Date: Jan 20, 2025
Location:St. Thomas, CA
Company: PowerCo Canada Inc.
Level of Experience: Professionals
Job Function: Operations
Job ID: 2954

HOW YOU WILL CELLEBRATE

We are seeking a highly skilled Formation Process Specialist to join our team at the PowerCo SE St. Thomas Gigafactory for our battery cell production line in St. Thomas. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, defining, and implementing formation processes, as well as ramping up the production line. Reporting to the Head of Taskforce Management, you will play a crucial role in supporting and contributing to the PowerCo taskforce management team to achieve the objectives of the cell production line at our St. Thomas facility.

• Implement and localize PowerCo SE standard formation processes and information flows with the main focus on line planning scheduling and troubleshooting for the St. Thomas cell production.
• Suggest, define and align local adaptations to formation processes based on standards and concepts provided by PowerCo SE, with an eye to increase efficiency and ensure scalability.
• Define regional guidelines for all formation equipment partners for a standardized process of PowerCo Canada, in alignment with PowerCo SE headquarters.
• Ensure detailed alignment of equipment providers, local Value Stream Management (VSM)/planning team, Battery Specific Infrastructure (BSI), logistics and facility construction teams.
• Participate in various project phases, ensuring all defined milestones are met including includes Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT), Site Acceptance Tests (SAT), final implementation, ramp-up, and go-live stages with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Integrate and optimize different formation processes, providing solutions for cross functional challenges as needed.
• Collaborate closely with production steering to align customer demands with manufacturing schedules and implement improvements to series production processes.
• Lead special tasks related to the formation process, ensuring effective communication between central planning, central R&D, and production departments.
• Anticipate and mitigate potential risks in formation processes while developing contingency plans to address unforeseen challenges and initiate and lead continuous improvement initiatives to enhance formation process and equipment design.
• Implement best practices within and beyond PowerCo Canada by always remaining informed and abreast of staying informed about industry trends.
• Collaborate closely with other departments within PowerCo Canada, Volkswagen Group Canada, and PowerCo SE headquarters.
• Miscellaneous formation rollout-related tasks as require