Engineering Manager, Capital Projects (South Carolina)

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-disciplinary engineering activities across capital projects through FEL-1, FEL-2, FEL-3, FEL-4, and execution phases.
• Serve as the Engineering Manager (EM) within Cyclic's project owner's team, ensuring that internal and external engineering deliverables meet project requirements, technical standards, and stage-gate expectations.
• Allocate, assign, and manage Cyclic's internal engineering resources for the capital project(s) the EM handles.
• Manage and oversee external engineering consultants, EPC/Design-Build/Lump Sum/Not to Exceed contracts with external partners, equipment vendors, and specialist contractors across all engineering disciplines.
• Work closely with Project Managers and Project Controls to ensure alignment between engineering deliverables and project scope, budget, schedule, and performance objectives.
• Manage and coordinate engineering inputs into project development including scope definition, WBS, cost estimates, schedules, and execution planning.
• Develop and maintain engineering design criteria, technical specifications, discipline standards, and required deliverables across all engineering disciplines.
• Ensure effective coordination and integration across mechanical, electrical, civil/structural, process, and other project interfaces.
• Successfully integrate internal Subject Matter Experts (SME's) into the project(s) the EM handles to ensure the SME's provide the technical leadership and oversight across plan

Additional Information

Cyclic Materials™ is building a resilient circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical materials. Through our proprietary MagCycle℠ and REEPure℠ processes, we recover rare earths from end-of-life products and transform them into high purity materials used in the production of permanent magnets. These materials are critical to the modern economy, including the production of electric vehicles, electronics, AI infrastructure, wind turbines, defense, and advanced manufacturing technologies. Founded in 2021, Cyclic Materials has rapidly progressed from technology development to commercialization. We currently operate facilities in Ontario and Arizona, with a new expansion underway in South Carolina. Backed by US$75 million in Series C financing led by T. Rowe Price, alongside strategic investors including Microsoft, Amazon, Hitachi Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover's InMotion fund, Energy Impact Partners, ArcTern Ventures, and Fifth Wall, we are scaling to meet growing global demand for a secure and sustainable rare earth supply. We have established commercial partnerships with global industry leaders such as Solvay, Vattenfall, Lime, and VACUUMSCHMELZE, enabling the deployment of recycled rare earth materials into real world supply chains. In 2025, Cyclic Materials was named one of the Top 10 Climate Tech Companies to Watch by MIT Technology Review. We are growing quickly and building the industrial backbone required for a circular rare earth economy. Joining Cyclic Materials means working on complex and exciting challenges at scale, alongside a team committed to executing and delivering measurable impact. If you are motivated by building critical infrastructure and advancing the circular economy, join us and help accelerate the growth of rare earth recycling. The Engineering Manager, Capital Projects is responsible for overseeing and integrating multi-disciplinary engineering activities within Cyclic's capital projects portfolio. Operating within an Owner's Team model, this role requires project engineering management, assigning internal engineering resources to work on capital projects, engaging and monitoring and holding accountable the external design engineering consultants for project deliverables across electrical, mechanical, and civil/structural disciplines while ensuring alignment with project delivery objectives. This role is a key member of the capital projects team and is accountable for understanding and defining the owner's team engineering needs and requirements, overseeing external engineering consulting partnerships, and ensuring that engineering deliverables are safe, reliable, operable, maintainable, fit-for-purpose, within budget and on time. In summary, the Engineering Manager ensures that engineering execution aligns with project scope, cost, schedule, and performance targets, working closely with Project Management, Project Controls, Procurement, Construction, Operations and with external engineering partners. The successful candidate will manage engineering activities across all project phases including FEL-1, FEL-2, FEL-3, detailed engineering to FEL-4, construction and commissioning. This role drives engineering governance, design integration, risk management, and continuous improvement, while leading and mentoring a multi-disciplinary engineering team in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. This role will be a a hybrid role with frequent travel to our Toronto office and other plants.

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