# Sr. Manager, Operational Excellence 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: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/vulcanelements/jobs/5406379008
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vulcan-elements-sr-manager-operational-excellence/

## About the role

The Sr. Manager Operational Excellence is accountable for how this plant is organized, how it runs, and how it holds itself to a standard. The role establishes the site’s integrated management system and ISO framework, designs and deploys the plant operating system, builds the training and certification architecture for operators and engineers alike, and leads the continuous improvement program that converts capability into measurable performance.

## What they're looking for

- Establish the site’s integrated management system architecture and the ISO framework it operates under, beginning with ISO 9001 and sequencing ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 as the site matures
- Define the documentation hierarchy — policy, procedure, work instruction, form and record — and own the document control and change governance model that every function writes into
- Build and lead the internal audit program: audit schedule, auditor qualification and training, finding classification, corrective and preventive action (CAPA) workflow, and closure verification
- Design the management review cadence and the evidence that feeds it so reviews drive decisions rather than restate metrics
- Ensure the management system interlocks cleanly with PSM elements — management of change, pre-startup safety review, and operational discipline — rather than running as a parallel structure
- Prepare and lead the site through certification audits, surveillance audits and customer or regulatory assessments

Tags: Commercial Manufacturing