Maintenance Manager

Job ID: R10698
Job Title: Maintenance Manager
City,State: Detroit, MI, US
Job Family: FPT_Operations
Posted On: July 15, 2025

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Job Description

Ferrous Processing and Trading (FPT) is one of North America’s premier processors, buyers, sellers, and recyclers of scrap metals of all kinds and is a key supplier to the metals industry of North America. FPT is a wholly-owned business of Cleveland-Cliffs and has an immediate opportunity for a Maintenance Manager at one of our Detroit, MI locations. The Maintenance Manager supervises and coordinates activities of production workers and workers engaged in repairs and maintains machinery and mechanical equipment such as engines, motors, and production machines and equipment by performing the following duties

Summary of Responsibilities:

  • Confer with yard personnel and plans and allocates the use of materials handling equipment such as mobile equipment, plant equipment and other parts and fluids
  • Keep records of service parts received and used
  • Initiate purchase orders for parts and equipment
  • Inspect incoming parts and verify invoices
  • Interpret company policies to workers and enforces safety regulations
  • Interpret job orders to workers and assigns duties
  • Establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules
  • Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase the efficiency of yard, departments, or work crew
  • Analyze and resolve work problems or assist workers in solving work problems
  • Maintain time and production records and may perform activities of workers supervised
  • Confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments
  • Assist with day-to-day safety and production meetings
  • Assist with scheduling outbound material to vendors

Minimum Qualifications:

  • High School Diploma/GED
  • Previous supervisor experience
  • Proficient in MS Office programs (Excel, Outlook, Word)
  • Excellent customer oral and written communication skills
  • Problem-solving, analytical, critical thinking, and decision-making
  • Collaborative; builds and works with teams
  • Ability to coach and mentor
  • Pre-Employment background, physical, and hair drug screen required

Ferrous Processing and Trading is a subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., the largest flat-rolled steel company and the largest iron ore pellet producer in North America.  Cleveland-Cliffs 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, 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.

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