MEP Design Manager, Electrical Infrastructure

What to Expect

We are looking for a highly skilled Infrastructure Design Manager with an electrical focus, who is passionate about our mission to join our energy infrastructure engineering team with focus on cell manufacturing and R&D improvements. In this role, you will be asked to own and drive the full design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development from concept to build.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering, construction and project management. The role requires a highly organized mindset, a passion for driving multi-disciplinary projects, and an unparalleled ability to pull people together to make things happen. This role requires you to be extremely detail oriented, identify real hard barriers and drive the cross-functional teams to execute quickly at high quality.

You will drive collaboration between Engineering disciplines, Construction, R&D, operations to ensure our team's goals are aligned with company priorities. We are a demanding and fast‑paced environment, so being self‑motivated and disciplined is critical.

• Organize and manage design reviews, construction design packages and deliverables to support all aspects of construction: including scope of work, kick‑off, MDR, 30%, 60%, 90%, IFP, IFC
• Define strategies for design and engineering deliverables including construction and permit packages
• Own the full design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development from concept to delivery to meet our aggressive goals
• Manage permitting and construction documents including transmittals and RFIs
• Coordinate project schedule with construction team based on Procurement and Construction requirements for the overall schedule success of the project
• Fundamentally understand stakeholder's requirements and translate them into project deliverables
• Manage all aspects of technical planning, scope development, change management, programming, design, and engineering services during construction
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the various cross‑functional teams to ensure overall program alignment
• Understand different project delivery methods including design bid build, integrated project development, and fast track projects
• Implement innovative electrical design based on infrastructure knowledge and collaboration with Facilities Engineering, Construction, Self‑Perform, and other appropriate stakeholders to support aggressive program and construction schedules

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience required
• Experience managing multi‑disciplinary within A/E firms
• Experience with managing complex MEP projects
• Fully understanding all engineering disciplines and be able to demonstrate skills to manage engineering resource
• Proven record in delivery of IFB, IFP and IFC packages
• Experience and familiarity with VDC approach to project management of manufacturing, industrial, R&D facilities, workplace and site infrastructure development
• Project management skills, demonstrated application of project and program management fundamentals to complex engineering problems
• Excellent communication, documentation, and collaboration skills with ability to understand complex problems and distill the message into a clear plan among stakeholders including Facilities Engineering, BIM team, Self‑Perform teams, and end users
• Positive, enthusiastic, fast learner, can‑do mindset and passionate about building complex infrastructure

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…