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Salary: USD 116,000 - 174,000 / annual
Phoenix Tailings is a rapidly growing clean mining and metals production startup building 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 Senior Recruiter, you will establish and execute a repeatable hiring plan for the workforce needed to construct, commission, and operate the Rochester facility. You will personally deliver early leadership, technical, and operational hires while building local talent pipelines. This is a foundational role that connects hiring decisions and candidate relationships to the facility's deployment schedule as Phoenix Tailings builds toward operations in 2027 and 2028.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and execute a repeatable Rochester hiring plan, sequencing leadership, technical, skilled-trade, and operating hires against construction and startup needs
- Own recruiting from role definition through accepted offer, personally sourcing, screening, and closing early leadership, technical, and operational candidates
- Develop local talent pipelines through colleges, workforce programs, community relationships, referrals, and direct sourcing for current and future hiring needs
- Partner with hiring managers on job requirements, structured interviews, and timely decisions so candidates are evaluated consistently against the work required
- Maintain accurate candidate records and pipeline reporting, identify stalled searches, and provide a clear candidate experience as hiring priorities evolve
Requirements:
- Demonstrated full-cycle recruiting experience, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer management, and candidate closing
- Experience recruiting engineering, technical, skilled-trade, operational, or leadership talent for manufacturing, chemicals, metals, industrial technology, or related businesses
- Ability to build talent pipelines through direct sourcing and local education, workforce, referral, and community relationships
- Ability to translate hiring plans into organized searches, maintain accurate recruiting records, and help managers make consistent decisions against deployment milestones
