Shift Manager Operations

AK Steel Corporation; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. in Toledo, OH is seeking a Shift Manager Operations to ensure safe operation of the facility and to optimize production on a shift-by-shift basis.

The role requires planning, coordinating with plant operators and control room staff, and leading safety-focused initiatives. Candidates should have an associate degree and 3–5 years in a heavy industrial setting, plus CMMS and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• 2–3 sentences describing required leadership experience and the ability to coach a team.
• Experience in a heavy industrial environment (steel/hydrocarbon/mining) is preferred.
• CMMS experience and understanding of plant diagrams are required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and plan shift work for operators and control room staff.
• Conduct shift toolbox huddles and communicate plan and parameters.
• Monitor quality, track work hours, and ensure accurate payroll data.
• Coordinate with other supervisors to minimize variation and implement best practices.
• Ensure safe work practices and adherence to policies and procedures.
• Support process improvements and efficiency initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

CMMS experience

Microsoft Office

Mechanical aptitude

Effective communication

Education

Associate Degree in business or related field

Tools

Ellipse

Job description

Location: Toledo, OH

Cleveland-Cliffs has an immediate opportunity for a Shift Manager Operations at our Toledo, OH HBI location. The Shift Manager Operations is responsible for the safe operation of the facility. This position prioritizes, assigns, directs, and reviews work of Plant Operators and the control room based on standard work, and process conditions across the facility. The role actively participates with all site personnel on shift to optimize plant production.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate safe work practices and lead work safely.
• Gather information from previous supervisor(s) and crew and use information to create a shift plan.
• Plan and prioritize work assignments from the weekly work order packet on a daily basis.
• Perform shift toolbox huddle, communicating shift plan, task assignments, shift operating parameters, and any special tasks required.
• Monitor and inspect the quality of completed work assignments.
• Complete shift inspection of crew member areas, inspecting the quality and completeness of work assignments.
• Write and close out work orders for crew, ensuring job hours are accurately reflected to tasks assigned.
• Ensure start and stop times are accurately reflected for payroll.
• Document shift performance for crew, work achieved, and key process parameters for handover to other operating personnel.
• Understand significant deviations from the department's operating plan and make changes to correct and implement sustainable solutions to deviations.
• Elevate deviations to the manager that cannot be corrected at supervisor level.
• Collaborate with other supervisors to minimize variation between shifts and implement best practices.
• Administer corporate, site, and departmental policies consistently and impartially.
• Ensure incoming oxide and outgoing products are unloaded and loaded as efficiently as possible.
• Make recommendations on quality improvement initiatives, communicate the priority of process improvement work to subordinates, and monitor that the process improvement work is completed.
• Coordinate plans, projects, and programs to achieve the desired performance results in safety, quality, production, cost, and environmental performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in business or related field. May consider equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in heavy industrial environment preferably steel, hydrocarbon or mining environment.
• Experience overseeing, leading, and coaching people.
• Microsoft Office experience (Excel, Word, etc.)
• Ability to work under minimal supervision and effectively manage multiple/changing priorities.
• Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) experience; Ellipse preferred.
• Understanding of piping and instrumentation diagrams and single line diagrams for process isolation purposes.
• Reasonable mechanical aptitude (preferably with experience in pipe materials, specifications, fittings, seals, water piping/pumping systems, compressible fluid piping/pumping systems, welding, conveying equipment, gearing/bearings/power transmission).
• Effectively communicate both orally and through written text.
• Ability to read and constructively influence personnel in team processes.
• Ability to work under minimal supervision and effectively manage multiple/changing priorities.
• Occasionally lifting up to 25lbs.
• Mobility required. Must be able to handle stairs and long periods of work on your feet.
• Routinely exposed to plant environment including noise, dust, dirt and vibrations, extreme climate changes / changes in weather.
• Ability to work at heights.
• Willing to work shift work.
• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

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 competitive pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, retirement plan, education assistance, paid time off, and more.

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.