Translator I - Pena Ks

Essential Duties:

• Provide interpretation for various meetings as well as telephone conferences
• Other duties may assign by management
• Communication support for Japanese expats and business trippers.
• Interpret between Japanese expats and domestic staff
• Compose and translate emails, reports, and various administrative functions
• Ability to translate from Japanese to English and English to Japanese
• Translate technical and non-technical documents including policies, instructions, and manuals when necessary

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Qualifications: Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Education:

• Preferred: High School Diploma or GED, or equivalent
• Basic/Required: Some High School

Essential Qualifications:

• Written and verbal fluency in Japanese and English, excellent communication and writing skills
• Translator / interpreter experience in a business/ technical environment, manufacturing industry preferred
• Japanese/ English business language skills
• May require some travel to Japan or Reno, NV.
• Ability to translate quickly and accurately
• On-site position with possible remote work as needed by supervisor and travel.
• Skilled in MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Alignment to Panasonic’s seven (7) core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude)

Preferred License(s):

• None

Preferred Certification(s):

• None

Physical Demands:

Physical Activities: (Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to)

• Lift: 10%
• Walk: 30%
• Sit: 40%
• Stand: 20%

Required Lifting and Carrying: (Required frequency is: Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%, Continuous (67-100%)

• Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.): Occasional
• Up to 10 lbs.: Occasional
• Up to 35 lbs.: Occasional
• Up to 20 lbs.: Occasional

About Us:

Panasonic Energy is expanding to Kansas after demonstrating exceptional performance Tesla at a massive battery factory near Reno, Nevada. Panasonic's role at the Gigafactory is to manufacture and supply cylindrical lithium-ion cells to Tesla for their electric vehicles and energy storage systems. This role is located in De Soto, Kansas and is responsible for the next phase of Panasonic battery manufacturing for Tesla and Lucid.

Over the past few years, the Gigafactory has grown to the largest lithium-ion battery factory in the world. We continue to revolutionize the lithium-ion battery space and accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy and transportation.

Our mission at PENA is to make the vision of affordable Electric Vehicles a reality by producing the world’s safest, high quality, and lowest cost batteries. Through this effort we will create a clean energy society and our products will change society’s use of and perceptions of electric power.

In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits.

Supplemental Information:

Pre-employment drug testing is required. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction.

Panasonic is an Equal Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy.