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About the Role
Phoenix Tailings is seeking an experienced People leader for a future Director of People opportunity at its Freedom Facility in Rochester, New York. This role will establish and lead the site's People function, supporting workforce onboarding, development, and operations. The position involves partnering with site leadership on workforce planning and organization design, while managing employee relations and daily HR support. This is a unique opportunity to shape the People practices of a new facility, integrating local needs with corporate HR systems.
Responsibilities
- Build and lead Rochester's People function, establishing practical HR processes that support construction, commissioning, and a growing operating workforce.
- Partner with site leadership on workforce plans, organization design, and manager effectiveness, aligning People priorities with the facility's deployment schedule.
- Own employee relations and day-to-day HR support, applying policies consistently, addressing concerns early, and maintaining accurate and confidential employee records.
- Establish site onboarding and training coordination, helping managers prepare employees for their roles and track completion of required learning.
- Partner with corporate People teams on HR systems, compensation, benefits, and performance programs, translating company practices into effective site execution.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent experience leading People operations in an industrial organization.
- Progressive People or HR leadership experience supporting manufacturing, engineering, skilled-trade, or other operational workforces.
- Experience building HR processes for a growing or new site, including workforce planning, onboarding, training coordination, and manager support.
- Sound employee-relations judgment and working knowledge of employment practices, policy administration, confidential records, and consistent issue resolution.
- Ability to connect site workforce needs with corporate People systems, compensation, benefits, and performance programs while building trust with employees and managers.
Location
- Rochester, New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $142,000 - $210,000 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.
- Building more of this capability in the United States is important for strengthening domestic supply chains, reducing reliance on foreign processing, and supporting the advanced manufacturing, energy, technology, and national-security industries that depend on these materials.
- At Phoenix Tailings, 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).