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Tesla posts 30 job openings for gigafactory

Jason Hidalgo
jhidalgo@rgj.com

Although construction workers havce accounted for the bulk of jobs at the gigafactory site, Tesla Motors is starting to fill positions for the actual battery plant.

Tesla Motors' gigafactory workforce is starting to take shape as the company posted 30 job openings for its $5 billion lithium-ion battery plant being built just east of Reno.

The job openings cover the gamut of responsibilities ranging from technical positions such as engineers and technicians to work involving supply chain development and facility management.

The job postings continue a ramp-up in actual gigafactory staff outside of just construction workers. Information submitted by Tesla to the state of Nevada include confirmation that the company hired 12 employees for the gigafactory in the first quarter of the year. Salaries for those 12 workers accounted for about $314,000 of the $80.6 million that the company invested in the gigafactory during the first quarter of 2015. Tesla also has invested about $143.2 million in the battery plant to date, according to the latest numbers from the company.

Here's a list of the positions posted on Tesla's career site for the gigafactory as of this article's writing. Complete descriptions of each position are available on Tesla's searchable career site as well. The site did not provide wage information for each position but Tesla's original application for incentives to the state detailed wages ranging from $22.79 per hour to $51.83 per hour:

  • Buyer
  • Contracts manager
  • Equipment maintenance technician
  • Facilities automation and control engineer
  • Facilities electrical engineer
  • Facilities manager
  • Facilities mechanical engineer
  • Inventory analyst
  • Logistics analyst
  • Manager, process engineering
  • Manager, production control
  • Manager, quality
  • Manufacturing engineer
  • Material handler
  • Planner
  • Process engineer
  • Production associate
  • Quality engineer
  • Quality technician
  • Remanufacturing technician
  • Senior manager, production
  • Senior manager, supply chain
  • Service assistant
  • Service manager
  • Service technician (two positions posted)
  • Senior technical recruiter
  • Supervisor, production
  • Training associate
  • Workplace supervisor