Senior Manager, Metallization Operations
Core
Lead the end-to-end startup, commissioning, and steady-state operations of a new rare-earth permanent magnet metallization facility, ensuring safety, yield, and cost efficiency.
Role type
Senior Manager, Metallization Operations
Builds
Rare-earth permanent magnets for defense, aerospace, and automotive industries
Domain
Heavy industrial manufacturing / Rare-earth metallurgy
Required skills
Metallurgical engineering, process startup/commissioning, team building, safety compliance, operating budget management, quality control, root-cause analysis
Preferred skills
Rare-earth metallization, molten-salt electrolysis, greenfield plant startup, MES/digital manufacturing, Lean/Six Sigma
Technologies
MES, historian, shop-floor data collection, automation/robotics
Responsibilities
Define shift and staffing models, recruit and develop operating teams, lead startup from first metal to full-rate, own safety and environmental compliance, manage operating budgets and cost levers, drive process stability and yield optimization
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
