Covia is a leading supplier of minerals and material solutions to the industrial and energy markets. The formation of Covia in 2018 is the most recent of many significant milestones in our shared history. Built from the merging of Fairmount Santrol and Unimin Corporation, 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.

As an integral member of our Corporate IT team, the BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST is responsible for the design, development, implementation, management and support of mission critical enterprise BI reporting, ETL, analysis and data visualization processes and environments.  The Business Intelligence Specialist will implement and support business intelligence solutions, maximize information worker productivity through information availability and provide support and the information needed for optimizing business processes. This individual must have a successful track record of developing robust BI solutions, primarily using Microsoft BI tools and technologies within Azure.

Working with cross-functional teams, you will be required to gather and document business requirements for data analysis and reporting projects, as well as use BI tools and concepts to develop reporting and data visualization solutions to meet business needs.

As a member of the Corporate IT team you will have full access to our investment in training, software, and hardware from market leading vendors.  Working out of either our Independence, OH or Charlotte, NC corporate office, you will apply proven communication, analytical, problem-solving and leadership skills to further mature Covia’s business analytics competency and maximize the benefit of IT systems investments.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Complete project responsibilities including design, coding, unit testing and documentation in a timely manner and at required level of quality
• Provide development estimates and timelines for scheduling and planning
• Business analysis to gather required Business Intelligence solution requirements
• Translate business requirements into specifications that will be used to drive design and configuration
• Produce technical documentation that accurately and thoroughly depicts the software design and code base that supports QA testing, deployment and production support activities
• Identify root cause of production issues, assess the situation and provide the best outcome for solution users
• Define and implement data quality processes, monitor and detect data quality issues
• Provide support as required to ensure the availability and performance of enterprise data and BI environments for both external and internal users
• Design, build and implement ETL scripts, BI Reports, and Data Visualizations & Dashboards
• Optimize complex stored procedures, scripts, functions and other BI components for best performance
• Transition developed BI systems to the Operations & Support team
• Ensure proper configuration management and change controls are implemented for your sphere of influence
• Thrive in a team environment and able to work independently as well
• Design and implement technology best practices, guidelines and repeatable processes
• Collaborate with governance, risk, and compliance personnel on network security, data privacy, SOX and other regulatory compliance requirements.
• Participate as an escalation point of contact for critical after hour’s incidents.

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years’ experience implementing enterprise-scale reporting systems, including:
  • Working with users in a requirements analysis role
  • Extensive use of SQL and RDBMS systems (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.)
  • Extensive experience with data warehouse implementations
  • Strong knowledge of logical and physical data modeling concepts
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of the following technologies:
  • ETL: Integration Services (SSIS) and Azure Data Factory
  • Analytics: Analysis Services (SSAS), OLAP cubes and Tabular models
  • Reporting and visualization: Reporting Services (SSRS) and Power BI
  • Coding: SQL queries including Stored Procedures, indexes and joins
• Knowledge and application of developer tools, such as Azure Dev Ops (Visual Studio Online), Git source code control, Visual Studio, Postman and Swagger
• Highly self-motivated and directed; logical and efficient with strong problem-solving skills; ability to thrive in rapidly changing environment under minimum supervision.
• Tactful with strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization; as well as, individuals outside the organization.
• Ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive internal and external information.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or related computer field strongly preferred. 5+ years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum education required: Associates Degree in IT field.
• Technical vendor certifications are preferred.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

•  Up to ten percent

BENEFITS:

• Excellent Healthcare Benefits – medical, vision, dental
• 401K with company matching and fixed annual contributions
• Vacation + Paid Holidays
• Disability, Life / AD&D, and Long Term Care Insurances
• Employee Assistance Program

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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