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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 Covia’s 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.

Covia has an immediate opening for a Utility position at the Mineral Visions facility, located in Ottawa, IL.

• Loading trucks with pallets and bagged products
• Loading materials with a forklift
• Obtaining and preparing product samples for analysis and storage
• Conducting various tests according to established laboratory procedures
• Performing general housekeeping within the plant and laboratory
• Following Covia safety standards at all times
• Working in a physically demanding work environment

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Microsoft Office and various other computer applications
• Mechanical and electrical experience preferred
• Experience operating a forklift

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.

• 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.

• 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

An Equal Opportunity Employer

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Management and Manufacturing

• Chemical Manufacturing, Mining, and Oil and Gas