Interpreter

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Provide consecutive, simultaneous or whispered interpretation, and summary interpretation when appropriate, for meetings, production-floor activities, training sessions, equipment installation and commissioning, audits, project reviews, and daily operational communication.
• Interpret technical discussions involving equipment operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, automation, process changes, quality concerns, safety requirements, and manufacturing performance.
• Translate and proofread technical and business documents, including work instructions, standard operating procedures, safety materials, training content, presentations, meeting records, signage, and process communications.
• Prepare for assignments by reviewing agendas, drawings, terminology, reference documents, and relevant process information; request clarification when meaning or terminology is uncertain.
• Support communication during urgent or high-risk situations while following site safety, escalation, and emergency-response requirements.
• Facilitate communication among employees, leadership, OEM representatives, vendors, contractors, and union-represented team members without adding, omitting, or changing the speaker’s intended meaning.
• Protect confidential, proprietary, employee, and business-sensitive information before, during, and after each assignment; promptly disclose potential conflicts of interest.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify communication gaps and recommend practical improvements to interpretation, translation, scheduling, and request-management processes.
• Participate in team meetings, cross-training, professional development, and continuous-improvement activities to expand technical knowledge and service quality.
• Perform other job-related duties and language-support assignments consistent with business needs.

Required Qualifications and Competencies

• Professional working proficiency in both Korean and English, including strong speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret accurately in real time and translate written materials between Korean and English.
• Ability to understand and communicate technical concepts and specialized terminology in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Commitment to accuracy, neutrality, completeness, confidentiality, and professional ethics.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with employees at all organizational levels and across diverse functions and cultures.
• Excellent organization, prioritization, attention to detail, and follow-through, including the ability to manage multiple requests and changing operational priorities.
• Sound judgment and problem-solving skills, including the confidence to pause, clarify, or correct an interpretation when needed.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn scheduling, collaboration, terminology-management, and document-control systems.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with minimal supervision.
• Ability and willingness to work in office and production-floor environments, comply with all site safety requirements, and wear required personal protective equipment.
• Ability to support a variable schedule; overtime, alternate shifts, weekend work, or short-notice assignments may be required based on operational needs.

Preferred Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in interpretation, translation, Korean, English, linguistics, communications, engineering, business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• One or more years of interpretation or translation experience in manufacturing, automotive, battery, engineering, construction, or another technical environment.
• Experience supporting equipment installation, commissioning, production launch, maintenance, quality, safety, or process-improvement activities.
• Experience using computer-assisted translation.
• Formal interpreter or translator training, assessment, or relevant professional certification.
• Knowledge of manufacturing systems, technical drawings, standard work, quality terminology, environmental requirements, and occupational safety practices.
• Experience supporting a unionized workforce and working with external contractors, vendors, or global business partners.
• Project coordination or project management experience.
• Experience with document review, proofreading, version control, and translation quality assurance.

Professional Standards

Total Rewards Information

Ultium Cells LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer