Lead Production Associate, Energy Storage

Number of employees

2000

McCarran, NV

Posted on: 2026-11-14

Category: materials

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Redwood Materials is an American clean energy company headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, focused on securing domestic supplies of critical battery materials and providing large-scale energy storage solutions. The company recycles end-of-life batteries to recover lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper, creating one of the largest domestic sources of these critical minerals in the United States. Its operations support the broader transition away from reliance on foreign supply chains for materials essential to electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Through its Redwood Energy division, the company designs, integrates, and deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and the national grid, utilizing both new and repurposed batteries to deliver cost-effective solutions. Redwood Materials partners with major automotive, technology, and energy companies including Volkswagen Group of America, Panasonic, GM Ultium Cells, Toyota, BMW, Amazon, Volvo, and Southern Company, reflecting its central role in the emerging domestic battery supply chain. Founded by former Tesla Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel, Redwood Materials was established with the mission of building a circular economy for batteries, reducing waste, lowering the carbon footprint of energy storage, and strengthening American energy independence. The company holds ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certifications, underscoring its commitment to occupational health, safety, and environmental management standards.

About Redwood Materials

Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back. Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America — recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain. On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house. The company is profitable, the market it operates in is projected to grow 20 to 50 times over the next decade, and Redwood is the only company with the supply chain, the technology, and the operational scale to lead it.

Position Summary:

The Lead Production Associate III, Energy is an experienced hourly role responsible for directing the daily work of a team of production associates while performing hands-on stall assembly within ESS production operations. The role assigns tasks, trains associates, escalates issues, and runs shift handoffs under the Supervisor, Production, who retains performance management and personnel decisions. This is a fully on-site role, with work performed in person on shift. The role requires clear communication, accurate documentation, and adherence to safety requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Directs the daily work of a team of production associates and rotates in to operate stations

  • Trains associates on assembly, testing, MES documentation, and safety procedures

  • Escalates quality, equipment, staffing, and safety issues to the Supervisor, Production

  • Runs shift handoffs, communicating status, open issues, and priorities between shifts

  • Assembles energy products with power tools, hand tools and automated equipment

  • Moves materials and components within the work area using a forklift, pallet jack or other PIT equipment

  • Tests finished product and documents results in the manufacturing execution system (MES)

  • Follow and adhere to all Redwood policies and procedures, including but not limited to safety, attendance, conduct, quality, and ethical workplace behavior.

  • Working around PIT equipment, overhead cranes and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) environment

  • Other duties as assigned

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

  • High school diploma or GED; 2-4 years of manufacturing or production experience

  • Prior lead experience preferred

  • Working knowledge of power tools, assembly procedures, and MES data entry

  • Ability to direct work, train others, and communicate clearly

  • Ability to lift up to 50 lbs

The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.

 

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