Maintenance Operator

Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets, including glass, ceramics, coatings, metals, foundry, polymers, construction, water filtration, and sports and recreation. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia's market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Underpinning these strengths is an unwavering commitment to safety and to sustainable development, further enhancing the value that Covia delivers to all its stakeholders.

Covia is looking for a dynamic Maintenance Operator who will have a positive impact on our team at our Pevely, MO sand mine and mineral processing location. The Maintenance Operator is accountable to ensure safe and productive maintenance, repairs, and operation of the plant and must possess aptitude for multiple disciplines within the heavy industrial surface mining and mineral processing operation involving crushing, washing, screening, drying, mill, and chemical processes.

Employee work areas include a surface sand mine, indoor control rooms, laboratories, non-air-conditioned mechanical shops and processing buildings, cabs of mobile equipment, elevated platforms, offices, and outdoor areas during all weather conditions. Confined space work areas for maintenance or vessel cleaning are required. Employees must climb stairs and steel ladders, with and without cages, to elevated platforms, and catwalks.

The successful candidate will have the following Key Accountabilities:

• Comply with applicable MSHA Regulations as outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and procedures applying to the worker or person that are part of a safety and health management system for the site.
• Comply with provided instructions for safety and health of supervision at the site.

• Follow strict adherence to all applicable PPE safety programs including the use of hard hats, safety glasses, safety shoes, respirators, gloves, high visibility apparel, and harness and lanyard personal protection equipment for working from heights.

• Perform equipment and area inspections and maintain a safe work environment.
• Operate equipment in a safe and most efficient manner, and prevent damage, downtime, and quality issues. Act in a responsible manner without negligence or recklessness that might adversely affect safety and health of co-workers and workplace productivity.
• Possess the mechanical and electrical skills to perform plant maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs associated with all on-site stationary equipment.
• Ability to troubleshoot 480 VAC / 120 VAC circuitry and equipment. Ability to take coursework to advance electrical knowledge and skills.
• Ability to design and fabricate new equipment or repair components of the plant's machinery. Must be competent in welding and metal fabrication and electrical component installations.
• Must be able to read manuals, blueprints, electrical diagrams, and complete required reports.
• Must have capacity to work outdoors year-round in all weather conditions, inside buildings or machinery, performing repairs, and on, or from, elevated worksites or man-lifts.
• Must be able to start up and operate plant process machinery, and mobile mining equipment.
• Operate a wide variety of hand and power tools, jack hammers, and shovels.
• All jobs require a full range of motion with lifting and carrying capacities up to 75 lbs.
• Perform duties of mining high purity silica sand, bulk sand processing, packaging 75-pound bags, loading and shipping of bagged and bulk products, as required and directed by management.
• Must maintain a telephone number and respond to plant callouts for equipment breakdown repairs.
• Adhere to Covia and site procedures and instructions given by management and perform other duties as assigned.

The successful candidate will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Literacy in English, both verbally and written.
• Previous experience with mining operations (preferably sand).
• Previous experience in mechanical and electrical equipment maintenance, metal fabrication, and troubleshooting.
• Prior exposure and understanding of processing equipment used in sand production.
• Demonstrated ability to operate heavy mobile equipment proficiently.
• Demonstrated commitment to safety with previous experience in identifying and managing risks.
• Demonstrated experience contributing within a team of professionals to deliver set targets.

Commitment to Our Culture

Our core values - Safety, Team, Customers, Growth, and Courage-guide our work every day and will help us achieve our vision: Covia is the leading minerals solutions provider, and through the passion and commitment of our people, we enable customer success-ensuring a sustainable future for our company.

All Covia Team Members are expected to:

• Live the Life-Saving Rules.
• Build high-performing work teams.
• Focus on customers.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset.
• Do the right thing, always.

Benefits:

• Excellent Healthcare Benefits - Medical, Vision, Dental
• 401K with Company Matching
• Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays
• Disability Plans and Life / AD&D
• Employee Assistance Program

At Covia, we strive for and support a diverse workforce as we firmly believe this lays the foundation of our success. Our compelling culture supports inclusion, individuality and respect within the workplace. We are committed to providing employment opportunities to the most qualified candidate based on work-related factors and without regard to non-work-related factors including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, or military service or reserve or veteran status.

The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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