Mining Engineer

ovia 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 Mining Engineer who will have a positive impact on the Operations team at our Chardon, OH facility. As a Mining Engineer, you will support an operating environment that embraces the continuous improvement process, implementing and maintaining systems, driving productivity improvements as well as leading, coaching, motivating, and engaging the work teams to accomplish operational objectives

The successful incumbent will have the following Key Accountabilities:

- Set high standards for workplace safety. Understand and enforce MSHA regulations and Covia's Corporate Safety & Health policies and procedures ensuring employees are properly trained and equipped to perform jobs in the safest manner. Enforce high standards for plant housekeeping.

- Coordinate with Plant Manager, Operations Manager, and Production Supervisors to ensure production and quality needs are being met.

- Coordinate with Environmental Affairs to maintain compliance with requirements.

- Coordinate with the landowner and other relevant parties to ensure compliance with land-use agreements and maintain a good working relationship.

- Supervise hourly personnel and contractors as needed in performing their daily work assignments.

- Direct mine related production activities, including but not limited to:

- - Loading, Hauling, Stockpiling, Waste Management, Stripping, Road Watering and Maintenance, Tailings Disposal and Reclamation

- Provide short range mine planning in accordance with five-year plans.

- Performs survey and updates to mine progress and volumes using mine modeling software.

The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

- 3-5 years of mining /earth moving experience with heavy equipment.

- 1-2 years of supervisory experience.

- 1-2 years of mine planning experience.

- Bachelor’s Degree preferred, High school diploma or equivalent required

- Working knowledge of Microsoft Windows and computer programs

- Drone experience preferred.

- Experience surveying preferred.

- Experience working with Propeller and other aerial mine modelling software programs preferred.

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

- 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, 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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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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