities and allocation of labor.
- Drive improvement activities across the shift to increase team knowledge and capability.
- Work with equipment engineering to increase equipment uptime and utilization.
- Align with process engineering team to disposition NCM material and drive to eliminate scrap and areas of low yield.
- Adhere to strict 5S standards and maintain cleanliness on the floor and within automation cells.
- Provide support for new equipment installation, startup, and hand over.
- Improve preventative maintenance activities to decrease overall downtime.
- Troubleshoot down equipment to root cause and suggest long-term countermeasures for elimination.
- Observe all safety policies during the execution of required tasks.
- Complete requested activities as assigned.
- Work from schematics, diagrams, layouts, defined plans, and written/verbal instructions.
- Required to work with and around hazardous areas and hazardous chemicals and materials.
Requirements:
- Must have understanding of general manufacturing processes, automation, and controls.
- Experience with Fanuc robots and PLC programming.
- Must demonstrate reliability, initiative, and desire to learn.
- Must be adaptable in work schedule (including compressed work week and night shift) and working environment.
- Effective verbal and written communications skills along with strong attention to detail, flexibility, and prioritization.
- Capable of provided constructive feedback to subordinates.
- Maintains confidentiality of sensitive and proprietary information.
- Multitasks and adapts to constant change.
- Able to use Microsoft Office software.
- Able to wear all required PPE associated with required tasks.
- Ability to sit, stand, and/or walk for 10+ hours per day, wear air purifying respirator as needed for specific tasks, Lift at least 10 -20 lbs on a regular basis, perform repetitive hand and wrist motions and sometimes may have to twist and bend body, Ability to climb ladders/stairs, Work in loud environment. Must be able to discern audible alarms, must be able to distinguish colors and possess accurate depth perception.
- 2 years of college/technical school or equivalent work experience.
- Applicable documented Training and/or Certifications a plus.