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Covia is a leading supplier of minerals and material solutions to the industrial and energy markets. Covia’s rich legacy includes many achievements across industries and capital success through partnership. Our ability to deliver the right product, to the right place, at the right time, is unmatched. Just as strong is our commitment to building partnerships that help our customers succeed.
Quality and innovation are at the foundation of Covia; but our real strength is our people. Covia employs a diverse and highly skilled team of professionals to convert natural minerals into engineered solutions for our customers. Every member of our team has a valuable opportunity to help shape our future and make a positive impact on the world around us through our commitment to the locations where we live and work.
COVIA IS COMMITTED TO EMBRACING AND PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (D&I) WHERE WE WORK, WITH WHOM WE DO BUSINESS, AND WHERE WE LIVE. We strive to create an inclusive culture where diversity is valued and respected and where all feel included and engaged. We are intentional in our efforts to bring Team Members together and create opportunities to contribute their unique skills, experiences, and perspectives in the pursuit of Covia’s business growth objectives. Enabling all Team Members to perform at their best while being themselves is fundamental to the Clearly Covia Values and Culture.
Covia is looking for a Director of Operational Data Analytics who will have a positive impact on the Operations team across our network of plants. As a Director of Operational Data Analytics, you will be responsible for successfully creating a common data framework for operational information which can be used for visualizing performance that embraces the continuous improvement process, driving productivity improvements as well as leading, coaching, motivating, and engaging the work teams to accomplish operational objectives
The successful incumbent will have the following Key Accountabilities:
- Assist in developing and maintaining Covia specific Operations Management System primarily for site operations with objectives that include:
- Using data to drive a culture of performance
- Using data driven analytics to improve work effectiveness and efficiencies
- Provide the tools and approaches to help sites be successful in their use of data driven decisions
- Identify systems to support debottlenecking and loss prevention
- Create an environment at the plant level utilizing visualization and graphing tools that enables data driven decision making.
- Assist in developing Operational KPI’s, dashboards and reporting that identify strengths and opportunities for continued improvement. KPI examples include process tons per hour, drying therms per ton, kilowatts per ton produced, manhours worked per ton produced, etc.
- Provide Operational Analytics guidance using data analysis and business intelligence to improve efficiency and streamline everyday operations in real time.
- Establish a collaborative working relationship with key technical personnel in Operations, Information Technology, and Controls/Process Engineering.
- Partner with multiple functional teams to understand business challenges, primarily those that are manual, error prone and highly inefficient.
- Research, cleanse, and address data discrepancies.
- Serve as a key stakeholder for implementing new software within the Operations Group.
- Facilitate workshops to generate involvement for visualizing performance parameters.
- Seek solutions regarding more effective and efficient administrative processes.
- Coach and drive improved capabilities in the cross functional organization.
- Build and foster a strong culture of personal and process safety across the organization.
- Travel Requirements maximum 25%.
- Collaborate with cross functional and interdependent departments as required.
- Perform other duties as assigned
The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Management, Engineering, or Science from an accredited college or university, required
- Advance Degree or Certification in the data management area is desirable.
- Minimum of 6 years of work experience in data analytics, change management, project management or an operations-related role
- Proven success working with technical teams to implement change
- Proven success working with business teams to improve processes
- Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Domo or other reporting tool
- Experience with Human Machine Interface (HMI) or SCADA systems
- Expert in MS Excel w/Intermediate SQL skills
- Ability to coach, develop and mentor technical and business talent to solve complex problems, deliver results and develop in leadership or operational career paths
- Self-motivated to resolve challenges and address obstacles
- Openly address and speak up regarding opportunities to improve the performance of the business
- A successful track record of effectively improving plant operations
- Strong communication skills are essential.
- Strong analytical and technical skills, ability to solve complex problems, ability to innovate, and a strategic business perspective and financial acumen
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 Incentive Bonus
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, age, disability, or veteran status.
The organization offers competitive salaries, advancement opportunities, and a full range of benefits.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
