Section Manager Maintenance

AK Steel Corporation; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Variable compensation

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is seeking a Section Manager Maintenance at the Northshore Mining facility in Silver Bay, MN. The role leads the Fine Crusher and Concentrator maintenance teams, coordinating scheduled and unscheduled work to meet plant goals and maintenance standards.

You will oversee planning, budgeting, and reliability initiatives, ensuring safe, efficient, and productive operations while collaborating with safety and environmental teams and external contractors.

Qualifications

• Related Bachelor degree (i.e. Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering) or other related degree – OR related 2-year Vocational or AA degree with a minimum of 5 years industry related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in related maintenance work with mobile and fixed assets.
• Must have minimum of 2 years leadership experience with salaried and hourly workforce and demonstrated ability to lead a group to work in a safe and productive manner.
• Budget preparation and ability to prepare operating and capital plans for short and long-range plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision for the Plant Maintenance leadership team in Fine Crusher and Concentrator.
• Manage the process of break-in work prioritization and decision making in each maintenance work group and coordinate this process with the Operations Section Manager and Supervisors.
• Attend the Plant L3 meetings and report on maintenance area projects, major repairs, equipment concerns, and budget/forecast updates.
• Develop a maintenance budget and present to senior Northshore Management for approval.
• Evaluate all stationary and mobile equipment utilizing the Reliability team to implement effective PM programs to improve overall equipment performance.
• Work with Maintenance leadership team to ensure maintenance technician workforce is fully engaged in working in a safe, efficient and productive manner.
• Work with representatives in safety and environmental departments to ensure compliance and proper reporting to ensure regulatory compliance in areas of responsibility.
• Manage the maintenance planning and input into the scheduling process within the parameters of the operating goals of the plant, the approved maintenance budget, and the resources of the asset management department.
• Manage the training requirements of each maintenance work group.
• Analyze conformance and trends of sources of deviations from the maintenance plan delivery and develop action plan to reduce deviations.
• Maintain a long-term staffing plan with the Plant Maintenance Area Manager to ensure consistent ability of the maintenance department to support the operating plan/strategy.
• Manage the planning, scheduling, and execution of the Concentrator Section Outages and annual down within the approved scope and budget.
• Utilize reliability team to identify the cause of equipment downtime and develop and implement solutions to prevent future failures.
• Provide oversight for major equipment repairs and facilities projects.
• Work with the procurement manager and maintenance staff to monitor vendor performance and provide needed feedback.

Skills

Leadership experience

Interpersonal communication

Decision making under uncertainty

Safety compliance

Budgeting

Multitasking and coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Civil Engineering or related

2-year Vocational or AA degree with 5+ years related experience

Job description

Location: Silver Bay, MN

Cleveland-Cliffs has an immediate opportunity for a Section Manager Maintenance position at our Northshore Mining facility in Silver Bay, MN. The primary responsibility will be to lead the Fine Crusher and Concentrator Maintenance teams in the safe execution of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance work in accordance with Cliffs maintenance standards in order to meet the goals of the departments. This position also has responsibility for the Car Dump, Fine Crusher, Dry Cobb and Concentrator maintenance planning and execution while working with the reliability team in monitoring and improving the application of the predictive and preventive maintenance systems to enable the site to meet its operating strategy. This position also has oversight of the pumping systems at the MP7 tailings basin.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Provide direct supervision for the Plant Maintenance leadership team in Fine Crusher and Concentrator.
• Manage the process of break-in work prioritization and decision making in each maintenance work group and coordinate this process with the Operations Section Manager and Supervisors.
• Attend the Plant L3 meetings and report on maintenance area projects, major repairs, equipment concerns, and budget/forecast updates.
• Develop a maintenance budget and present to senior Northshore Management for approval.
• Evaluate all stationary and mobile equipment utilizing the Reliability team to implement effective PM programs to improve overall equipment performance.
• Work with Maintenance leadership team to ensure maintenance technician workforce is fully engaged in working in a safe, efficient and productive manner.
• Work with representatives in safety and environmental departments to ensure compliance and proper reporting to ensure regulatory compliance in areas of responsibility.
• Manage the maintenance planning and input into the scheduling process within the parameters of the operating goals of the plant, the approved maintenance budget, and the resources of the asset management department.
• Manage the training requirements of each maintenance work group.
• Analyze conformance and trends of sources of deviations from the maintenance plan delivery and develop action plan to reduce deviations.
• Maintain a long-term staffing plan with the Plant Maintenance Area Manager to ensure consistent ability of the maintenance department to support the operating plan/strategy.
• Manage the planning, scheduling, and execution of the Concentrator Section Outages and annual down within the approved scope and budget.
• Utilize reliability team to identify the cause of equipment downtime and develop and implement solutions to prevent future failures.
• Provide oversight for major equipment repairs and facilities projects.
• Work with the procurement manager and maintenance staff to monitor vendor performance and provide needed feedback.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Related Bachelor degree (i.e. Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering) or other related degree – OR related 2-year Vocational or AA degree with a minimum of 5 years industry related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years working experience in related maintenance work with mobile and fixed assets.
• Must have minimum of 2 years leadership experience with salaried and hourly workforce and demonstrated ability to lead a group to work in a safe and productive manner.
• Budget preparation and ability to prepare operating and capital plans for short and long-range plans.

• Champion of safe production and promote continuous improvement.
• Must understand and be able to communicate and implement safety, mine and MSHA rules, environmental policies and procedures and operate in an environmentally responsible manner.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to motivate and delegate.
• Able to plan and coordinate multiple work tasks with a variety of employees, departments and outside contractors.
• Demonstrated ability to goals and develop strategies and schedules to accomplish goals.
• Must be able to think logically using factual data and structure ideas to influence others.
• Able to make sound, timely decisions under conditions of uncertainty and risk; able to multi-task and work well under stressful conditions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to facilitate the development of employees by providing constructive feedback and continuous coaching.

Please note that all applicants must meet the physical requirements of the position by the close of the posting period.

The salary range for this role is $115,000 - $145,000. 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.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America. The Company is vertically integrated from mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, and ferrous scrap to primary steelmaking and downstream finishing, stamping, tooling, and tubing. We offer an excellent total compensation package including top pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, retirement plan, education assistance, paid time off and more.

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [e-mail] or call 1-[phone] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Do not email your application materials to this email address. Application materials sent to this email address will not be considered.

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.