What To Expect
Tesla’s Environmental Health, Safety and Security (EHS&S) team support 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 use 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.

Tesla is seeking an ambitious EHS Specialist to support the Gigafactory Nevada Factory located in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. They will use human and organizational principles to drive ownership of safety, health and environmental impacts, with a focus on engagement, learning from events, training, and a systems-level problem solving.

The candidate will develop, implement and continuously improve programs within the EHS Management System framework in partnership with the broader EHS and Gigafactory teams. They will ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental, health, and safety regulations, and conformance to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 standards.

What You'll Do

Drive one of more manufacturing department EHS outcomes through leadership and employee engagement in alignment with the business and EHS strategies

Actively work with factory stakeholders to ensure that Production and Factory changes result in improved controls of risks to health, safety and the environment

Perform audits and inspections, document results, and verify action closure

Analyze event trends and use risk-assessment methods to identify continuous improvement projects that reduce injury, illness and environmental impact events

Facilitate investigations from a Learning Teams approach, ensuring worker involvement and that preventative actions address system causes and not just individual behaviors

Participate in pre-job planning and verification of controls/safeguards before new, high risk, and non-standard work begins

Partner with EHS specialties (Environmental, Construction Safety, Equipment Safety, EHS Systems and Tools, EHS Training, etc.) as needed to ensure effective service delivery

What You'll Bring

Minimum 2 years of work experience as an EHS professional, preferably in a manufacturing, oil & gas, construction, or similar workplace

Bachelor’s Degree in Safety Engineering, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health, or equivalent experience

Experience supporting EHS program development, training all levels of personnel, and influencing/managing change to reduce risk and improve outcomes by working with cross functional teams

Experience with hazard analysis methods, hazard communication, powered industrial vehicle safety, OSHA compliance, event/incident investigation and learnings, and corrective action management

Familiarity with industrial hygiene, industrial ergonomics, machine safety, environmental compliance processes

Ability to work effectively and efficiently under pressure while managing competing demands and deadlines

Expert proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

Benefits
Compensation and Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Company paid Basic Life, AD&D

Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Tesla Babies program

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

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