Health and Safety Specialist

Location: Burns Harbor, IN

Cleveland-Cliffs Steel has an immediate opportunity for a Safety Representative at our Burns Harbor, IN operation. The Safety Specialist is responsible for actively working with operating, maintenance, and staff departments in developing, implementing, and managing comprehensive safety and industrial hygiene programs.  

Summary of Responsibilities

• Demonstrate visible safety leadership and mentor managers and supervisors in executing safety responsibilities.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, engineering, and other teams to integrate safety into all aspects of the business.
• Support management during regulatory inspections and ensure compliance with safety regulations and standards.
• Conduct safety inspections, field audits, and assessments of equipment, facilities, and work practices to identify and mitigate hazards.
• Maintain and continuously improve safety programs and management systems, including ISO 45001.
• Monitor and implement evolving safety regulations and industry best practices.
• Lead and participate in incident investigations using root cause analysis and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Support serious injury and fatality (SIF) prevention efforts, hazard assessments, and the safe design and installation of equipment and systems.
• Develop and deliver safety training, communicate safety performance metrics, facilitate safety meetings, and serve as a technical resource for employees, management, and the Plant Safety Committee.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in occupational safety and health or significant experience in the field of safety. 
• Excellent communication (verbal and written), team building, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. 
• Ability to effectively work in a team-oriented environment. 
• Self-motivated with minimal direction required for day-to-day operations. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• 3 years’ experience in a safety and health position. 
• Willing and able to work nights, weekends and/or holidays when on call or during extended outages. 
• Applicants for this position must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Related experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Successful track record working with a represented workforce in a heavy industrial setting. 
• Knowledge of Safety and Health regulations including OSHA, ANSI, ASME, NFPA, Regulations. 
• Management system internal audit experience. 
• 5+ years of experience in an industrial safety and health position. 
• Strong public speaking abilities

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 [email protected] 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.