Chief of Staff, Manufacturing

The Company is seeking a Chief of Staff, Manufacturing, to support manufacturing leadership in scaling industrial facilities and translating priorities into executable plans. The role drives major capital project workstreams from planning through operational handover, overseeing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, and delivery commitments. It aligns manufacturing needs with engineering, procurement, and construction, and coordinates equipment readiness, staffing, training, commissioning, and production startup. The successful candidate will track ramp-up performance against throughput, yield, quality, uptime, and cost targets, resolve obstacles, and establish repeatable practices across facilities. Candidates should bring significant leadership and direct delivery accountability for large industrial capital projects, along with substantial experience in manufacturing, project management, or operations within metals, mineral processing, chemicals, or similar process industries. They should have successfully advanced complex facilities through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and ramp-up. Strong project-controls expertise—including integrated scheduling, critical-path analysis, budgeting, cost forecasting, contingency management, and change control—is required, as is experience managing construction partners, suppliers, and contractors. Practical knowledge of manufacturing readiness, sound financial and operational judgment, and executive-level communication and accountability skills are essential.