Shift Manager Operations

Cleveland-Cliffs; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Education assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. seeks a Shift Manager of Operations for the Warren, OH location. You will prioritize, assign, and review work for Plant Operators and control room staff, ensuring safe, efficient plant production across shifts.

Responsibilities include planning work from weekly orders, conducting shift huddles, monitoring quality, closing work orders, and driving process improvements while maintaining safety and environmental performance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required.
• 3–5 years in heavy industrial, hydrocarbon, or mining environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• CMMS experience; Ellipse preferred.
• Must manage multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Shift work in a plant environment; able to work in a noisy, dusty setting.
• U.S. work authorization required.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate safe work practices and lead work safely.
• Gather information from supervisors and crew to create a shift plan.
• Plan and prioritize daily work assignments from weekly orders.
• Conduct shift toolbox huddle and communicate plans and tasks.
• Monitor quality of completed work assignments.
• Inspect crew work areas and ensure task completion.
• Write and close out work orders with accurate hours.
• Document shift performance for handover to others.
• Address deviations from operating plan with sustainable fixes.
• Ensure unloading/loading of incoming oxide and outgoing products efficiently.
• Recommend process improvements and monitor implementation.
• Coordinate plans to meet safety, quality, production, cost, and environmental goals.

Skills

Microsoft Office

CMMS Ellipse

Shift planning

Mechanical aptitude

Safety leadership

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Ellipse CMMS

Job description

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has an immediate opportunity for a shift manager of operations at our Warren, OH location. The Shift Manager of Operations is responsible for the safe operation of the facility. This position prioritizes, assigns, directs, and reviews the work of Plant Operators and the control room based on standard work and process conditions across the facility. The role actively involves participating with all site personnel on shifts 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 the information to create a shift plan.
• Plan and prioritize work assignments from the weekly work order packet daily.
• Perform shift toolbox huddle, communicate 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 the crew, ensuring job hours are accurately reflected in tasks assigned.
• 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.
• 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 results in safety, quality, production, cost, and environmental performance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications_:_

• High school diploma
• 3-5 years of experience in a heavy industrial, hydrocarbon, or mining environment.
• 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.
• 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).
• Ability to work under minimal supervision and effectively manage multiple/changing priorities.
• Routinely exposed to plant environment including noise, dust, dirt and vibrations, extreme climate changes/weather changes.
• Ability to work shift work.
• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Steel manufacturing experiences preferred

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.