Covia is a leading supplier of minerals and material solutions to the industrial and energy markets. Covias 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 Covias 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 has an immediate opening for anOperator position at the Menomonie facility in Menomonie WI.
The successful candidate will have the following Key Accountabilities:
- Complete and adhere to all MSHA and COVIA safety training and policies.
- Must be able to use plant maintenance tools and safely operate equipment including manlifts forklifts and skid steer haul truck and frontend loaders.
- Must have capacity to work in all outdoor yearround weather conditions inside unheated or uncooled buildings inside machinery and in LAB/Loadout area.
- Must be able to work from elevated worksites or manlifts.
- Must be able to climb stairs and ladders and lift and carry 60pound objects.
- Must be able to startup/shutdown and operate Dry Plant machinery.
- Must be able to collect daily samples and conduct necessary testing per Lab requirements.
- Manage waste from Dry Plant oversized and dust collection systems.
- Performs daily cleanup of Dry Plant/LAB work areas (washing sweeping shoveling etc. as directed.
- Lubricates and inspects associated equipment as directed.
- Perform daily weekly and monthly preventive maintenance activities (PMs) as directed.
- Assist in minor and major maintenance repair activities as directed.
- Immediately reports and reacts to emergencies such as conveyor stopping screen plugups etc.
- Fill out daily production quality and inspection sheets.
- Conduct daily Method 9 Visible Emissions Observation and fill out related form.
- Load trucks and railcars with company products via Citect controls system.
- Complete necessary documentation for product loading (via software systems and paperwork as appropriate)
- Communicate with customer truck drivers to ensure safe and efficient loading of trucks ensuring adherence to Covia policies and procedures.
- Communicate with Covia logistics personnel and railroad company to move rail cars as needed.
- Performs daily inspections/rounds of respective work area maintaining a safe work environment looking for abnormalities/problems and creates work requests in CMMS (IFS) for equipment needing repairs and notifies appropriate personnel as necessary.
- Conducts daily product sample testing in LAB and sends out sample results to email distribution list and notifies Production Lead and Plant Management when/if products are out of specification.
- Perform all other duties as needed or directed.
- The above duties reflect the general details necessary to describe the principal functions for both the Operator Dry Plant and Operator Loadout jobs as these jobs are expected to be crossfunctional and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all of the work requirements inherent in the job. Other work will be assigned and utilize scheduled time or to meet exceptional conditions. Job incumbents are required to observe all safety practices and wear specified safety devices.
The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Previous mechanical and electrical experience preferred
- Previous heavy equipment operating experience preferred
- Literacy in English both written and spoken
- Ability to operate computer programs
- Safety awareness
Benefits:
- Excellent Healthcare Benefits medical vision dental
- 401K with company matching
- PTO Paid Holidays
- Disability Life / AD&D and LongTerm 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 workrelated factors and without regard to nonworkrelated 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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