Covia is a leading supplier of minerals and material solutions to the industrial and energy markets. Covia’s rich legacy includes many achievements across industries and capital success through partnership. Our ability to deliver the right product, to the right place, at the right time, is unmatched. Just as strong is our commitment to building partnerships that help our customers succeed.

Quality and innovation are at the foundation of Covia; but our real strength is our people. Covia employs a diverse and highly skilled team of professionals to convert natural minerals into engineered solutions for our customers. Every member of our team has a valuable opportunity to help shape our future and make a positive impact on the world around us through our commitment to the locations where we live and work.

COVIA IS COMMITTED TO EMBRACING AND PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (D&I) WHERE WE WORK, WITH WHOM WE DO BUSINESS, AND WHERE WE LIVE. We strive to create an inclusive culture where diversity is valued and respected and where all feel included and engaged. We are intentional in our efforts to bring Team Members together and create opportunities to contribute their unique skills, experiences, and perspectives in the pursuit of Covia’s business growth objectives. Enabling all Team Members to perform at their best while being themselves is fundamental to the Clearly Covia Values and Culture.

Covia is looking for a Reliability Engineer who will have a positive impact on the Operations team at our Wedron. IL facility. As a Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for improving the overall cost and reliability of Covia’s processing equipment by partnering with plant leadership and utilizing data from multiple sources to improve operating outcomes that meet Covia’s production and safety guidelines.

The successful incumbent will have the following Key Accountabilities:

• Working with site leadership to support Covia’s Operations Management System with objectives that include:
  • Improving maintenance work effectiveness and efficiencies
  • Providing the tools and approaches needed by teams to deliver
  • Assisting to identify systems to support equipment availability and loss prevention
• Ensure EHS compliance and adherence to internal standards for safe and sustainable operations.
• Determine best maintenance practices for plant specific pieces of equipment and/or equipment types.
• Work with site personnel to implement and maintain Condition-based /Predictive maintenance strategies for our critical equipment classes.
• Routinely access and query the CMMS (IFS) and other equipment databases for data analysis.
• Update equipment data, documentation and Preventative Maintenance tasks in CMMS (IFS).
• Lead or participate in Equipment Criticality Assessments, Critical Spares Analyses, and Root Cause Analyses.
• Determines cost advantages of alternatives and develops action plans that comply with internal/external customer demands for reliable processes/equipment to avoid failures.
• Provide input to Corporate Engineering standards based upon equipment failure data and lessons learned.
• Work with Engineering, Procurement and site personnel during capital projects to ensure equipment, spare parts and Preventative Maintenance schedules are promptly and thoroughly entered into CMMS (IFS)
• Accountable for plant equipment availability.
• Provide technical expertise to site personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating equipment reliability.
• Ensure repairs, repair techniques and equipment specific training are documented, made available and ensure standards are followed.
• Travel Requirements maximum 10%, mainly for training and company-wide meetings
• Collaborate with cross functional and interdependent departments as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned

The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Management, Engineering, or Science from an accredited college or university, required
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a Maintenance or Reliability Engineer role
• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) is preferred
• Ability to train plant employees in problem solving techniques to deliver results.
• Self-motivated to resolve challenges and circumvent obstacles
• Openly discuss opportunities to improve the performance of the business
• Strong communication skills are essential.
• Strong analytical and technical skills, ability to solve complex problems, ability to innovate, and a strategic business perspective and financial acumen

Benefits:

• Excellent Healthcare Benefits – medical, vision, dental
• 401K with company matching
• Vacation + Paid Holidays
• Disability, Life / AD&D, and Long-Term Care Insurances
• 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, age, disability, or veteran status.

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

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)