Reclaiming Critical Metals

BUILD THE RANGE’S CLEAN-TECH FUTURE

Help turn discarded electronics into valuable resources while building a cleaner, stronger future for Minnesota’s Iron Range. Reclaiming Critical Metals, LLC is seeking qualified individuals or consulting businesses for four independent contract opportunities. Each consulting contract term is 12 months. Work arrangements include remote work and on-site work in the central Iron Range.

Submit an engagement proposal to info@reclaimingcriticalmetals.com by 5:00 pm on Oct 14, 2026.

COMMUNITY AND BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST

Purpose of the Engagement

Build community awareness and local business support for RCM’s start-up clean-technology business in Eveleth, Minnesota.

Scope of Services and Deliverables

  • Community and Business Liaison: Serve as a liaison between RCM, local chambers of commerce, area businesses, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
  • Industry and Public Presentations: Present information about RCM at industry conferences, community meetings, business gatherings, and public events.
  • Community Engagement Campaign: Assist with implementing a broad community engagement campaign before and after business opening.
  • Public Education Campaign: Assist with a public education campaign fostering e-waste recycling and environmentally safe extraction methods.

Contractor Qualifications

  • A relevant master’s degree and extensive technical and business knowledge.
  • More than 15 years of executive leadership experience involving community and business relationships.
  • Demonstrated public-speaking and professional-presentation experience.
  • A strong technical background and working knowledge of e-waste recycling operations and supply chains.
  • Experience translating technical information for business, community, and public audiences.
  • Proven ability to build productive relationships and complete defined project deliverables independently.

PROGRAM MANAGER

Grants Management and FP&A

Purpose of the Engagement

Provide independent financial administration, program coordination, evaluation, and reporting for grant administration to ensure grant funds are properly managed, required records and reports are accurate and audit-ready, program outcomes are measured, and grant activities support RCM’s community-engagement and startup-readiness objectives.

Scope of Services and Deliverables

  • Grant Financial Management Package: Maintain the approved grant budget, QuickBooks Online records, reconciliations, cash-flow forecasts, budget-to-actual results, variance analyses, supporting documentation, and audit-ready financial controls. Coordinate financial processes and reporting with EEDA staff.
  • Program Management and Evaluation Framework: Track grant milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and risks. Establish program objectives, KPIs, data-collection methods, performance measures, and outcome-reporting requirements.
  • Financial and Program Reporting Package: Prepare timely grant reports and concise management summaries identifying financial performance, program progress, material variances, emerging risks, and recommended corrective actions for RCM founders, EEDA, and other grant stakeholders.

Contractor Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, science, engineering, or related field, with 15+years of business, program, or operational leadership experience.
  • Demonstrated experience in FP&A, including budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, variance analysis, cost management, and management reporting.
  • Proficiency with QuickBooks Online, financial record-keeping, reconciliations, chart-of-accounts management, and financial reporting.
  • Strong program-management experience, including work plans, schedules, milestones, risk management, governance, and executive reporting.
  • Experience with program evaluation, performance measurement, and outcome reporting.
  • Experience coordinating employee training, organizational readiness, or change-management initiatives.
  • Strong understanding of financial controls, documentation standards, and audit-ready record retention.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including modeling, forecasting, scenario analysis, and reconciliation.
  • Working knowledge of e-waste recycling, critical-material recovery, or related industrial supply chains.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively with municipal officials, grantors, technical partners, vendors, and startup leadership.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Purpose of the Engagement

Build public understanding and community support for RCM by expanding access to clear information about e-waste recycling and environmentally responsible metal recovery. The engagement will communicate RCM’s progress and advance workforce initiatives, including licensed worksite childcare, that strengthen employee recruitment and retention while creating broader regional economic opportunity.

Scope of Services and Deliverables

  • Public Education Package: Design and lead a public education campaign, suitable for statewide distribution, to build support for e-waste recycling and environmentally safe extraction methods.
  • Worksite Childcare Initiative: Advance planning, licensing, and implementation of a worksite childcare center.
  • Community Outreach: Implement a broad community engagement campaign consisting of frequent interactive events, presentations with Q&A, and clear, readable pamphlets/printed material available to rural communities within 30 miles of Eveleth

Contractor Qualifications

  • Relevant master’s degree or higher.
  • Ten or more years of higher-education experience.
  • Demonstrated community-program development and public-speaking ability.
  • Working knowledge of Minnesota childcare regulations.
  • Five or more years of news-media writing experience.
  • Working knowledge of e-waste recycling operations and supply chains.

RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST

Purpose of the Engagement

Advance RCM’s bio-inspired critical-metals recovery technology from laboratory research through prototype development and testing.

Deliverables

  • Research Program: Conduct and document biomimetic and materials research involving electronic waste and other metal-bearing sources.
  • Laboratory Collaboration: Coordinate advanced imaging, analysis, and experimentation with local and national laboratories.
  • Prototype Development: Design, build, and test prototype technologies in collaboration with fabricators and technical consultants.
  • Intellectual Property and Dissemination: Support patent and commercialization activities and publish or present research when consistent with RCM’s intellectual-property strategy.

Contractor Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in Biomimicry and a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Materials Science.
  • At least 10 years of laboratory-research experience.
  • Record of publication in professional or peer-reviewed journals.
  • Established relationships with local and national laboratories.
  • Experience working with fabricators, patent professionals, or commercialization consultants.
  • Working knowledge of e-waste recycling operations and supply chains.