Tailings Engineer

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. • Forbes, MN, United States • Posted June 13, 2026

Location Forbes, MN
Job Type Full-time
Category other-general
Posted June 13, 2026
Location: Forbes, MN


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 site’s 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(s) whose role is being accountable for delivering the tailings basin project being all facets of basin engineering, long range planning, basin construction, instrumentation monitoring, metrics reporting, and ongoing QA/QC work that ensure...

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