Associate Manager, Operation Control Center

Description

Ideal candidate has shop leadership, manufacturing engineering, and production planning experience plus a technical background in high-volume EV manufacturing. Role owns look-ahead planning, near-term plan pivots, and recovery coordination with shop leadership, Production Control, Master Scheduling, NPI, Material Planning, and Logistics.

Responsibilities

• Lead, hire, coach, and performance-manage Lead Production Controllers, Production Controllers, and OCC Technicians across multi-shift coverage
• Set OCC operating standards for look-ahead, escalation, communications, recovery, and closed-loop follow-through
• Own near-term plan and authorize factory-level plan pivots that maximize output across GA, Paint, Body, Plastics, Stamping, Castings, Drive Unit, Battery, Power Electronics, and Service
• Accountable for product and material flow into, through, and out of shops for Model Y, Cybertruck, and Cybercab
• Drive hourly KPI updates, root-cause analysis on downtime/OEE/WIP discrepancies, and shop recovery action plans
• Standardize and scale GFTX OCC playbooks, Daily Sync/Tracker, Failure Analysis, VIN tracking, BDC/ASRS control, and multi-program mix/option-code systems
• Align labor allocation, JIT/JIS timing, ECO/NPI deployments, and post-shutdown recovery with shops, PC, Material Planning, and Logistics

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years high-volume manufacturing as shop lead/manager, manufacturing engineer, planner/scheduler, or production controller
• 2+ years people management of leads, supervisors, or controllers on multi-shift teams
• Proven ability to run constrained near-term plans (mix, material, downtime, NPI, labor) and make factory-level calls with incomplete data
• Proficiency in Excel, Tableau/DataViz, MES/MFS, batch/VIN tools, WIP, and downtime systems with ability to improve them
• Flexibility for 24/7 day/night and off-hours coverage on the floor and in the control room
• Strong communication, collaboration, and resourceful problem-solving in a fast-paced environment with clean shift handoffs

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:

• 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