Section Maintenance Manager: Lead Plant Reliability & Safety

Northshore Mining Company; Silver Bay (MN); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs is hiring a Section Manager Maintenance for the Northshore Mining facility in Silver Bay, MN. You will lead the Pellet Plant maintenance team to safely execute scheduled and unscheduled work, while overseeing the Filter Building, Yards and Docks maintenance planning and execution with the reliability team.

You will manage budgets, develop PM programs, and ensure a compliant safety/environment program across multiple plants and shops.

Qualifications

• Related Bachelor degree or, alternatively, 2-year degree with 5+ years relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 years maintenance work with mobile and fixed assets.
• Minimum 2 years of leadership experience.
• Ability to prepare operating and capital budgets and plans.
• Commitment to safe production and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication of safety, mine, and environmental policies.
• Capability to coordinate across departments and with contractors.
• Proficiency with maintenance planning and scheduling tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision for the Plant Maintenance leadership team across Pellets Plant, Central Shops, Truck Shop and Material Handling.
• Lead break-in work prioritization and coordinate with Operations and Supervisors.
• Develop and present a maintenance budget for approval.
• Evaluate equipment with the Reliability team to improve PM programs.
• Ensure safe, efficient, and productive maintenance workforce engagement.
• Collaborate with safety and environmental teams for regulatory compliance.
• Plan, schedule, and manage furnace outages within approved budget.
• Oversee major repairs and facilities projects.
• Monitor vendor performance with procurement and provide feedback.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance management

Budgeting

Planning

Safety compliance

MS Project

MS Office

Access

Education

Engineering degree (Mechanical/Electrical/Civil) or related

2-year degree with 5+ years industry experience

Tools

MS Project

Access

MS Office

Job description

Cleveland-Cliffs is hiring a Section Manager Maintenance for the Northshore Mining facility in Silver Bay, MN. You will lead the Pellet Plant maintenance team to safely execute scheduled and unscheduled work, while overseeing the Filter Building, Yards and Docks maintenance planning and execution with the reliability team.

You will manage budgets, develop PM programs, and ensure a compliant safety/environment program across multiple plants and shops.