Section Manager, Plant Maintenance – Mining

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

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.