Technical Lead - Plant Operations

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Bonus based on performance
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Auris Noble is a vertically integrated recovery and refining company that manages high-value critical and strategic materials generated by aerospace, defense, telecommunications, advanced manufacturing, and other industries. We develop science-driven solutions for recovering and upscaling complex and previously underserved material streams containing precious, refractory, rare earth, and strategic metals. Our capabilities span laboratory development, analytical chemistry, pilot operations, commercial-scale chemical processing, thermal treatment, metal recovery, and production of refined materials.

Auris Noble operates multiple facilities and produces materials under an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.

Serve as the hands-on operational leader for an assigned production or process area. At least two positions are expected to function substantially like plant or area managers, with responsibility for people, safety, production, quality, equipment readiness, cost, schedule, and delivery of assigned project objectives. Assignments may involve critical-material recovery, separation, purification, thermal processing, or product upscaling.

This position will lead one or more company growth programs involving facility expansion, process scale-up, equipment installation and commissioning, recovery and separation of complex critical material mixtures, and transition of new or improved processes into sustained production. Assignments will evolve by project phase and will include P&n, requirements development, vendor coordination, pilot trials, qualification, documentation, training, production support, and continuous improvement.

Auris Noble offers a full-time, on-site position with benefits that may include health, dental and vision insurance; paid time off and holidays; 401(k) matching; quarterly bonuses; annual profit sharing; and a planned annual plant shutdown, subject to plan terms and company policy.

• Lead daily operations for an assigned plant area, production line, or technical workstream and maintain visible presence in the operating area.
• Set priorities and coordinate operators, technicians, engineers, chemists, maintenance personnel, quality staff, and contractors.
• Own area performance for safety, environmental compliance, production schedule, throughput, recovery, yield, purity, scrap, downtime, housekeeping, and cost.
• Develop staffing, shift, training, qualification, material, and equipment-readiness plans required to meet production and project targets.
• Lead daily or weekly operating meetings, assign actions, remove constraints, manage risks, and elevate decisions when needed.
• Participate in requirements definition, equipment specification, vendor review, installation, startup, commissioning, and qualification of new or modified systems.
• Ensure completion and use of SOPs, batch records, work instructions, preventive-maintenance plans, inspection records, and operating logs.
• Lead pilot and production campaigns, coordinate upstream and downstream work, review mass balances and analytical results, and freeze operating parameters for production release.
• Partner with ESH and quality personnel on hazard reviews, management of change, incident investigation, corrective action, audits, and process-quality objectives.
• Develop frontline employees through coaching, performance feedback, cross-training, and consistent accountability.
• Provide concise technical and operational status, schedule, risk, production, and quality information for program reports and leadership reviews.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, chemistry, metallurgy, operations management, or a related field, or equivalent progressive industrial experience.
• 10+ years of chemical, metals, advanced materials, or comparable manufacturing experience, including direct leadership of production or technical teams.
• Demonstrated responsibility for plant or area safety, quality, production, maintenance coordination, staffing, and performance improvement.
• Experience with startup, commissioning, process scale-up, troubleshooting, and operation of industrial equipment.
• Ability to lead in both structured project settings and fast-moving plant environments.

• Experience managing multiple shifts or technically complex batch/continuous-processing…