Mine Engineer

AK Steel Corporation; Minnesota; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top pay with variable compensation

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. invites a Mine Engineer to provide engineering, planning, and leadership for mining operations and projects. The role supports development of mines, ore reserve reporting, and capital projects.

Responsibilities cover planning oversight, design contributions, economic evaluations, and standard setting within Mine Engineering, with a focus on cross-functional execution and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mine Engineering or related field.
• At least 10 years in Mine Engineering and Operations with leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Direct, coordinate, and participate on mine planning activities to meet plans and budgets.
• Lead mine engineering and mine design contributions for business development.
• Lead in economic mineral evaluations and modeling.
• Develop standards for essential planning activities in Mine Engineering.
• Conduct audits to ensure compliance with Mine Planning Standards.
• Review methodologies used to develop mine plans and economic models.
• Coordinate between mine engineering and operations for plan execution.
• Identify and resolve long-range planning issues.
• Facilitate geology and metallurgical investigations for drivers of performance.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mine Engineering or related field

Job description

Location: Forbes, MN.

The Mine Engineer will provide mine engineering, planning, design support and leadership to Cliffs mining operations and mineral projects. The role will support optimum development of Cliffs’ mines, ore reserve reporting and mining-related capital projects.

Summary of Responsibilities

• Direct, coordinate, and participate on mine planning activities and procedures to meet established plans, budgets, and targets of performance for Mine Engineering sections, and in accordance with Cliffs’ policies and SEC rules.
• Lead in mine engineering, and mine design contributions, to Cliffs’ business development initiatives
• Lead in economic mineral evaluations, involving procedures of mine engineering, mine designs, economic mineral analysis.
• Develop standards of essential planning activities of and for the Mine Engineering sections and install best practices.
• Conduct audits on Mine Engineering activities to ensure compliance to Cliffs’ Mine Planning Standards.
• Facilitatereviews of the methodologies used to develop mine plans and economic models.
• Coordinate as a functional interface between mine engineering and operations for execution and monitoring of mine plans.
• Conduct initiatives to identify and resolve long-range planning issues.
• Facilitate geology and metallurgical investigations with the intention of identifying geological drivers of metallurgical performance, control indicators, and long range development requirements.
• Facilitate open and productive communication between Mine Engineering, its in-house suppliers and customers, and management.
• Identify and facilitate continuous development of the Mine Engineering resources through training, mentoring, open communication, and experience.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mine Engineering or related field.
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in Mine Engineering and Operations, with experience in leadership and management roles.

The salary range for this role is $80,000-110,000,000. An employee’s pay within the salary range will be based on numerous factors, including but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.

We offer a competitive total compensation package including top pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, retirement plan, education assistance, paid time off, and more.

• top pay with variable compensation opportunity
• health insurance
• retirement plan
• education assistance
• paid time off

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is an equal opportunity employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability. We are a drug‑free workplace and conduct pre‑employment screening as a condition of employment.