Full-Time

HR Manager

Posted on 9/17/2025

Westwin Elements

Westwin Elements

51-200 employees

Localizes nickel refining; secures domestic supply

No salary listed

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

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Category
People & HR (1)
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required.
  • Minimum of 2+ years of HR experience, with a strong foundation in payroll, benefits administration, and policy writing.
  • Knowledge of employment laws and compliance requirements.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.
Responsibilities
  • Payroll processing, to include ensuring accuracy and compliance with applicable laws.
  • Manage employee benefits programs, including health, dental, vision and all voluntary benefits.
  • Develop, update, and enforce HR policies and procedures.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment regulations.
  • Provide guidance and support to employees and managers regarding HR-related matters.
  • Assist in onboarding, and training initiatives as needed.
  • Maintain HR systems and records, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.
  • Partner with leadership to support workforce planning and organizational development.
Desired Qualifications
  • SHRM certification (SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP) or equivalent certification preferred.
  • Experience with HRIS systems; experience with Rippling strongly preferred.

Westwin Elements is a nickel refining company focused on addressing the United States’ reliance on imported nickel. It operates as America’s only major nickel refinery, aiming to localize the entire refining process within the U.S. so that Class 1 nickel products are produced domestically. The product works by taking nickel ore and refining it into high-purity Class 1 nickel, with an emphasis on traceability, ethical sourcing, and ESG compliance across the supply chain. This sets Westwin apart from competitors by building a domestic, secure supply chain that reduces exposure to foreign entities of concern and minimizes ESG risks associated with global nickel sourcing. Westwin’s goal is to expand domestic refining capacity to meet rising demand, lower import dependency, and ensure a transparent, equitable distribution of profits among supply chain stakeholders.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Growth Equity (Non-Venture Capital)

Total Funding

$10M

Headquarters

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Phase 1 production ramps to 18,000 tpa high-purity nickel by 2027 at Lawton facility.
  • Traxys commits best efforts for $35 million credit facility post-due diligence.
  • Active discussions with defense, aerospace customers for remaining production volumes.

What critics are saying

  • Native Americans block Lawton refinery over climate hazards, halting October 2025 groundbreaking.
  • Vulcan Elements grabs $1.4 billion DoD funding, diverting nickel federal support in 6-12 months.
  • Traxys withholds $35 million loan after due diligence, defaulting $1.7 billion offtakes in 12-24 months.

What makes Westwin Elements unique

  • Westwin Elements builds America's first nickel refinery producing high-purity Class 1 nickel briquettes.
  • Secured $1.4 billion seven-year offtake agreements with Traxys for 10,000 tpa nickel.
  • Sells 80% of projected output under binding take-or-pay deals totaling $1.7 billion.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

11%

2 year growth

38%
Fastmarkets
Aug 5th, 2025
First US nickel refinery Westwin Elements enters $1.4 billion offtake agreements with Traxys

Westwin Elements, America's first nickel refinery, has secured $1.4 billion in long-term deals with Traxys, boosting the domestic critical minerals supply chain and reducing import reliance.

Castle Placement
Jun 25th, 2025
Specialty and Consumer Finance Capital Raises in the U.S. - June 1st to 15th, 2025

Westwin Elements, metal refinery intended to offer automakers an option for locally processed materials for electric vehicle batteries, raised $80 million of angel funding from investors on June 12, 2025.

Cherokee Phoenix
Jun 30th, 2024
Study finds climate change intensifies hazard risk for Oklahoma's Native Americans

Research scientists found that Native Americans fear construction of a cobalt/nickel refinery by Bartlesville-based startup Westwin Elements Inc. will lead to just that.

The Lawton Constitution
Sep 23rd, 2023
Westwin Elements still planning to break ground on Lawton pilot plant in October

Westwin Elements has announced plans to build the pilot plant - and later a full-scale refinery valued at $732.5 million - on acreage located on the south side of West Lee Boulevard, immediately south of the Goodyear plant in the west industrial park.

City of Lawton
Aug 25th, 2023
Cobalt-nickel refinery in Lawton, billed as bastion against China, on a fast track

Bartlesville-based Westwin Elements, a year-old startup, said it is working on plant design with Ambler Architects, also based in Bartlesville.

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