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Project Manager Site & Infrastructure

USA Rare Earth


Job Location:

El Paso, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 11 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 8 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position Summary

The Project Manager Site & Infrastructure serves as the owners representative for infrastructure development activities supporting the Round Top Project. This role leads the planning coordination and execution of critical site infrastructure workstreams including access roads site grading utilities water supply systems and heap leach pad civil works.

Working closely with engineering teams contractors consultants and regulatory agencies the Project Manager is responsible for managing project scope schedules budgets contractor performance permitting support and field investigation programs to ensure successful delivery of key project milestones and Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Serve as the owners representative for site infrastructure projects providing oversight of contractors consultants and project deliverables.
  • Manage infrastructure workstreams including access roads grading utilities water infrastructure drainage and civil works.
  • Coordinate field investigation programs including geotechnical hydrogeological groundwater and geochemical studies.
  • Support permitting activities and interface with regulatory agencies including TCEQ GLO and other stakeholders.
  • Develop and manage project schedules budgets forecasts resource plans and performance metrics.
  • Monitor project progress identify risks and schedule impacts and implement corrective actions to maintain project objectives.
  • Facilitate coordination between engineering environmental permitting construction and operations teams.
  • Lead project meetings track action items and resolve technical commercial and execution-related issues.
  • Prepare project status updates reports and recommendations for leadership and stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Engineering Construction Management Project Management or a related technical field.
  • 10 years of project management experience supporting mining industrial infrastructure energy or heavy civil projects.
  • Experience managing contractors consultants permitting activities and multidisciplinary project teams.
  • Strong knowledge of project planning scheduling budgeting risk management and project controls.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
  • Excellent leadership communication and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to travel up to 50%.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PMP PE or other relevant project management certification.
  • Experience supporting mining mineral processing or large-scale industrial development projects.
  • Familiarity with Texas permitting processes and regulatory agencies including TCEQ and GLO.
  • Experience supporting projects through feasibility permitting and pre-construction phases.

Work Environment

The work environment will be a mix of a typical office environment a construction site and a mining level: Normal office and lab noises.


The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties skills required of personnel so classified. The reporting relationship may not reflect the most recent changes to the corporate reporting structure.


USA Rare Earth proudly supports Equal Employment Opportunities

USA Rare Earths policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and will provide reasonable accommodations according to applicable federal state and/or local laws.

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