Section Manager Maintenance

Cleveland-Cliffs, New Carlisle Works facility located in New Carlisle, Indiana, has an immediate opportunity for a Section Manager Maintenance. The position is responsible for overseeing the maintenance team to ensure production goals are met adequately and in a timely manner. The ideal candidate will have prior knowledge of maintenance, be initiative-taking, have experience in leading teams, and thrive in an autonomous work environment.

Cleveland-Cliffs offers competitive compensation and benefits package with career advancement opportunities.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Create and manage OPEX R&M budgets for the department. Perform daily cost management with the team to spend to budget.
• Manage a small group of mechanical and electrical equipment engineers.
• Develop CAPEX project goals with the engineering team.
• Participate in divisions business unit meeting schedules.
• Provide leadership to teams ensuring employees performing maintenance activities are trained and qualified to perform them.
• Monitor expenditures versus plan and manages accordingly.
• Ensure teams effective implementation of maintenance and preventative maintenance programs and schedules.
• Continuously track key KPI’s to identify opportunities for improvement in costs, quality, customer service, health and safety, plant operations and work with your team to implement continuous improvement.
• Establish appropriate, timely reporting system setting out progress against objectives, with follow-up action steps where necessary.
• Develop the team to use computerized maintenance management system for tracking work orders, spare parts, and maintenance history of plant equipment.
• Ensure the team maintains preventative maintenance schedule for all assets.
• Guide teams to manage inventory of required parts and liaison with the purchaser to ensure the appropriate levels are maintained.
• Ensure the proper training is complete prior to the assignment of any tasks.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of technical and mechanical trades experience in a high paced manufacturing field or equivalent amount of engineering (civil / electrical / mechanical / industrial) experience
• Exhibits strong leadership qualities and possesses well-developed analytical and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Experience with management of multi-trade divisional maintenance staff or outside contractors to achieve timely completion of tasks
• Experience with managing electrical and mechanical engineers
• Knowledge of maintenance software, Microsoft Office (advanced Excel, Word, Outlook, teams, SharePoint), preventive/predictive maintenance strategies and quality standards
• Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills
• Experience with computerized maintenance management system

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5-7 years’ experience in a manufacturing facility
• Steel manufacturing experience
• OSHA safety experience and knowledge

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 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 careers@clevelandcliffs.com or call 1(312) 899-3097 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.