Maintenance 3

Covia•Marston, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Covia is seeking a Maintenance Mechanic 3 for its Marston, North Carolina location. The role is accountable for ensuring safe and productive plant operations and requires aptitude across multiple maintenance disciplines and proficiency in operating equipment associated with all plant functional areas. The mechanic performs preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshoots equipment failures, repairs conveyors, drive mechanisms, pumps, and blowers, and performs welding, fabrication, and benchwork. The position also involves participating in safety discussions and risk assessments, maintaining housekeeping standards, attending informational meetings, prioritizing work, understanding plant processes and equipment, and safely operating heavy equipment and cranes. Covia describes its culture as guided by Safety, Team, Customers, Growth, and Courage. Team members are expected to follow life-saving rules, build effective teams, focus on customers, demonstrate a growth mindset, and act with integrity. Covia supports inclusion and equal employment opportunity.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
English literacy, both verbal and written.
Ability to read and understand parts schematics and blueprints for maintenance fabrication and ordering or replacing parts.
Ability to operate heavy equipment adequately.
Demonstrated commitment to safety and previous experience identifying and managing risks.
Demonstrated experience contributing as part of a professional team to deliver set targets.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in mining operations; preference is given to sand mining.
Prior exposure to and understanding of operational equipment.

Responsibilities

Perform maintenance tasks safely and in a timely manner, including pre-job safety discussions before major maintenance and a Last Minute Risk Assessment before beginning tasks.
Perform preventive maintenance, including work involving oils and greases, bearings, reducers, motors, pinch valve boots, pump glands, plumbing, patching, and V-belts.
Maintain belt conveyors, bucket elevators, and screw conveyors, including bearings, pulleys, belt splicing, and rollers.
Repair and replace drive mechanisms and components, including sheaves, pulleys, chains, sprockets, reducers, motors, motor bearings, shafts, couplings, and arbors; align motor shafts, couplings, and shafts.
Replace wear surfaces and components in pumps and blowers, including liners, impellers, fans, wear sleeves, shafts, and bearings.
Diagnose mechanical and equipment failures, such as motor, fuse, bearing, and excessive-wear problems.
Select appropriate welding rods and weld different metals and thicknesses in multiple positions; fabricate items from blueprints and use a cutting torch.
Use dial indicators, verniers, calipers, micrometers, and TPM equipment.
Participate in housekeeping, safety, and other informational meetings and related activities, including Natural Work Team and WHC activities.
Work productively and prioritize tasks; understand the plant's basic flow sheet and the operation and purpose of its equipment.
Safely operate Bobcats, loaders, and/or cranes; select appropriate lifting equipment and use proper rigging hand signals.
Use and care for maintenance tools and materials safely, including selecting the appropriate tools and materials.
Perform filing, reaming, tapping, drilling, pipe fitting, and other benchwork activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.