EHS Director

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Full Time Fort Worth, TX, US

4 days ago Requisition

MP Materials (NYSE: MP) is rebuilding American industrial capability for a new era of autonomy, robotics, and electrification.

We are the only U.S. company with a fully integrated rare earth supply chain—from mining and refining to advanced metal and magnet manufacturing. Our products include both the critical materials used to make permanent magnets and the finished magnets themselves—enabling next-generation technologies in robotics, automation, aerospace, transportation, defense, and energy systems. These materials are the foundation of physical AI—the convergence of computation, movement, and control.

We hire ambitious, mission-driven people who want to tackle complex challenges and shape the future of strategic industries. Our culture is rooted in teamwork, resiliency, and integrity, with a deep commitment to operational excellence and national purpose. MP is rapidly evolving from a materials producer into a leading U.S. manufacturer—and our people are driving that transformation.

Responsible for setting and leading the environmental, health, and safety strategy across MP Materials’ Texas magnet operations—the greenfield 10X facility (Northlake) and the operating Independence facility (Fort Worth)—driving toward a goal of “zero” injuries through behavior-based safety, employee engagement, and continuous improvement. Build, lead, and develop the site EHS organizations and ensure EHS and environmental programs are standardized, implemented, and sustained across both sites.

Own enterprise compliance with local, state, and federal environmental and safety regulations across both Texas sites as they apply to air emissions, wastewater, stormwater, hazardous and industrial waste, hazardous materials, combustible metal dusts, compressed and cryogenic gases (including hydrogen), confined space entry, lab safety and chemical hygiene, and process safety (PSM/RMP). The EHS Director leads the development, implementation, and sustainment of EHS programs and the EHS teams that deliver them;

ensures the safety of all employees, visitors, and contractors; protects the environment; uses the Independence facility as a regulatory and design precedent for 10X; and maintains compliance across the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of the 10X rare earth magnet manufacturing facility.

• Provide EHS leadership across both the 10X and Independence facilities; hire, lead, mentor, and develop site EHS managers and staff, and set goals, budgets, and performance expectations for the EHS function.
• Standardize EHS management systems, programs, and metrics across both sites, leveraging Independence as a regulatory and design precedent to accelerate and de-risk 10X, while accounting for the distinct requirements of an operating plant versus a facility in design and construction.
• Serve as the senior EHS point of contact to executive leadership and to regulatory agencies (TCEQ, EPA, OSHA) and local AHJs; report EHS performance, risk, and strategy to leadership and represent MP Materials in agency interactions and inspections.
• Work within the MP Materials team to define and execute a strategy to ensure all equipment and facilities are designed and operate to world class environmental, health, and safety standards.
• Oversee efforts to ensure all manufacturing and processing activities are conducted in a manner consistent with our company’s values, and in compliance with all permits and right to operate elements.
• Develop and implement emergency response plans that comply with Company policies and procedures as well as local governing authorities.
• Develop, implement, and maintain all required OSHA (29 CFR 1910 General Industry) policies and procedures, to include recordkeeping requirements, injury reporting, and quarterly and annual injury data in compliance with all local, state, and federal regulations.
• Embed EHS requirements into the design,…