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About the Role
Phoenix Tailings is seeking a Process Engineer for future opportunities at its Rochester Freedom Facility. This role will provide the technical expertise necessary to operate and enhance the separations circuit by analyzing process chemistry, operating data, test work, and field observations to resolve issues and improve recovery, stability, and product quality. This is an opportunity to contribute to preparing a new facility for startup and support its operators.
Responsibilities
- Analyze process chemistry, operating trends, and recovery results to identify performance gaps and recommend operating adjustments.
- Collaborate with operators to troubleshoot process and equipment issues and provide clear field direction.
- Plan and execute or coordinate test work to assess separation performance and validate proposed process changes.
- Develop and maintain mass and energy balances, process flow diagrams, and operating procedures to ensure consistent plant performance.
- Support commissioning and startup by evaluating process results and offering technical guidance to control room and field operators.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemistry, or a closely related field.
- Knowledge of chemical separations, mass and energy balances, and process chemistry.
- Familiarity with solvent extraction, leaching, or precipitation is highly valued.
- Hands-on experience with process equipment, experiments, or technical troubleshooting through internships, co-ops, research, or industry roles.
- Ability to analyze operating and experimental data using Excel or similar tools.
- Ability to prepare clear process documentation.
- Ability to explain recommended changes to operators.
Skills
- Process Chemistry
- Mass and Energy Balances
- Process Flow Diagrams
- Operating Procedures
- Excel
Location
- Rochester, New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Early-career engineers
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $70,000-$180,000 per year
Benefits
- 100% Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employee
- Stock Options
- Unlimited PTO
- Learning and development opportunities
About the Company
- Phoenix Tailings is a rapidly growing clean mining and metals production startup focused on building a domestic supply of critical materials.
- Our Freedom Facility in Rochester, New York will be a commercial-scale rare earth separation facility designed to expand U.S. capacity to process and separate rare earth materials.
- Rare earths are essential inputs for many of the technologies that power modern life, including electric vehicles, wind turbines, robotics, advanced electronics, aerospace systems, and defense applications.
- Building more rare earth processing and separation capacity in the United States is important for strengthening domestic supply chains, reducing reliance on foreign processing, and supporting key industries.
- The Freedom Facility is designed to produce thousands of tons of separated rare earth oxides annually.
- At Phoenix, we believe that nothing great is ever accomplished alone or without the passion of people who push and motivate one another.
- Our Values include: Say what you think even when it’s uncomfortable, Lead with Compassion, Be Resourceful, Listen, and Hustle.
- We have an open culture that values learning, and we are looking to grow the team with enthusiastic individuals who share our vision of sustainable mining.
Equal Opportunity
- Phoenix Tailings, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we value diversity at all levels. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability or genetic information, or any other applicable protected characteristics, and these characteristics will not be a factor for consideration of any work-related decisions (including but not limited to hiring, firing, compensation, and discipline).