# Senior Manager, Metallization Operations at VULCAN ELEMENTS

- Company: VULCAN ELEMENTS
- What the company does: Manufacturing rare earth magnets for a secure, resilient future. Backed by Space Capital.
- Company website: https://vulcanelements.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Benson, NC
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-24
- Apply by: 2026-11-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vulcanelements/jobs/5433963008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vulcan-elements-senior-manager-metallization-operations/

## About the role

This leader is hired before the metallization equipment is installed and is accountable for building the organization, shaping the operating design, commissioning and qualifying the process, and running it once it starts.

## What they're looking for

- Own Metallization Operations startup end to end - from design review and factory acceptance testing through installation, site acceptance, commissioning, process qualification and rate ramp
- Build the area cost model and headcount plan through commissioning and ramp, and manage to it with clear monthly variance explanation, corrective action and updated resource forecasts
- Manage energy and process-consumable performance as controllable cost levers, including supplier strategy, inventory, consumption rates, useful life and cost per unit of metal produced
- Bachelor's degree in Materials Science, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or a related technical discipline
- Eight or more years in metallurgical, chemical/process or heavy industrial manufacturing, including five or more years leading production teams in a continuous or multi-shift operating environment
- Demonstrated ownership of greenfield or major-expansion commissioning and process qualification - from design and equipment acceptance through installation, startup, operating stabilization and rate ramp

Tags: Commercial Manufacturing