Operator

About the role

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. has an immediate opportunity for an Operator at its Toledo, OH HBI location. The Operator is responsible for monitoring, maintaining, and operating various equipment across the site on a rotating shift. This role is responsible for one or multiple areas including the furnace, briquetting, water treatment, and materials loading and unloading. The Operator interacts with the control room, maintenance, engineering, and contractors to ensure the effective operations of the site.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to safety standards and maintain equipment and surrounding areas in good condition to sustain uninterrupted operation.
• Operate equipment including, but not limited to:
  • Conveyor belts, pumps, air blowers, compressors, scrubbers, dust collectors, briquetters, stackers, reclaimers, rail loadout, reagent systems, clarifiers, thickeners, pipelines, water treatment plant
  • Overhead crane and various pieces of mobile equipment such as front-end loaders, skid steer, and forklifts
• Recognize upset conditions, determine cause, and take appropriate corrective action.
• Identify operating irregularities, troubleshoot, and correct equipment performance or relay details to craft, control room, and supervisory personnel.
• Collect process and cargo samples for laboratory analysis.
• Perform safe isolation of operating equipment from energy sources to enable maintenance activities.
• Perform minor maintenance where trained, such as:
  • Replace idlers, scrapers and skirting
  • Replace auto lubricators and lubricate equipment
  • Adjust pump packing
  • Chute repairs
  • Minor plumbing
  • Cutting and welding
  • Field temperature checks
• Assist Mechanical and Electrical maintenance personnel where required.
• Accurately follow procedures, record data, create required reports, and provide timely feedback of field process conditions to control room and supervisor.
• Provide written and/or verbal turnover information to oncoming crew members.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• 3–5 years related experience in an industrial environment.
• Team player with the ability to work collaboratively.
• Positive, high energy, and self-motivated.
• Ability to multitask, perform under stressful conditions, and respond and adapt in changing conditions.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to read and comprehend equipment manuals and procedures.
• Basic use of computers including MS Office.
• Physical requirements: hearing, seeing (acuity, near, far, and depth), talking, sitting, standing, walking, lifting (up to 50 lbs.), carrying, pushing, pulling (up to 50 lbs.), climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, fingering, feeling, and wearing personal protective equipment.
• Ability to work at heights.
• Willingness to work on both scheduled and call-out basis and at the assigned job site.
• Willingness to work shift work and assist in other areas of the department or site as needed.
• Applicants must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Skid steer, front-end loader, forklift operational knowledge preferred.
• 2-year degree from accredited vocational/technical school preferred.