Cleveland-Cliffs has an opening for a Tailings Engineer in Forbes, MN. This position requires direct involvement in the oversight of all tailings basin dam safety activities, including basin planning, geotechnical monitoring, management, and operation of Cliffs tailings storage facilities, reporting out of our Forbes, MN location. This also includes various freshwater retention structures and related appurtenant hydraulic outlet works.
The position will work with each sites operations & technical staff and integrate with engineering consultants, contractors, as required. The position will be mentored and technically advised by the greater Cliffs tailings team.
The tailings basin engineer is the responsible site person whose role is being accountable for delivering the tailings basin project, encompassing all facets of basin engineering, long-range planning, basin construction, instrumentation, monitoring, metrics, reporting, and ongoing QA/QC work that ensure uninterrupted tailings storage and associated slurry transport & water management for continued site operations. The individual directs and synchronizes work activities of the greater basin operations teams with authority and responsibility from the site management and corporate directives to either execute and/or direct all tailings basin activities on a day-to-day basis.
The Tailings Engineer is a professional who organizes plans and executes tailings basin projects while working within constraints like budgets and schedules. The Tailings engineer prepares plans and direction for site operational teams, defines and communicates project direction and goals, communicates progress with management and stakeholders, and sees the greater tailings basin project through operations to its closure.
Summary of Responsibilities
Involvement in the geotechnical planning, design, and construction of large earthwork structures and systems for basin tailings slurry disposal and containment.
Review and/or preparation of short and long-range planning for tailings disposal and construction activities.
Participation on site tailings project teams, including major tailings basin expansion projects.
Involvement in the review, design, and implementation of various geotechnical monitoring activities at the operations, including drilling programs, inclinometers, piezometers, seepage monitoring, etc.
Maintenance of tailings basin documentation, design, engineering, construction, and regulatory documentation and data in a consistent, timely, and orderly fashion in the specified electronic or physical repository.
Review and participation in design and operational performance audits of operational mine tailings basin and related physical infrastructure.
Monitoring operations, water balance assessment of ponds, reservoirs, and associated hydraulic works.
Construction management assistance related to basin earthwork projects, including computer-aided design, survey alignments, construction survey, earthwork volumes, payment volumes, geotechnical monitoring, project budgeting, and cost forecasting, and contract administration assistance as required.
Oversight of field construction based upon developed computer-aided design drawings using photogrammetric digital aerial mapping and/or digital photo imagery.
Review construction and geotechnical investigative drilling reports and supporting documentation.
Participation, preparation, and/or execution of periodic Probable Failure Mode Analyses (PMFA) of basins and water retention structures.
Participation, preparation, and/or execution of periodic drills related to tailings basin Emergency Action Plans.
Assist in design reviews and/or field implementations of wetlands projects.
Prepare timely and accurate reports for various geotechnical projects, including the development of project schedules and progress reports.
Explore latest technologies and best practices related to tailings basins and evaluate their suitability for operations.
Participate or lead tailings basin projects related to environmental compliance and improvement activities.
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
About Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
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 email 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 - MFVeteranDisability. We are a drug-free workplace and conduct pre-employment screening as a condition of employment.
Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America. Founded in 1847 as a mine operator, we are also the largest supplier of iron ore pellets in North America. In 2020, we acquired two major steelmakers, AK Steel and ArcelorMittal USA, vertically integrating our legacy iron ore business with quality-focused steel production and emphasis on the automotive end market. Our fully integrated portfolio includes custom-made pellets and HBI; flat-rolled carbon steel, stainless, electrical, plate, tinplate and long steel products; as well as carbon and stainless steel tubing, hot and cold stamping and tooling. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, we employ approximately 25,000 people across our mining, steel and downstream manufacturing operations in the United States and Canada.