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Salary: USD 118,000 - 175,000 / annual
Phoenix Tailings is a rapidly growing clean mining and metals production startup building a domestic supply of critical materials. The company is developing the Freedom Facility in Rochester, New York—a commercial-scale rare earth separation facility designed to expand U.S. capacity to process and separate rare earth materials used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, robotics, advanced electronics, aerospace systems, and defense applications.
As EHS Manager, you will build and lead the site's environmental health and safety systems for chemical processing hazards, fire risk, gases, and permit-controlled work. This is a foundational role as the facility transitions from construction (2027) toward operations (2028).
Key Responsibilities:
- Build site safety and environmental programs for construction and operations, establishing procedures, permits, training, and inspections needed for startup
- Manage contractor safety, hot work, chemical hazards, gases, and fire risk, assessing work conditions and ensuring required safeguards are in place
- Develop practical EHS training and inspection programs, documenting findings and working with site leaders to complete corrective actions
- Prepare environmental compliance, permitting, and reporting processes for operations, integrating EHS requirements into facility readiness and process planning
- Lead incident investigations and prevention efforts and coordinate emergency preparedness and response as the site transitions from construction into production
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health and Safety, Occupational Health, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field
- Experience managing EHS programs in industrial construction, chemical processing, metals, or manufacturing, including building programs for a growing or new site
- Working knowledge of industrial safety and environmental requirements, chemical and fire hazards, contractor safety, and permit-controlled work
- Demonstrated ability to assess risks, lead training and inspections, investigate incidents, and establish corrective-action and emergency-preparedness processes
