Jobs at Critical Materials Group

Serves as the embedded HR advisor for production, operations, and program teams. Responsibilities include employee relations, investigations, performance management, onboarding, workforce planning, organizational design, compliance with federal contractor and Texas employment requirements, and employee record management. The role supports rapid hiring growth, acquired-team integration, safety and security eligibility processes, compensation cycles, and manager consultation across multiple manufacturing and laboratory sites.

Owns full-cycle recruiting for technical, production, and leadership roles across a government contractor’s manufacturing sites. Responsibilities include sourcing passive and active candidates, managing high-volume requisitions, developing veteran and regional pipelines, screening eligibility requirements, coordinating compliance and pre-employment steps, partnering with hiring managers, presenting offers, and representing the company at recruiting events. The role requires regular travel to company sites and supports hiring across defense, energetics, chemistry, quality, engineering, supply chain, and leadership functions.

Serves as the company’s first dedicated IT hire, providing helpdesk support, device provisioning, endpoint management, systems and network administration, identity and access management, backups, and disaster recovery. Establishes baseline information security controls, supports NIST 800-171/CMMC compliance, responds to incidents, manages IT vendors, handles onboarding and offboarding, and documents procedures across Austin and Ballinger locations.

Build and lead CMG’s legal function as its first in-house lawyer. Advise executives, draft and negotiate commercial contracts, support government contracting, ITAR and ATF compliance, M&A, corporate governance, employment matters, risk management, and outside counsel relationships. Maintain contract and corporate records while supporting a growing manufacturing and energetics business across multiple sites.

Owns the full lifecycle of government and commercial contracts, including prime contracts, subcontracts, teaming agreements, NDAs, and MOUs. Advises leadership on FAR, DFARS, OTAs, compliance, risk, and contract strategy. Supports proposals, RFP/RFQ responses, and OTA submissions while coordinating with legal, finance, technical, government, and program stakeholders.

Plans and manages master production schedules, MRP outputs, work orders, materials, inventory, shipping, and contract deliveries for a regulated DoD manufacturing operation. Coordinates with procurement, logistics, program management, contracts, quality, and government representatives. Builds production and supply-chain dashboards using Palantir Foundry and ERP/MRP systems, tracks compliance and traceability, supports audits, and analyzes schedule, material, and delivery performance.

Leads technical execution of a continuous-flow HMX production program, supporting facility construction, equipment installation, process integration, automation, commissioning, startup, documentation, production readiness, and safety compliance. Coordinates vendors, contractors, technicians, operations, and safety personnel while managing technical risks, schedules, process improvements, hazard analyses, and operational readiness. Provides technical direction and supports development of future energetic-material manufacturing capabilities.

Leads daily operations for an expanding rural Texas manufacturing campus across supply chain, site operations, safety, security, IT, and information security. Owns operational cadence, procurement, inventory, production scheduling, facilities, regulatory compliance, CMMC readiness, OT cybersecurity, vendor management, and team development. Builds scalable processes and teams while maintaining site readiness, safety, audit preparedness, and production support in a regulated defense-related environment.

Leads automation and robotics integration for advanced energetic-materials manufacturing. Responsibilities include designing automated workflows and robotic cells, integrating controls and manufacturing data systems, managing vendors, commissioning production equipment, developing technical documentation, supporting production readiness, and ensuring machine safety and compliance. The role directs technicians and coordinates multidisciplinary teams across production, operations, quality, safety, and external integrators.

Manages quality assurance and quality control for explosives manufacturing. Responsibilities include audits, QMS and document control, CAPA, calibration, root-cause analysis, quality metrics, continuous improvement, incoming and final inspections, laboratory testing, lot disposition, traceability, and regulatory compliance. The role supports ISO/AS9100 systems, safety-critical production, customer and government audits, and may supervise QC personnel in a controlled-access facility.

Leads technical execution of a continuous-flow RDX manufacturing program, coordinating facility construction, equipment installation, process integration, automation, commissioning, startup, and production readiness. Manages vendors, contractors, multidisciplinary resources, technical documentation, safety compliance, process optimization, and operational transition. Establishes engineering standards and technical baselines for future energetic-material manufacturing programs.

Supports environmental, health, safety, and regulatory compliance across explosives manufacturing operations. Conducts inspections, verifies explosive safety controls, exercises stop-work authority, responds to incidents, maintains ATF and OSHA records, supports DOT hazardous-materials compliance, administers permits and PPE, assists with safety plans and hazard analyses, and delivers safety training. The role is on-site with shift, weekend, on-call, and occasional travel requirements.