Location: San Leandro, CA / Full-time / On-site
About the role
Our client is a growing renewable energy company in San Leandro, CA, focused on critical mineral refining and rare earth element extraction. As it scales its commercialization efforts, it’s hiring a Technical Program Manager to turn the technical roadmap into a clear, actionable schedule and drive execution across the organization.
This is a hands-on, operations-heavy role focused on delivering physical projects. You’ll own the master schedule across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning, setting milestones, dependencies, and priorities. You’ll also need a solid understanding of how equipment moves from design and procurement through installation and commissioning. Program management in process plant environments like this typically involves critical path scheduling in tools such as Primavera P6 or Microsoft Project, tracking long-lead equipment, and coordinating factory and site acceptance testing (FAT/SAT). It also usually involves supporting pre-startup safety reviews before systems go live.
You’ll coordinate engineering, procurement, EPC partners, and field operations across two sites, managing equipment procurement, site readiness, commissioning, and open issues. Being comfortable with PFDs, P&IDs, equipment, vendors, and lead times is essential, since much of the role depends on understanding what’s being built and what’s holding it up.
You’ll also manage technical and schedule risks, drive issues to resolution, and give clear program updates and documentation to senior leadership, investors, and DOE/DoW stakeholders.
Main responsibilities
- Own the master schedule across engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning
- Translate the technical roadmap into milestones, dependencies, and priorities
- Coordinate engineering, procurement, EPC partners, and field operations across both sites
- Manage equipment procurement, site readiness, commissioning, and open issues
- Manage technical and schedule risks and drive issues to resolution
- Provide clear program updates and documentation to senior leadership, investors, and DOE/DoW stakeholders
Requirements
- Engineering degree
- 3+ years of running technical programs in a hardware, manufacturing, industrial, or process/chemical plant environment
- Understanding of how equipment moves from design and procurement through installation and commissioning
- Comfortable working with PFDs, P&IDs, equipment, vendors, lead times, and project scheduling
- US citizenship
Nice to have:
- Master’s degree
The offer
- Full-time, on-site role in San Leandro, CA
- Ownership of the master schedule during the company’s commercialization phase
- Direct exposure to senior leadership, investors, and government stakeholders
This role suits a hands-on program manager who knows what it takes to get equipment installed and running, and wants to help a critical minerals company scale. If that sounds like you, apply below.