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Share this Job Job Description Cleveland-Cliffs has an opportunity as an Operations Planner in Ishpeming, MI. The Operations Planner supports safe, reliable, and efficient pellet plant performance by developing and coordinating daily and weekly operating plans. The role aligns operations, maintenance, and training activities; ensures disciplined work‑order execution; and drives consistent shift‑to‑shift continuity.

Summary of Responsibilities:

Promote and enforce safety and environmental standards. Develop and communicate daily and shift operating plans. Coordinate operational and maintenance schedules. Manage work orders in Ellipse and monitor PM compliance. Document shift performance and support deviation correction. Participate in reliability and process improvement initiatives. Support training alignment and cross‑shift consistency. Coordinate with engineering to align operational plans with equipment capabilities. Monitor delays, break-ins, and interruptions to improve operational scheduling. Prepare weekly operational forecasts and resource plans. Collaborate with supervisors to minimize variation between shifts. Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality procedures. Communicate with upstream and downstream areas to coordinate work and deliveries. Evaluate deviations from plans and implement corrective actions. Identify improvement opportunities using work-order and process data. Cleveland-Cliffs has an opportunity as an Operations Planner in Ishpeming, MI. The Operations Planner supports safe, reliable, and efficient pellet plant performance by developing and coordinating daily and weekly operating plans. The role aligns operations, maintenance, and training activities; ensures disciplined work‑order execution; and drives consistent shift‑to‑shift continuity.

Summary of Responsibilities:

Promote and enforce safety and environmental standards. Develop and communicate daily and shift operating plans. Coordinate operational and maintenance schedules. Manage work orders in Ellipse and monitor PM compliance. Document shift performance and support deviation correction. Participate in reliability and process improvement initiatives. Support training alignment and cross‑shift consistency. Coordinate with engineering to align operational plans with equipment capabilities. Monitor delays, break-ins, and interruptions to improve operational scheduling. Prepare weekly operational forecasts and resource plans. Collaborate with supervisors to minimize variation between shifts. Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality procedures. Communicate with upstream and downstream areas to coordinate work and deliveries. Evaluate deviations from plans and implement corrective actions. Identify improvement opportunities using work-order and process data. Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications :

Associate degree or equivalent experience. 3-5 years industrial/mining/steel/process industry experience. Microsoft Office and CMMS experience (Ellipse preferred). Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills. Ability to work in an industrial plant environment. 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 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. Read more Let's get started Thank you for filling out the form. Join the Cleveland-Cliffs Talent Community to learn more about life at Cleveland-Cliffs, career opportunities, and more.

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