Chief Manufacturing Officer - Scale Rare Earth Ops (Equity)

Phoenix Tailings; Exeter (NH); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Stock options

Unlimited PTO

Learning and development

Job summary

Phoenix Tailings, a U.S.-based rare earth metals company, is seeking a Vice President of Manufacturing to lead scale-up, performance, and expansion of our Exeter facility and future sites.

The role requires building safe, reliable, high-throughput, and economically competitive manufacturing systems, establishing operating discipline, and driving continuous improvement to move from early production to repeatable large-scale operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations, or industrial engineering in metals/minerals/chemical processing or related industries.
• Experience scaling complex manufacturing processes from initial production to high-volume commercial operations.
• Proven ability to lead manufacturing organizations through significant capacity expansion and multi-site ramp-ups.
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma; Black Belt or Master Black Belt preferred.
• Strong data-driven problem solving using SPC, process capability, and root-cause analysis.
• Executive judgment with clear communication of risks, capacity needs, and investments.

Responsibilities

• Lead scale-up of Exeter operations and future facilities to sustain commercial production.
• Own safety, throughput, yield, quality, reliability, cost, labor productivity, and schedule attainment.
• Develop and execute manufacturing strategy for Exeter and future sites.
• Build and lead a high-performing manufacturing organization across functions.
• Implement Lean/Six Sigma programs to reduce variation and improve performance.
• Drive readiness and ramp-up for new equipment, processes, and capacity expansions.
• Create scalable systems for planning, standard work, maintenance, and governance.
• Identify and remove constraints to increase capacity while maintaining safety and quality.
• Collaborate with engineering to turn new processes into repeatable manufacturing systems.
• Define manufacturing roadmap to expand Phoenix's production footprint beyond Exeter.

Skills

Leadership experience

Lean/Six Sigma

Scale-up manufacturing

Executive communication

Data-driven problem solving

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Engineering

Job description

Phoenix Tailings, a U.S.-based rare earth metals company, is seeking a Vice President of Manufacturing to lead scale-up, performance, and expansion of our Exeter facility and future sites.

The role requires building safe, reliable, high-throughput, and economically competitive manufacturing systems, establishing operating discipline, and driving continuous improvement to move from early production to repeatable large-scale operations.