Senior Recruiter

Phoenix Tailings•Rochester, NY

20d

About The Position

Phoenix Tailings is seeking an experienced recruiter interested in a future Senior Recruiter opportunity at its Rochester Freedom Facility. As the company prepares to build toward operations in 2027 and 2028, the recruiter will establish and execute a repeatable hiring plan for the workforce needed to construct, commission, and operate the facility. The role will personally deliver early leadership, technical, and operational hires while developing local talent pipelines. It connects hiring decisions and candidate relationships to the facility's deployment schedule. The posting is intended to connect Phoenix Tailings with candidates interested in future opportunities; hiring timelines, responsibilities, qualifications, and organizational needs may evolve as the facility progresses toward startup and operations. Phoenix Tailings is a clean mining and metals production startup focused on building domestic supplies of critical materials. Its Freedom Facility in Rochester, New York, is planned as a commercial-scale rare earth separation facility designed to expand U.S. processing capacity. Phoenix Tailings describes its culture as open and grounded in innovation, compassion, resourcefulness, listening, and hustle.

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.

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.