Battery Production Engineer, EV Battery Lines (On-site, Liberty, NC)

About This Role

A leading automotive manufacturer is expanding EV battery production in Liberty, NC and is hiring a Battery Production Engineer (100% onsite, local preferred). You will lead equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines, work within clean-room protocols, manage capital-project schedules and budgets, run trials and countermeasures, and support mass-production handover.

Responsibilities

• Work in a collaborative team (engineers, construction management, technicians, vendors, general contractors) to achieve project milestones
• Lead equipment procurement, installation planning to execution, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines
• Participate in advanced-cleanliness (clean room) protocols for the assigned area of battery manufacturing
• Support battery manufacturing trials to confirm equipment safety, quality, operation availability, and overall efficiency
• Identify punch-list items, perform root-cause analysis, and manage countermeasures
• Summarize KPIs, support mass-production handover, and resolve production issues
• Engage cross-functional teams (domestic and international) on open items and key schedules; create and maintain detailed schedules and budgets for assigned areas

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or similar technical field, or 5 plus years equivalent
• Experience in production preparation and execution of capital projects (from strategy planning to start of mass production)
• Project management experience with capital investments greater than $0.5M
• Experience creating and maintaining detailed schedules and milestones for manufacturing equipment installation
• High-volume manufacturing support and troubleshooting; ability to read and interpret 2D facilities and process-equipment drawings
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; able to work onsite in Liberty, NC, travel up to 25% (domestic and international), and work weekends/holidays/shutdowns
• Preferred: clean-room experience; Power BI; automotive or OEM manufacturing; battery manufacturing experience

Required Skills

• Capital project production preparation and execution (strategy to mass production)
• Equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, and launch
• Project management of capital investments and detailed scheduling to milestones
• High-volume manufacturing support, troubleshooting, and countermeasure management
• 2D facilities and process-equipment drawing interpretation
• Cross-functional coordination (domestic and international) and KPI reporting
• *Software / tools:* Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); Power BI (a plus)