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Production Supervisor, Powerwall

Sparks, NVOnsiteFull TimePosted 8 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • production goals
  • high volume manufacturing
  • production performance metrics
  • competing demands
  • tight deadlines
  • flexible shift
  • nights
  • weekends

Nice to have

  • MS office programs
  • Word
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint

Role summary

Tesla is seeking a Production Supervisor for its Powerwall manufacturing team in Lathrop. This role involves leading a team of Associates and Leads, managing operations, and driving key performance metrics in a high-volume manufacturing environment. The supervisor will collaborate with engineering and operations teams to meet production goals, develop training and hiring plans, and ensure quality and safety standards are met. Responsibilities include root cause investigation, developing standardized work instructions, and managing EHS assurance functions for the team. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in team management within manufacturing and strong skills in production metrics and process improvement.

What To Expect
As a Production Supervisor, you will be playing a critical role on the Gigafactory Production team. You will lead a dynamic team of Associates and Leads while managing operations and driving metrics in critical areas of the Manufacturing floor. In this role, you will work cross-functionally with our manufacturing and operations teams, interfacing with Engineering, NPI, and Material Flow, to ensure production goals are being met.

What You'll Do

  • Build a strong, motivated production team capable of consistently delivering high quality products against aggressive production targets
  • Empower the production team to collaborate with engineering to improve product manufacturability and line productivity
  • Develop training programs and hiring plans for assembly team members
  • Support issue resolution including root cause investigation & corrective action tracking
  • Ensure quality standards are being met throughout the entire production process and support no defects from leaving a station or team area
  • Develop & maintain Standardized Manufacturing Instructions used in production assembly by the assembly team members
  • Tesla people leaders are responsible for a variety of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) assurance functions, including ensuring their teams’ safety training is current, documenting EHS incidents, proactively correcting workplace hazards in the areas, and empowering others to continuously improve operations

  • What You'll Bring

  • 3+ years of experience managing teams of people in a high volume manufacturing setting preferred
  • Experience in selecting and developing new team members
  • Ability to work with and develop production performance metrics (efficiency, quality, safety, throughput, costs)
  • Able to work well under pressure while managing competing demands and tight deadlines
  • Communicate clearly using excellent written and verbal skills; able to interface with executives and leaders on a daily basis and strong organization skills with meticulous attention to detail
  • Fluent with common MS office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Ability to a flexible shift, including nights and weekend, if necessary

  • Benefits
    Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:
  • Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 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 (90 day waiting period)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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
  • Earned Wage Access: Real-time pay access paid daily, subject to eligibility and schedule (applicable for below Sr. Managers levels)

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