Mine Planning Engineer: Short-Range & Scheduling Lead

Cleveland-Cliffs; Ishpeming Township (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has an immediate opportunity for a Mine Planning Engineer at our Tilden Mine located near Marquette, MI. This role focuses on short-range mine planning and reconciliation to support operations.

The successful candidate will develop short-range plans, schedules, and analyses, considering safety, environment, and equipment constraints, while collaborating with operations to optimize plan execution.

Qualifications

• Minimum B.S. Mining Engineering or equivalent degree.
• Minimum 5 years of engineering experience in an open pit mining environment.
• High degree of computer literacy, including proficiency with mine design software.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop short-range mine plans (daily, weekly to monthly) following quarterly and annual mine plans, incorporating mine and stockpile plans and designs, drill plans, and equipment projections.
• Develop daily and weekly schedules, including crude ore blending requirements and equipment production projections.
• Perform reconciliation and reporting/analysis of actual performance to plan.
• Consider mine safety, quality, environmental, equipment constraints, and plant requirements in planning and scheduling.
• Work with mine operations to understand operational constraints or limitations and recommend best practices.
• Work with other team members to understand workflows and priorities and provide required schedules for safe and efficient plan execution.
• Identify opportunities for improvements in the department and operation overall, in existing plans and designs, execution, systems, tools, etc.
• Other related duties as assigned by management.

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Education

B.S. Mining Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Mine design software

Vulcan

Modular Dispatch

Job description

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has an immediate opportunity for a Mine Planning Engineer at our Tilden Mine located near Marquette, MI. This role focuses on short-range mine planning and reconciliation to support operations.

The successful candidate will develop short-range plans, schedules, and analyses, considering safety, environment, and equipment constraints, while collaborating with operations to optimize plan execution.