We are looking for a Senior Process Engineer with 6-10+ years of experience to lead the scale-up and commissioning of a commercial-scale rare earth metallization plant. You'll join a lean, output-driven team that is reshoring critical metal production with novel, cleaner technologies. This person will take ownership of finalizing detailed engineering, managing vendor relationships, and driving the plant from its current state through construction and commissioning, on time and on budget. You should be someone who has genuinely led a project end to end, can think from first principles, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment.
What will you be doing?
Finalize detailed engineering for a commercial-scale vacuum induction furnace and associated plant systems.
Place orders with vendors, manage equipment specification, selection, FAT/SAT, and installation.
Finalize the plant site and coordinate modifications, including structural changes, new foundations, power, water, gas, and compressed air lines.
Own and update core process deliverables including PFDs, P&IDs, mass and energy balances, and control narratives.
Develop commissioning plans, SOPs, and operator training to bring the plant from construction through startup and ramp-to-rate.
- 6-10 years of experience in process/project engineering for industrial plant design, construction, and commissioning
- Led a plant or facility through commissioning end to end
- Scaled processes from lab/pilot to commercial scale
- Experience in high temperature material processing and managing installations
- PFDs, P&IDs, mass and energy balances, HAZOP/LOPA studies
- High-temperature materials processing or furnace experience, including vacuum induction systems
- Vendor management, equipment specification, FAT/SAT, and installation
- First-principles thinker who does not solely reason by analogy
- Engineering degree (chemical, metallurgical, or related)
- Preference for candidates from top-tier companies or universities, with startup experience valued
- Signal of excellence from high-caliber industrial or hard-tech environments
flexible unlimited PTO, output-focused culture