Plant Operations Planner: Scheduling & Shift Coordination

The Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co.; Ishpeming Township (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is seeking an Operations Planner in Ishpeming, MI to develop and coordinate daily and weekly operating plans, aligning operations with maintenance and training.

The role focuses on safe, reliable pellet plant performance and disciplined work‑order execution across shifts. Ideal candidates will bring 3–5 years of industrial experience, strong communication and analytical skills, and proficiency with CMMS (Ellipse) and Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent experience.
• 3–5 years industrial/mining/steel/process industry experience.
• Microsoft Office and CMMS experience (Ellipse preferred).
• Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in an industrial plant environment.
• Applicants must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.

Responsibilities

• Promote and enforce safety and environmental standards.
• Develop and communicate daily and shift operating plans.
• Coordinate operational and maintenance schedules.
• Manage work orders in Ellipse and monitor PM compliance.
• Document shift performance and support deviation correction.
• Participate in reliability and process improvement initiatives.
• Support training alignment and cross‑shift consistency.
• Coordinate with engineering to align operational plans with equipment capabilities.
• Monitor delays, break‑ins, and interruptions to improve operational scheduling.
• Prepare weekly operational forecasts and resource plans.
• Collaborate with supervisors to minimize variation between shifts.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality procedures.
• Communicate with upstream and downstream areas to coordinate work and deliveries.
• Evaluate deviations from plans and implement corrective actions.
• Identify improvement opportunities using work‑order and process data.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Industrial plant environment adaptable

Education

Associate degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Ellipse CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is seeking an Operations Planner in Ishpeming, MI to develop and coordinate daily and weekly operating plans, aligning operations with maintenance and training.

The role focuses on safe, reliable pellet plant performance and disciplined work‑order execution across shifts. Ideal candidates will bring 3–5 years of industrial experience, strong communication and analytical skills, and proficiency with CMMS (Ellipse) and Microsoft Office.