Engineering Project Manager, Cell Capital Projects

Tesla's Cell Manufacturing Engineering group is looking for a highly motivated Engineering Project Manager to lead large capital projects from concept to execution. The role requires a highly organized individual that can synthesize complex, ambiguous requirements into scope/inputs for manufacturing equipment design and factory requirements by implementing front-end engineering design methodologies.
As an Engineering Project Manager, you will join a cross-functional project engineering team responsible for the technical deliverables, schedule, budget, work packages, interface management, project risk mitigation, equipment design and contractor scopes for all aspects of engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, and commissioning.


Responsibilities

• This role will develop, scale-up and optimize battery manufacturing equipment, focused heavily on calendaring, slitting, and coating equipment at multiple sites
• Responsible for leading the full design and engineering of Tesla equipment and factory design from concept to production launch
• Develops engineering project plans and secures leadership alignment
• Develops and interfaces with internal and external engineering teams, manages 3rd party vendor contracts and budgets
• Owns front-end-engineering processes for large capital projects from preliminary/concept design through detailed design and construction including scope definition, interface management, and cost control
• Leads design reviews and manages cross-functional action items through completion
• Develops project schedules, budgets, project communications, and leadership reporting

Requirements

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams within architectural/engineering firms or design-build firms
• Experience leading engineering teams for large brown-field and green-field manufacturing projects with EPCs firms or in-house design teams
• Full understanding of all engineering disciplines and ability to demonstrate skills to manage engineering resources
• Proven record in delivery of IFB, IFP and IFC packages
• Experience designing manufacturing processes or equipment in healthcare, laboratory, mission critical, and site infrastructure development project types
• Excellent communication skills with ability to understand complex topics/ problems and distill the message clearly
• Pre-Construction Project Management experience is preferred
• Auto-CAD, Revit, or Bluebeam 2D Drawings expertise is preferred

Compensation and Benefits
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

• Aetna PPO and HSA plans > 2 medical plan options with $0 payroll deduction
• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits
• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution
• Company Paid (Health Savings Account) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Aetna medical plan with HSA
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• LGBTQ+ care concierge services
• 401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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