EHS Manager, Megafactory

Overview

Tesla is seeking a highly motivated EHS Manager to lead the environmental health and safety team at Megafactory Texas. This role offers the opportunity for growth in technical and leadership roles. The EHS Manager occupies a key site leader role serving the Megafactory leadership team, driving accountability for operational EHS elements across all areas of the business. The candidate will use human and organizational principles to drive ownership of safety, health, and environmental impacts from the front line to senior management levels, with a focus on engagement, learning from events, and systems-level problem solving.

The EHS Manager will develop, implement, and continuously improve programs within the EHS Management System framework in partnership with the broader EHS and Energy Manufacturing and Engineering teams. They will ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, and conformance to internal standards. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with operations safety management in dynamic manufacturing environments.

This role is situated within Tesla’s global Environmental Health, Safety and Security (EHS&S) organization. The EHS&S organization supports all Tesla Engineering, Manufacturing and Sales/Service/Delivery functions in our shared mission to accelerate to a sustainable tomorrow by being safe, fair and fun today. The EHS&S team uses human and organizational performance principles to foster an engaged, agile workforce who are focused on critical safeguard verification and innovative solutions to complex technical and organizational challenges.

EHS&S supports Tesla’s people and environment-focused decision making using actionable metrics, world-class resources, and exceptional talent.

• Build and lead the Megafactory Texas EHS team—comprised of EHS specialists, engineers, technicians and associated roles—and integrate them effectively into site operations
• Sustain the ISO 14001/45001 EHS Management System elements through effective integration into new site Operations & Engineering activities. Develop new procedures, inspections, trainings, or reports as needed and ensure site leadership is empowered to own and control their business' EHS impacts
• Serve as a Texas EHS ecosystem leader, ensuring effective deployment of all EHS services at Megafactory and associated facilities (such as EHS Training, Industrial Hygiene, Onsite Medical, Emergency Response, Environmental Affairs)
• Analyze event trends and use risk-assessment methods to drive continuous improvements that safeguard the business from high severity safety, health and environmental impacts
• Facilitate learning from events and organizational feedback, fostering operational accountability for corrective and preventative actions that address system risks and not just individual behaviors
• Actively work as a key Management of Change stakeholder to ensure that production and factory changes result in either sustained or strengthened safeguards for safety, health and environmental aspects
• Coach, mentor and support development of EHS staff with a one team approach

• Bachelor’s Degree in Safety Management, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of experience managing a team of individual contributors, driving exceptional outcomes and performance managing as appropriate
• 7-10+ years of experience as an environmental, health and/or safety professional focused on jointly maximizing EHS and business outcomes, preferably in battery/cell, advanced manufacturing, heavy chemical, oil & gas, semiconductors, or similar industries
• Proven ability to lead EHS programs, engaging all levels of personnel and influencing/managing change effectively
• Proven understanding of safety, health and/or environmental measurement and control methods across design, commissioning and operations environments
• Comfortable using and learning a variety of software applications to fulfill EHS goals; expert proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.)

Compensation and Benefits

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