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 Manager Application Technology – Glass, Foundry, Ceramics and Building Products to support the growth in its performance minerals business. The position can be in Huntersville, NC or remote.

The successful candidate will have the following Key Accountabilities:

• Match customer need with existing Covia product and/or product alternatives
• Support sales team to address customer technical issues
• Conduct glass batch formulation work
• Resin coated shell sand formulation work
• Participate in specification negotiations with the customers and support operation and QC regarding specification changes
• Represent Covia at conferences, trade shows & external technical committees. Present the latest Covia innovation. Stay up to date to latest development in the industry
• Conduct internal/external technical training
• Assisting strategic marketing team to update business strategy
• Coordinate lab testing with central analytic lab
• Data organization and reporting
• Attend customer plant audits
• Other duties as assigned

The successful incumbent will have the following Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, or Material Science
• Extensive experience within the glass industry
• Experience in foundries, metal casting, ceramics and building products is a plus
• Experience in industrial minerals is a plus
• Prior technical service experience is required

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)