Location: Cleveland, OH
Cleveland-Cliffs Steel LLC has immediate openings for Shift Manager Operations positions at our Cleveland, OH plant. This front-line leadership role is responsible for coordinating safety and quality activities, leading hourly employees, and overseeing production operations to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable performance.
The Shift Manager serves as a key link between hourly personnel, maintenance, and leadership to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable operations in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with all safety, environmental, and quality standards; conduct safety, quality, and environmental audits in a timely manner.
- Provide clear direction to employees and maintain accountability for adherence to safety rules, environmental requirements, and job procedures.
- Monitor operating conditions and work with production and maintenance teams to address operational issues and drive safe, efficient performance.
- Schedule, supervise, and lead hourly operating and maintenance personnel, working directly with employees on the shop floor and from the Shift Manager's office.
- Train, coach, and develop employees while fostering a fair and respectful work environment focused on safety, teamwork, and production excellence.
- Collaborate with maintenance teams, planners, and schedulers to prioritize corrective and preventive maintenance activities.
- Make timely decisions in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and escalate issues when appropriate.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and support initiatives that enhance reliability, quality, safety, and productivity.
- Coordinate with employees, contractors, and other departments to support production and maintenance activities.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent from an accredited school.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a manufacturing, industrial, military, or other relevant operations environment.
- Ability and willingness to work rotating shifts, including weekends and holidays, within a 24/7 operating environment; extended hours as needed.
- Ability to work in a hot, dusty industrial environment and perform physical requirements including climbing stairs and ladders, walking on uneven surfaces, and working outdoors in all weather conditions.
- Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and exposure to databases.
- Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
- Three or more years of leadership experience in a unionized heavy industrial or military environment, with responsibility for workforce accountability, performance management, and operational communication.
- Prior steel mill experience strongly preferred.
Relocation assistance is not provided for this position.
The salary range for this role is $70,000 to $110,000. 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.
