Paralegal

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 Covias 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.

Covias corporate headquarters is inIndependence Ohio and Covia offers a hybrid work schedule.

Covia is looking for a Paralegal who is driven and ambitious curious and eager to learn new subject areas and highly collaborative. The successful candidate will have a positive impact on Covia and its legal team andwill have the following key responsibilities:

Working closely with in-house counsel the legal operations manager and various other internal stakeholders the paralegal will be responsible for various legal support work from administrative tasks to document review fact finding investigations legal research and the preparation of numerous documents covering a wide range of subject matters. The paralegal will also assist in creating and maintaining department processes and will frequently interact with Company representatives and outside counsel to coordinate projects and filings.

The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• Education paralegal certificate or associate degree in related field (overall experience will be considered in lieu of the Education requirement)
• Experience at least 5 years of experience as a legal assistant or paralegal (in-house legal experience a plus) or other comparable relevant experience; demonstrated experience managing litigation claims and insurance matters is preferred; experience working with commercial contracts and/or labor and employment is a plus; all legal experience will be considered

• Technology proficient in Microsoft Word Excel and Power Point as well as database proficiency; able to utilize other software applications at an intermediate level and learn Companys specific applications; willing to learn and use new technology especially AI
• Innovation and Curiosity innovative mindset committed to creative and analytical curiosity; able to formulate novel solutions that result in improved process and/or performance; embraces change uncertainty and newness with a growth mindset and positive attitude; has a relentless desire to learn
• Analytical gathers and analyzes information skillfully; synthesizes complex or diverse information; thoroughly collects and researches data
• Problem Solving has the courage to challenge traditional solutions and brings a fresh perspective to solving problems; identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner while balancing risks and rewards
• Communication clearly and concisely conveys thoughts verbally and in writing; relates to people with all levels of experience and backgrounds when communicating and responding to questions; reviews and edits work for proper spelling and grammar
• Organization highly organized with meticulous attention to detail; capable of prioritizing tasks independently and taking direction from management
• Dynamic keen ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines simultaneously without sacrificing quality or accuracy; demonstrates versatility with unfamiliar subject matters; displays an enthusiastic approach to ambiguity

Commitment to Our Culture

Our core values - Safety Team Customers Growth and Courageguide 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 successensuring 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

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.

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

An Equal Opportunity Employer

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