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Salary: USD 105,000 - 140,000 / 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 a Shift Supervisor, you will lead safe and orderly execution of shift operations while maintaining visibility across the plant. You will establish working habits for a new operating team, with the judgment to stop unsafe work and keep the crew focused on safe execution.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinate shift staffing, work assignments, and operating priorities while maintaining visibility across the plant and monitoring crew condition
- Inspect plant work and verify permits, operating procedures, and required safeguards before and during permit-controlled activities
- Monitor fatigue, chemical hazards, and changing operating conditions; stop unsafe work and coordinate actions needed to resume safely
- Review shift performance and process deviations with operators, engineering, and maintenance, keeping technical process changes under appropriate engineering direction
- Lead shift handoffs and operator coaching; maintain accurate records of production conditions, incidents, unresolved problems, and required follow-up
Phoenix Tailings values learning, innovation, and compassion. The company is building toward operations in 2027 and 2028 and encourages interested candidates to apply and stay connected as the facility develops.
Requirements:
- Experience leading operators or supervising work in chemical manufacturing, refining, metals, water treatment, or another continuous-process industrial environment
- Working knowledge of process equipment, chemical handling, operating procedures, and permit-controlled work, supported by relevant technical training or hands-on experience
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate crews, recognize fatigue and operating hazards, coach safe work practices, and stop work when conditions require it
- Ability to interpret production and downtime information, document shift events, and coordinate practical responses with engineering and maintenance teams
