Maintenance Planner, LFP Battery Cell Manufacturing

The Maintenance Planner plays a critical role in ensuring equipment reliability and uptime by planning, coordinating, and scheduling preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities. This role serves as a central point of contact between production, maintenance teams, and support functions to ensure all planned downtime activities are executed safely, efficiently, and with minimal impact to operations.

• Maintenance Planning & Scheduling of activities
• Create and audit PMs and PdMs to maximize equipment reliability and reduce waste
• Participate in bi-weekly planning meetings to align upcoming work and resolve conflicts
  
• Ensure all job plans and activities include required safety protocols (LOTO, PPE, Arc Flash, etc.)
  
• Collaborate with technicians and supervisors to maintain work plan visibility and status updates
  
• Break down work orders into executable tasks, including estimated labor hours, tools, safety requirements, materials, and sequence of operations
  
• Partner with reliability engineers and supervisors to analyze downtime and identify failure patterns
  

• 3+ years of experience in maintenance planning or high-volume manufacturing environments
  
• Technical familiarity with equipment such as precision motion systems, pneumatic systems, vision systems, servo motors, and PLC-based automation (Allen Bradley preferred)
  
• Working knowledge of safety practices and standards (LOTO, NFPA70E, 5S, etc.)
  
• Strong understanding of maintenance best practices: PMs, PdMs, TPM, backlog management, and reliability-centered maintenance
  
• Proficient with CMMS software, MES, inventory systems, and data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau)
  
• Must have command of the English language, both written and verbal

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 benefits
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary 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