Design Project Manager

What to Expect

Tesla is looking for a highly skilled Design Project Manager who is passionate about our mission to join our North American R&D Infrastructure team. In this role, you will be asked to own and drive the full design and engineering efforts for construction and infrastructure development projects from concept to build in the LA area and across the U.S. 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. We have a demanding and fast-paced environment, so being self‐motivated and self-disciplined is critical. This role will support a new program and will require an entrepreneurial candidate who can work in a fast-paced environment and who possesses self-motivation and discipline.

What You’ll Do

• Organize and manage construction design packages, design reviews, and deliverables to support all aspects of construction, including scope of work, kick-off, 30%, 60%, 90%, IFP, and IFC, and CA phase and close out
• Utilize technical experience to design complex systems and components to support engineering and construction, from concept level to production, ensuring optimization and efficiency are taken into consideration
• Support feasibility and due diligence efforts through studying utility capacity, estimating load requirements, performing site surveys, and reviewing local codes and utility standards
• Communicate effectively across various cross-functional teams within Tesla, including Construction, Facilities, Workplace, IT, EHS, Project Controls/Estimating, etc. to build relationships and ensure overall project alignment
• Manage customer/end user requests and fundamentally understanding stakeholder requirements to convert them into project deliverables and schedules
• Understand different project delivery methods and define strategies for design and engineering deliverables including construction and permit packages for various jurisdictions

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 7+ years of professional experience managing complex Design projects with heavy MEP scope for R&D facilities, Workplace, and site infrastructure
• PE license preferred (CA, TX, CO, NV preference)
• Advanced project management skills (managing multidisciplinary teams within A/E firms or owner-side) demonstrating application of project and program management fundamentals to solve complex engineering problems
• Experience with BIM software, including Revit and Autodesk Construction Cloud
• Ability to effectively own and execute many projects and tasks in parallel and prioritize critical tasks
• Travel up to 25-33% across the country