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What to Expect
The ideal candidate brings high energy and an optimistic approach to completing projects in a swift and highest-quality manner. You have relevant experience working closely with utilities and ideally have worked at a utility previously. Experience working on distribution, transmission, and substation-level design projects is a plus. You will demonstrate a bias to action, logical problem solving, and mastery of project management. Excellent communication skills are paramount to this role, including proactive outreach and ongoing relationship-building with important external stakeholders.What You’ll DoWhat You’ll Bring
The Supercharger Utility Capacity Manager role entails active program coordination of deployment phases of Tesla’s Supercharger projects requiring Utility Capacity upgrades and ongoing communication with utility partners of project pipelines, ensuring adequate future grid capacity. In this role you will work with utility partners and internal stakeholders to compress complex timelines associated with EV charging infrastructure deployment.
The ideal candidate brings high energy and an optimistic approach to completing projects in a swift and highest-quality manner. You have relevant experience working closely with utilities and ideally have worked at a utility previously. Experience working on distribution, transmission, and substation-level design projects is a plus. You will demonstrate a bias to action, logical problem solving, and mastery of project management. Excellent communication skills are paramount to this role, including proactive outreach and ongoing relationship-building with important external stakeholders.
- Proactively communicate with all major utility partners in-region regarding upcoming EV charging infrastructure projects, with specific emphasis and focus on projects that require increased grid capacity
- Ability to creatively problem solve and focus on consistently overcoming obstacles to find amenable alternative pathways toward accelerated project delivery
- Support all phases of design, entitlement, and construction of Supercharger sites where capacity upgrades are needed
- Actively manage the utility relationship for transmission and substation upgrades required to build Supercharger projects
- Facilitate field site visits for due diligence on construction, engineering, utility, and cost
- Reduce project timelines and eliminate process steps to increase build efficiencies in-region emphasizing key utility partnerships
- Serve as the liaison with utility company personnel to determine optimal routing of primary electrical service
- Ability to travel (50%) required
- Minimum 3 years’ experience working in or with large electric utilities
- Must be based in the market you support, with experience and existing relationships with electric utility partners
- Working knowledge of power integration and utility design processes
- Experience working on transmission and substation level projects is a plus
- Established record delivering multiple simultaneous projects ahead of schedule with an ability to identify critical path issues and institute remedies that shorten that critical path
- Commitment to proactive external communication with electric utility partners to establish improved working relationship and relieve data communication issues between parties
- Ability to operate autonomously, working independent of a support staff, without formal requirements documentation, in a fast-paced environment navigating changing priorities
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:
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
Benefits
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)
- LGBTQ+ care concierge services
- 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
Expected Compensation
- Associate Technical Construction Project Manager - $83,600 - $125,400/annual salary
- Technical Construction Project Manager - $95,000 - $142,500/annual salary
- Sr Technical Construction Project Manager - $117,800 - $176,700/annual salary
- Staff Technical Construction Project Manager - $136,800 - $205,200/annual salary
- Sr Staff Technical Construction Project Manager - $163,400 - $245,100/annual salary
- Principal Technical Construction Project Manager - $190,000 - $285,000/annual salary
Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
Tesla is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
Tesla is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.
