AURIS NOBLE LLC

Program Manager

Critical Materials Recovery, Refining and Manufacturing

Company: Auris Noble LLC

Title: Program Manager

Position: Full Time w/ Benefits

Auris Noble is a vertically integrated recovery and refining company that manages high-value critical and strategic materials generated by aerospace, defense, telecommunications, advanced manufacturing, and other industries. We develop science-driven solutions for complex and previously underserved material streams containing precious, refractory, rare earth, and strategic metals. Our capabilities span laboratory development, analytical chemistry, pilot operations, commercial-scale chemical processing, thermal treatment, metal recovery, and production of refined materials. Auris Noble operates multiple facilities and produces materials under an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.

The Program Manager coordinates technical and business teams, maintains the performance baseline, communicates priorities to various team leaders, and ensures that commitments are translated into timely, accurate, and supportable deliverables on existing multi-year federally funded projects.

This position will support one or more company growth programs involving facility expansion, process scale-up, equipment installation and commissioning, recovery and separation of critical materials from nickel-based superalloy feedstocks, and transition of new or improved processes into sustained production. 

Auris Noble offers a full-time, on-site position with benefits that may include health, dental and vision insurance; paid time off and holidays; 401(k) matching; quarterly bonuses; annual profit sharing; and a planned annual plant shutdown, subject to plan terms and company policy.

●       Develop and maintain the integrated program plan, work breakdown structure, schedule, milestone calendar, responsibility matrix, budget alignment, risk register, and reporting cadence.

●       Coordinate plant, engineering, chemistry, construction, maintenance, operations, quality, ESH, finance, procurement, IT, and contracts activities across interdependent workstreams via effective and proactive collaboration with the associated leads in each area.

●       Facilitate kickoff, weekly team, monthly leadership, risk, change-control, and milestone-readiness reviews and drive closure of decisions and actions.

●       Track requirements, approvals, and documentation for capital purchases, construction, commissioning, qualification, pilot production, product sampling, production targets, and final closeout.

●       Identify schedule, cost, resource, technical, supply-chain, and compliance risks to develop and manage the critical path; assign owners and monitor mitigation plans.

●       Coordinate draft preparation and internal review of presentations, project plans, schedules, quarterly reports, annual reports, invoices, production and quality summaries, and final technical reports.

●       Maintain objective evidence supporting deliverables, milestone completion, costs, approvals, and technical acceptance criteria.

●       Implement disciplined change control for scope, schedule, budget, requirements, assumptions, and technical baselines.

●       Communicate status, forecast, decisions, and emerging issues clearly to executives, project teams, customers, and partners.

●       Support workforce planning, subcontractor coordination, customer visits, audits, and project closeout.

●       Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, business, project management, or related discipline.

●       5+ years of program, project, operations, engineering, or manufacturing leadership experience.

●       Demonstrated success managing complex cross-functional projects involving capital equipment, construction, facilities management, process development, or production.

●       Strong schedule, risk, budget, meeting, documentation, and executive-communication skills.

●       Ability to understand technical work sufficiently to challenge assumptions, identify dependencies, and communicate progress accurately.

●       Project Management Professional or comparable certification.

●       Experience in chemical processing, specialty metals, advanced materials, aerospace, defense, or government-funded manufacturing programs.

●       Experience with earned-value concepts, integrated master schedules, federal project deliverables, or milestone-based payments.

●       Experience with commissioning, qualification, production ramp-up, ISO 9001, or supply-chain reporting.

●       Able to communicate clearly and effectively in writing and in person.

●       Able to organize work, manage changing priorities, and collaborate across technical and business functions.

●       Demonstrates sound judgment, attention to detail, initiative, and commitment to safe, ethical work.

●       Proficient with Microsoft Office and able to learn company systems.

●       Able to protect confidential, proprietary, customer, and controlled project information.

●       This position is eligible for a fully remote work schedule. However, periodic (quarterly or more) travel may be required for site visits, in-person meetings, and enhanced coordination. A candidate capable of hybrid work (up to 1 -2 days/week in the Warren, OH location) would be a strong plus.

●       Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform essential functions.

Auris Noble LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, consistent with applicable law. This description identifies the general nature and level of work expected and is not intended to contain every duty or responsibility. Responsibilities may evolve as company and project needs change.