Maintenance Mechanic

Maintenance Mechanic

Covia responsibly provides minerals solutions for a better tomorrow. As a leading provider of diversified minerals, our products support a variety of industrial markets. Long-standing relationships with a broad customer base enable Covia's market-inspired approach to innovation to enhance solutions and customer benefits. Covia is looking for a dynamic Maintenance Mechanic who will have a positive impact on the Operations team at its Tuscaloosa, AL location. The Maintenance Mechanic is accountable to ensure the safe and productive operation of the plant and must possess aptitude for multiple disciplines and be proficient in the operation of equipment associated with all functional areas within the plant.

Key Accountabilities:

• Safety Perform each and every job in a safe and timely manner. A pre-job safety discussion is mandated before any major maintenance task is undertaken.
• Preventative Maintenance - perform all preventative maintenance as needed in the plant.
• Dredge troubleshoot issues on the dredge relating to cutterhead, cutterhead drive, dredge piping, dredge pump, service water, hydraulic winches, hydraulic systems, and other electrical issues.
• Drive Mechanisms - work on and replace sheaves and pulleys, chain and sprockets, reducers, motors, motor bearings, shafts, couplings, etc.
• Pumps and Blowers - ability to replace all wear surfaces in all type high chrome, rubber lined, and urethane lined pumps and fans.
• Welding - ability to choose the proper rod and weld in multiple positions on different types of metal and varying thickness. Ability to work from blueprints and fabricate items as needed.
• Electrical Check fuses, breakers, and VFD's and roughly diagnose issues.
• Maintaining housekeeping in the shop area to Covia and MSHA standards and enhance our safety program.
• Understand the plant's basic flow sheet as well as the operation and purpose of each type of equipment.
• Selecting the proper lifting equipment and proper rigging hand signals.
• Familiar with the care and proper safe use, nomenclature and selection of tools and materials used in maintenance.
• Filing, reaming, tapping, drilling, pipe fitting and fusion pipe welding and other benchwork activities.
• Work as a fill in production employee when other employees are on vacation or work as necessary to complete production requirements at the supervisor's discretion.
• Perform any other task safely, as directed by supervisor.
• Able to work overtime.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 5 years of dredge/industrial sand experience desired.
• Ability to diagnose mechanical or equipment failure.
• Basic electrical knowledge including troubleshooting and identifying electrical issues.
• Read and understand parts schematic and blueprints for maintenance fabrication and ordering/replacement of parts.
• Basic computer skills for maintenance portion of our company ERP.
• Comfortable working in and around water.
• Must pass a pre-employment weld test AWS D1.1, 3G uphill, SMAW, 3/8" plate.

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.