Supervisor, Parts Quality, Livermore (Nights)

• Coaching and mentoring the team during day to day operations as well as providing great feedback prior, during and post review periods.
• Escalate concerns to Quality Inspection Management that are not being properly resolved in your immediate work area.
• Prepare and lead daily Quality meetings with Quality Inspection Management.
• Collaborating closely with other Tesla cross-functional teams such as; Planning Teams, Quality Engineers, PC Teams, etc.
• Execute rework and inspection life cycle management.
• Manage a team of Quality Leads and Quality Inspectors in their day to day operations, including creating rotations, monitoring breaks and lunches, and providing all levels of coaching.
• Guide inspection and rework teams to properly disposition parts as good for use, needs repair, or scrap.
• Communicate emerging and trending quality issues to prevent negative impact to the factory.
• Managing a highly productive team schedule
• Executing all responsibilities without hindering safety, quality, positive environment and cost savings.
• Document and communicate any identified defects.
• Continuously looking for way to grow our department and the team.
• Comprehend current Production Quality standards and determine if ongoing production meets those standards.
• Construct and maintain strong relationships with members of production and engineering teams.

Preferred Skills

• Ability to communicate new defect information to team members and production counterparts.
• Ability to identify and differentiate between several defect types.
• Ability to be personable and effective in verbal and written communication.
• Ability to determine potential countermeasure solutions against failed inspections.
• Ability to help establish first line of defense for immediate containment activities.
• Ability to perform detailed daily record keeping and reporting of Quality issues that will be referenced by technicians, engineers and management.
• Ability to visually detect defects in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to take on difficult conversations with team members.
• Ability to determine severity of a defect and the required response.
• Ability to build solid relationships with several teams in multiple departments.
• Ability to apply critical thinking skillset to engage and troubleshoot new Quality issues.

• Work in a team-based environment and achieve common goals.
• Organized and proactive mindset.
• Experience in a fast-paced work environment requiring critical analysis is a plus.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to lift and walk with objects up to 20 pounds in weight.
• Experience with measurement and inspection tools is a plus. (Calipers, Torque Wrenches, Measuring Tape, etc.)
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) is a plus.
• Experience with training peers or co-workers.
• 5+ years of experience in an automotive production or manufacturing quality assurance environment.