Director of Metallurgy and Production

Job description:

• Our client is a leader in the domestic supply of Rare Earth Metals and Alloys, seeking a talented senior metallurgist or metallurgical engineer with 10-15 years of manufacturing and customer facing experience to lead its Phoenix, Rare Earth Metals & Superalloy Facility.
• The ideal candidate will have experience in scale-up and production metallurgy, including pyrometallurgy and thermite-type reactions, as well as an advanced degree.
• Overseeing both production and capital projects, this individual will lead a dedicated team of engineers and operators that have maintained this business unit’s world-wide recognition for the supply of REE metal and superalloys across decades.
• This role reports directly to the CEO, a PhD metallurgist with a distinguished commercial background, and will also have dotted-line reporting to the company’s operations group.
• This is an opportunity to manage the recommission, reinvestment and optimization of rare earth metallothermic metallization and alloy production for critical supply chains.
• A background in lean manufacturing operations, demonstrated metallurgical innovativeness, and comfort with inside sales required.
• Experience with vacuum metallurgy, superalloys, process design, and capital equipment sourcing preferred.
• The position will include supervision of production scheduling, maintenance, site safety, quality, and other operating responsibilities.
• The successful candidate will be an energetic and hands-on leader with strong communication skills.
• Competitive salary and benefits.