Senior Process Engineer

Senior Process EngineerCovia 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 remotely based, dynamic Senior Process Engineer who will have a positive impact on the Engineering & Operations Teams. As a Senior Process Engineer, you will provide mineral processing design, analysis and engineering services to Operations and perform process optimization studies to decrease cost, improve yield, recovery, and quality.Key Accountabilities:Scope & Estimates and Capital Projects: Complete process work to support project scope, design and estimates for assigned Engineering Service Requests. This will include flowsheets, material balances, equipment testing, equipment selection, equipment sizing and process control.Technical Training, Technical Meetings, and Taskforces: Provide technical training to plant and other staff personnel on engineering subjects and process related topics. Provide process analyses for Covia OEM projects and participate in their meetings as needed.Plant Improvement Projects and Process Audits: Conduct plant process investigations related to productivity and process improvements and develop solutions to increase throughput, decrease cost, improve yield, improve quality, and/or improve safety.Standards Development and Updates: Participate in the development of Engineering Standards and ensure that Covia Engineering Standards are consistently and uniformly applied.Reporting: Issue regular weekly activity reports and project memos, reports, and source files in a timely fashion to allow proper review and project completion.General: Travel 40-50% as required to initiate, keep projects moving, and complete them in a timely manner. Ensure that high standards of engineering are maintained in all Covia functions.Minimum Qualifications:U.S. or equivalent degree in an Engineering disciplineMinimum of 5 years engineering or equivalent professional experiencePreference given to candidates with experience in mineral processing, bulk material handling systems, or heavy industryCommitment 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.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 include excellent healthcare benefits – medical, vision, dental, 401K with company matching, vacation + paid holidays, disability, life / AD&D, and long-term care insurances, and an employee assistance program.