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Battery Manufacturing Engineer, EV Battery Equipment (Liberty, NC)

Tecknomic LLC

  • Liberty, NC
  • 4 days ago
  • $53–$62 Per Hour
  • Contractor
  • Full-time

Highlights

You will develop process plans and lead equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines, owning detailed schedules and budgets for an assigned area, working in advanced-cleanliness (clean room) environments, and driving trials to hit safety, quality, and productivity targets. A leading automotive EV battery manufacturer is hiring two hands-on Battery Manufacturing Engineers for its Implementation Group, supporting EV battery production setup and new-model launches at its Liberty, North Carolina plant (100% on-site).

Numbers & Facts

LocationLiberty, NC
Job TypeContractor, Full-time
Salary$53–$62 Per Hour

Description

About This Role

A leading automotive EV battery manufacturer is hiring two hands-on Battery Manufacturing Engineers for its Implementation Group, supporting EV battery production setup and new-model launches at its Liberty, North Carolina plant (100% on-site). You will develop process plans and lead equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines, owning detailed schedules and budgets for an assigned area, working in advanced-cleanliness (clean room) environments, and driving trials to hit safety, quality, and productivity targets. Proven machining and machine-operations experience is essential, along with electronic assembly or battery-related manufacturing background and experience in large-scale, complex operations.

The client is interviewing now and is adding new candidates to the process. If your background fits, we would like to hear from you this week.

Job Responsibilities

Responsibilities

  • Develop process plans for battery production lines with direct support from the manager
  • Lead equipment procurement, installation planning and execution, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines
  • Lead and/or support equipment trials at vendors prior to shipping and on the floor after installation, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are met
  • Work in advanced-cleanliness (clean room) protocols required for the assigned battery manufacturing area
  • Perform punch-list identification, root cause analysis, and countermeasure management
  • Summarize KPIs, support mass-production handover, and resolve production issues
  • Create and maintain detailed schedules and maintain budgets for assigned areas
  • Engage cross-functional teams (domestic and international) on open items and key project schedules and milestones
  • Collaborate with fellow engineers, the construction management group, technicians, vendors, and general contractors to hit project milestones
  • Participate in daily written and verbal reports up to Senior Manager level; complete internal and external training

Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or a similar technical field
  • 3 plus years of professional experience in a manufacturing environment (project execution or equipment setup)
  • Proven machining and machine-operations experience (critical) and experience with electronic assembly and/or battery-related manufacturing processes
  • Experience working in large-scale organizations due to operational complexity
  • Production preparation and execution of capital projects, ideally from initial strategy planning to the start of mass production
  • Project-management experience with capital investments greater than $0.5M
  • Creating and maintaining detailed schedules, including milestone achievement for equipment installation
  • Ability to read and interpret 2D drawings (building facilities and process equipment); 2D/3D drafting such as AutoCAD; Microsoft Office proficiency
  • Ability to travel up to 25% (domestic; limited international) and work weekends, holidays, and shutdowns (for example July and December)
  • Preferred: automotive battery manufacturing; laser welding; Mitsubishi PLC programming and PLC read/interpret/modify; SCADA, MES, and Kepware (or similar)

 

Required Skills

  • Machining and machine operations (hands-on, proven)
  • Electronic assembly and/or battery-related manufacturing processes
  • Production equipment installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch
  • Capital-project execution, planning through start of mass production, with $0.5M+ investment management
  • Detailed project scheduling, milestone tracking, and budget control for assigned areas
  • Reading and interpreting 2D building/facility and process-equipment drawings
  • Root cause analysis, countermeasure management, and KPI summarization for mass-production handover
  • Clean-room / advanced-cleanliness protocol work
  • Software and platforms: AutoCAD (2D/3D); Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); PLC (Mitsubishi), SCADA, MES, Kepware (preferred)

Skills

  • AutoCAD
  • SCADA
  • CLEAN ROOM
  • MES
  • ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY
  • Battery Manufacturing
  • PLC
  • LASER WELDING

Benefits

Paid Time-Off, Medical, Dental, Vision

About Company

About Tecknomic 
Tecknomic is a technical staffing firm partnering with government and Fortune 500 clients across manufacturing, engineering, and technology. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected-veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. 

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