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Equipment Maintenance Supervisor, Cell Formation

Tesla Motors, Inc.
paid holidays, flex time, 401(k)
United States, Texas, Austin
Oct 13, 2025
What to Expect
As a Equipment Maintenance Supervisor on the Battery Cell Formation Team, you will ensure the seamless operation of high-volume Li-ion cell manufacturing equipment by prioritizing preventive maintenance. This role involves leading a team of approximately 10 plus maintenance technicians, optimizing maintenance schedules, and enhancing operational efficiency. With expertise in mechanical, electrical, electronic, and controls systems, you will maintain production integrity while upholding safety and quality standards, fostering collaboration across teams to maximize equipment uptime and performance.

What You'll Do
  • Oversee preventive maintenance programs for complex manufacturing equipment to ensure optimal performance and minimize downtime
  • Lead, supervise and train a team of approximately 10 plus maintenance technicians, assigning tasks to enhance efficiency and equipment reliability
  • Develop maintenance and calibration schedules to maximize mean time between failures and minimize mean time to repair
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve equipment issues, implement upgrades, and support refurbishment projects
  • Maintain accurate documentation of maintenance activities, department records, and spare parts inventory for timely repairs
  • Enforce compliance with safety regulations and plant safety programs to ensure a secure working environment
  • Support root cause analysis and corrective actions for equipment issues to prevent recurrence

What You'll Bring
  • Degree in Engineering, Technology, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience supervising maintenance teams in a high-volume manufacturing environment
  • Expertise in mechanical, electrical, electronic, and controls systems with hands-on troubleshooting and repair skills
  • Experience in developing and implementing preventive maintenance programs and familiarity with reliability-centered maintenance principles
  • Knowledge of 5S, Lean Manufacturing, or 6-Sigma principles to support process and efficiency improvements
  • Proficiency in MS Office programs, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
  • Strong leadership, interpersonal, and organizational skills for team coordination and cross-functional collaboration, must have command of the English language, both written and verbal
Essential Physical Demands:
  • Ability to perform physically demanding work for extended periods of time, up to 12 hours a day
  • Ability to stand and walk for up to 12 hours a day, including over varied and uneven terrain
  • Frequently and repetitively, lift, push and carry up to 35 lbs., including the ability to carry 20 lbs. up and down stairs
  • Frequently and repetitively, bend, lift and reach
  • Stoop, lay, bend, reach, squat, kneel, crouch, twist and crawl for extended periods of time, including up to 12 hours a day
  • Climb and maintain balance on ladders, scaffolding or other high structures
  • Ability to find issues in a work process and receive safety signals using sight, touch, or hearing
  • Wearing Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to: PAPR, safety glasses, safety shoes, bump caps, and adhering to prescribed safety rules and guidelines

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)
  • 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
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