Vice President of Engineering Projects

About Phoenix Tailings

Phoenix Tailings is a U.S.

-based rare earth metals company building the most technologically advanced rare earth manufacturing platform in the world. The company develops and deploys breakthrough technologies across chemistry, industrial hardware, and digital infrastructure to produce rare earth metals and critical materials domestically at lower cost, higher efficiency, and greater scale.

We operate a fully integrated rare earth production platform spanning extraction, separation, refining, and metallization with a zero waste and zero emissions philosophy. The company is focused on restoring America’s leadership in critical minerals and building the foundation for a secure domestic supply chain powering defense, energy, robotics, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing.

At Phoenix, we believe nothing great is ever accomplished alone - or without the passion of people who push and motivate one another. You'll be joining a team building the foundational infrastructure for the modern world
, developing entirely new ways to produce rare earth and critical metals domestically, cleanly, and at scale.

• You are only crazy if you are wrong, it’s ok to be wrong
• Lead with Compassion
• Be Resourceful
• Listen
• Hustle

Phoenix Tailings is looking for a Vice President of Engineering Projects to lead the execution of our most significant engineering and capital projects, including the continued development of our Freedom facility and future large-scale production infrastructure.

This executive will take ownership of major project delivery from engineering development and EPCM strategy through construction, commissioning, and operational handoff. You will establish the project execution systems, technical governance, commercial discipline, and external partnerships required to deliver complex industrial facilities safely, efficiently, and at the pace demanded by Phoenix’s growth.

We are looking for a leader who has delivered major capital projects in technically demanding industrial environments and understands what it takes to move from process design to an operating facility. This person should be equally comfortable reviewing engineering decisions, challenging an EPCM partner, managing major project risk, and building the internal organization required to deliver the next generation of Phoenix Tailings facilities.

• 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…