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Sr. Construction Safety Specialist

Tesla Motors, Inc.
paid holidays, flex time, 401(k)
United States, Texas, Austin
Jun 17, 2026
What to Expect

You will be a key member of the Construction
Safety team, working on Tesla's most advanced infrastructure projects on
Earth-delivered at record speed. Tesla operates in a demanding, fast-paced
environment that demands a highly motivated self-starter with a strong bias for
action. As the Sr. Construction Safety Specialist, you will play a pivotal role
in influencing, inspiring, and empowering construction teams, stakeholders, and
partner contractors across current and future Giga Texas projects. You will drive
the implementation and continuous improvement of Tesla's Environment, Health,
Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) strategy-building and maintaining a
safe, healthy, and high-performing workplace.

Working directly on-site, you'll provide
hands-on support to Tesla's construction teams and onboarded contractors,
ensuring Tesla's rigorous EHS standards are not just met-but consistently
exceeded. Reporting to the Construction Safety Manager, you'll be instrumental
in setting clear safety expectations and fostering a robust safety culture
across all contractor partnerships.


What You'll Do
  • Provide field safety oversight of construction
    work activities for major infrastructure projects. Conduct project walks
    focused on safe work practices and conduct coaching conversations with workers
    when corrections are required
  • Be a visible model in the field, teach, train
    and coach business teams and support staff on fundamental EHS&S concepts
    and principles to reduce risk, and influence, inspire, and empower business
    teams and staff to reduce risk per our Tesla EHS&S vision, values and
    principles
  • Participate in reviews for high hazard work
    prior to execution to include critical lifts, confined space entries, high
    voltage work, pressure testing, fall protection plans, etc. Review Pre-Work
    Risk Assessments and Pre-Task Plans to ensure tasks, hazards and mitigations
    are in alignment with the work being performed in the field
  • Conduct proactive field activities and
    facility processes inspections to verify work in progress meets EHS&S
    goals, and document findings using internal and external software tools and
    applications; review improvement opportunities with EHS&S management,
    supervisors, operations managers, and stakeholders
  • Present material and information to the Tesla
    construction management team and contractors during safety meetings. Be a
    resource to the construction project management team and provide guidance,
    assistance and direction regarding EHS requirements
  • Perform frequent combined safety and
    environmental inspections and procedural audits in the field and have the
    skills, knowledge and ability to take immediate corrective action if required.
    Present findings and relevant information to the Tesla construction management
    team and contractors when needed
  • Ensure compliance with Local, State and
    Federal health and safety regulations

What You'll Bring
  • Bachelor's Degree in Occupational Health and
    Safety, or equivalent experience
  • GSP, ASP or CHST preferred
  • Ability to multi-task, prioritize and work in
    an extremely fast-paced and changing environment
  • Background in electrical, mechanical and
    process plumbing systems, or heavy civil preferred
  • Working knowledge of OSHA, ISO, ANSI, NFPA and
    ASTM standards
  • Ability to
    communicate clearly and interface across multiple departments

Compensation and Benefits
Benefits

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

  • Medical plans > 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 Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • 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 (90 day waiting period)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly 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
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