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

A leading automotive manufacturer is expanding EV battery production in Liberty, NC and is hiring a Battery Production Engineer (100% onsite, local preferred): leading equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines, working within clean-room protocols, managing capital-project schedules and budgets, and supporting mass-production handover.

What you'll do

• 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

What you need

• 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