Senior Mechanical Engineer, Technical Service

Tesla is accelerating the world's transition to sustainable energy. Revolutionary strategies and products were developed within a few years and successfully launched on a large scale. This is only possible through extraordinary speed, innovation and efficiency. The Gigafactory Berlin forms the perfect basis for rolling out Tesla's incredible success story in Europe. The most important pillar for this are our employees. Their passion, motivation and engagement ensure that we achieve our goals. We are looking for you to continue and expand this success story together.

The Role

The Technical Services Operation & Maintenance Team continuously monitors and manages utility systems ensuring that they meet the process specifications for vehicle and Cell production. When there are degradations to these systems that impact safety or production, the team is the first line of defense to make time-critical adjustments. The team is also responsible for continuously designing and implementing strategies/improvements to ensure optimum performance of utility systems, working on energy saving projects and driving reliability initiatives for a continuous OEE improvement.

As a senior mechanical engineer, you will have the full ownership of critical Systems (Production and Safety related) and your scope will comprise a wide variety of machinery: centrifugal chillers, large turbo compressors, cooling tower systems, dehumidifiers, boilers, pumping systems, large air handling units, extraction systems, centralized chemical delivery systems are among some of the assets that you will be managing.

• Initiate and manage improvement projects to increase reliability and reduce Opex.
• Technical lead in expansion and/or temporary utility projects (from design to execution).
• Lead Commissioning activities in collaboration with EPC Team and ensure proper start of operation.
• Assist/lead the troubleshooting of system operational issues.
• Complete monthly system operational cost analysis.
• Review trends, analyze data, and monitor equipment/systems to identify trends and ensure they are running within specifications.
• Responsible for monitoring current system data demands and utility capacity concerns.
• Develop solutions to reduce operational costs and/or o improve operational performance of utility systems.
• Create & modify standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Train facilities personnel on new systems and correct operations.
• Apply Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) concepts and root cause failure analysis.
• Work with EHS Team to ensure/resolve local environmental and safety compliance of systems.
• Develop and implement predictive and preventive maintenance strategies/programs for systems.