Senior Design Manager

Tesla is seeking a highly motivated Design manager for Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. The Gigafactory design team drives to create the factory of the future by overseeing the design of cutting-edge large-scale equipment and utility systems to support highly innovating manufacturing processes.

• Act as the design lead overseeing all phases of the project, from concept development to final handover to the facilities team upon project completion.
• Assume responsibility for the design deliveries (Design for individual design stages 30%, 60%, 90%, 100%, specifications, BOQ, calculations as needed, descriptions, SOO, etc.) across all engineering disciplines (CSA, MEPC, Fire Protection), managing design quality and mitigating errors to ensure successful project delivery.
• Facilitate effective communication with permitting, procurement, project control and construction teams to drive project success.
• Establish design direction and prioritize tasks for each design discipline, ensuring efficient project execution within aggressive schedules including clear goals for design sprints to ensure shortest schedule for design development
• Conduct design reviews to verify that all stakeholder (MFG, EHS, Permit, FM, etc.) requirements are met and to prevent design gaps between disciplines.
• Challenge design changes to assess their validity and reasonableness, leading efforts to achieve maximum impact with minimal cost.
• Coordinate with the project control team to develop a design schedule and budget that aligns with procurement and construction timelines.
• Follow up with the procurement team from RFP package transmittal to contract completion
• Support design-related tasks during construction, including RFIs, FCRs, and as-built documentation.
• Collaborate with the document control team to approve design documents within the company’s platform and officially transmit them to procurement and construction teams.
• Improve existing processes using IT tools through out-of-the-box thinking to enhance efficiency and rationality.
• Regularly update the lessons learned database to prevent design errors and improve future project outcomes proactively.