Senior Process Engineer

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

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Covia

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2018

🏗️ Construction

🏭 Manufacturing

🔬 Science

💰 Post IPO equity on 2021-01

Construction • Manufacturing • Science

Covia is a supplier of industrial minerals and material solutions serving manufacturers across ceramics, foundry, polymers, glass, building products, engineered stone, and environmental markets. The company produces and distributes minerals and additives such as ball clay, kaolin, nepheline syenite, silica sand, calcium carbonate, and feldspar, and offers custom toll blending and technical support to industrial customers, emphasizing environmental stewardship and responsible governance.

📋 Description

• Provide mineral processing design, analysis, and engineering services to Operations • Perform process optimization studies to decrease cost and improve yield, recovery, and quality • Complete process work supporting Class I–III project scope, design, and estimates, including flowsheets, material balances, equipment testing, selection, sizing, and process control • Lead Class I estimates when requested • Oversee development of Sequences of Operations with Controls and Automation Engineers and engineering firms on P&IDs • Work with outside consulting engineering firms on projects • Manage project start-up and commissioning for major capital projects • Lead startup teams, conduct meetings, and issue startup updates and reports • Participate in project update, management review, and capital project review meetings • Develop and provide technical training to plant and staff personnel • Provide process analyses for Covia OEM projects and participate in related meetings • Work on interdepartmental teams across Project Management, Controls and Automation Engineering, R&D, Geology & Mine Planning, Environmental Affairs, Safety & Health, Purchasing, Operations, and Sales • Maintain liaison with internal and external stakeholders and act independently on technical project matters • Manage and/or work on projects involving unique or controversial technical problems affecting Covia objectives • Conduct plant process investigations and develop solutions to increase throughput, decrease cost, improve yield, improve quality, and improve productivity • Direct and conduct testing on new and experimental process equipment and methods • Provide technical support to plants through process studies, training, and continuous improvement implementation • Run plant-feed samples through the CFS for audit comparison and mine-planning reconciliation evaluations • Oversee updates of plant equipment lists, flowsheets, and material balances • Issue detailed reports according to process policies and procedures • Participate in development and updates of Engineering Standards • Ensure Engineering Standards are consistently and uniformly applied • Submit weekly activity reports, project kickoff materials, startup updates, project memos, reports, and source files • Travel 40–50% as required to initiate, advance, and complete projects • Maintain high engineering standards and follow departmental policies and procedures • Monitor technical developments in metallurgical and minerals processing fields • Maintain and develop personal-computer engineering skills • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or equivalent degree in an Engineering discipline • Minimum of 5 years of engineering or equivalent professional experience • Preference given to candidates with experience in mineral processing, bulk material handling systems, or heavy industry • Ability to travel 40–50% as required • Ability to work independently and effectively as part of a team • Commitment to company policies, procedures, rules, and safety requirements • Ability to maintain technical skills through available training • Knowledge of technical developments in metallurgical/minerals processing fields • Ability to use personal computers for engineering work • Ability to work interdepartmentally with Project Management, Controls and Automation Engineering, R&D, Geology & Mine Planning, Environmental Affairs, Safety & Health, Purchasing, Operations, and Sales

🏖️ 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 • Competitive salaries • Advancement opportunities • Diverse and inclusive workplace culture