Mine Shift Manager: Safe, Efficient Operations Lead

Cleveland-Cliffs; Hibbing (MN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs has an immediate opening for a Shift Manager Operations at Hibbing Taconite Company in Hibbing, MN. You will direct and coordinate safe production, supervise operators and technicians, and lead the mine operations crew to meet performance targets.

The role requires a 2-year technical degree and 3–5 years of mining or heavy industry experience, with rotating shifts. The position emphasizes safety, adherence to MSHA rules, and efficient production while respecting union

Qualifications

• 2-year degree in technical field or equivalent.
• 3-5 years’ recent experience at a mining/mineral processing facility or heavy industry, preferably in a unionized environment.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills such as team building and conflict resolution are required. Willingness to promote team concepts and company policies. Ability to motivate, delegate, establish, and work in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, facilitate, and motivate employees to safely and efficiently execute and complete their work assignments.
• Strive to keep all employees safe and achieve this by training in safe work practices.
• Complete planned inspections, safety contacts, and task observations as part of the safe production focus.
• Establish high-performance standards for the employees, promote and encourage the achievement of these standards, provide feedback to employees on their progress, and implement disciplinary measures if necessary.
• Update scheduling personnel on daily and weekly carry-over work.
• Supervise hourly employees’ work and develop an understanding of the work being done to increase skill level and maximize operating efficiency.
• Ensure employee compliance with corporate, property, and departmental policies and standard work procedures. Ensure compliance with the collective bargaining agreement.
• Coordinate and facilitate departmental training needs and encourage and assist in employee development.
• Analyze and evaluate the work of technicians and operators with an emphasis on producing recommendations necessary to drive continuous improvement in mine operations.
• Coordinate and facilitate employee involvement in the ongoing improvement of work practices and procedures.
• Communicates and implements safety and loss control standards, company safety rules, and MSHA regulations. Understands and communicates environmental policies and procedures.
• Resolve employee problems through effective communication.
• Communicate with the Mine dispatch operator as it relates to the delivery of ore to the Plant to prevent disruptions in either the Mine or Plant.
• Supervise and direct operating crews and hold them accountable to safely meet performance expectations and standard work.
• Implement and sustain current best practices related to maximizing production to minimize variation across crews.
• Monitor Mine performance during the shift to ensure the process operates within the operating parameters and address variation to minimize process disruptions.
• When equipment deficiencies create an immediate disruption to the process, take immediate corrective action utilizing the proper crafts available.

Skills

Leadership

Team building

Conflict resolution

Communication

Education

2-year technical degree

Job description

Cleveland-Cliffs has an immediate opening for a Shift Manager Operations at Hibbing Taconite Company in Hibbing, MN. You will direct and coordinate safe production, supervise operators and technicians, and lead the mine operations crew to meet performance targets.

The role requires a 2-year technical degree and 3–5 years of mining or heavy industry experience, with rotating shifts. The position emphasizes safety, adherence to MSHA rules, and efficient production while respecting union