Chief Engineering Projects & Capital Delivery

Phoenix Tailings; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare: Medical, dental, vision

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Unlimited PTO

Learning and development

Job summary

Phoenix Tailings is seeking a Vice President of Engineering Projects to steer the execution of our flagship capital projects, including the Freedom facility and future production assets.

You will own end-to-end delivery—from engineering development through commissioning and handoff—building the internal organization to scale multiple concurrent programs while ensuring safety, quality, and adherence to strategic manufacturing goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Engineering or a related technical discipline; advanced technical or business degree is a plus.
• 15+ years of progressive experience delivering major capital projects in mining, minerals processing, metals, chemical processing, refining, heavy industrial, or similarly complex process industries.
• Demonstrated leadership of large-scale capital programs with total installed costs in the hundreds of millions of dollars, ideally including projects of approximately $500 million or greater.
• Extensive experience directing EPC, EPCM, or owner-led project delivery models across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup.
• Proven track record of taking complex industrial facilities from early engineering and project definition through construction and successful operational handoff.
• Deep understanding of project controls, capital estimating, scheduling, contracting, procurement, construction management, risk management, commissioning, and project governance.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and challenge major engineering contractors, construction organizations, technology providers, and equipment suppliers while maintaining accountability for project outcomes.
• Experience building and leading high-performing engineering or capital projects organizations responsible for multiple concurrent programs.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to evaluate complex engineering decisions across process systems, mechanical equipment, infrastructure, constructability, reliability, and operability.
• Executive-level communication and decision-making skills, with the ability to clearly communicate project status, risks, tradeoffs, and capital requirements to company leadership and other key stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and execution strategy for Phoenix Tailings' major capital projects, including the Freedom facility and future commercial-scale rare earth and critical metals production assets.
• Own project delivery across engineering, procurement, construction management, commissioning, and startup, establishing clear accountability for scope, schedule, cost, quality, safety, and technical performance.
• Direct and manage EPCM firms, engineering consultants, construction partners, equipment suppliers, and other external organizations responsible for delivering complex industrial projects.
• Establish project governance, stage-gate processes, design review standards, change controls, risk management systems, cost controls, and reporting structures capable of supporting a rapidly expanding capital portfolio.
• Drive projects from conceptual and front-end engineering through detailed design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness while ensuring designs remain aligned with Phoenix's process technology and long-term manufacturing strategy.
• Provide executive oversight of capital budgets, project forecasts, contracting strategies, procurement decisions, contingencies, and major commercial commitments.
• Identify and resolve critical technical, schedule, constructability, supply-chain, and execution risks before they impact project milestones or facility performance.
• Build and lead an internal engineering projects organization capable of overseeing multiple large-scale industrial programs as Phoenix expands its rare earth and critical metals production footprint.
• Ensure new facilities are designed for safe operation, maintainability, reliability, expansion, and efficient lifecycle performance rather than simply achieving initial project completion.
• Partner with process development, manufacturing, operations, and company leadership to ensure Phoenix's technology can be translated into facilities capable of reliable and economic commercial-scale production.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Risk management

Executive communication

Project controls

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in Engineering

Job description

Phoenix Tailings is seeking a Vice President of Engineering Projects to steer the execution of our flagship capital projects, including the Freedom facility and future production assets.

You will own end-to-end delivery—from engineering development through commissioning and handoff—building the internal organization to scale multiple concurrent programs while ensuring safety, quality, and adherence to strategic manufacturing goals.