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Control Room Operator

Enviva
Franklin, Virginia
Full Time
Posted September 30, 2025
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Job Description

The Control Room Operator monitors and manages plant systems to ensure safe, efficient, and continuous operation of a renewable wood bioenergy facility, responding to alarms, adjusting processes, and maintaining safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor plant systems and equipment continuously from the control room.
  • Respond to alarms by taking corrective actions to maintain safe and efficient plant operation.
  • Manage and control plant functions such as chip feed, fuel feed, furnace, dryer, and pellet presses.
  • Check indicator screens, signal lights, production rates, and system statuses to ensure smooth operation.
  • Adjust production line processes based on monitored data and signals.
  • Operate computers and HMI touch screens to monitor and correct operational parameters.
  • Maintain equipment temperature, safety standards, and working schedules.
  • Assess and resolve equipment malfunctions and system issues using technical skills.
  • Communicate with team members and respond to alarms and radio commands promptly.
  • Perform flow, pressure, and performance calculations using basic math skills.

Requirements

  • Ability to understand and follow written and verbal job instructions.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and written procedures.
  • Ability to use basic hand tools.
  • Must possess basic computer math skills.
  • Able to learn how to operate HMI touch screens.
  • Strong aptitude in math ability to use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to perform flow, pressure, performance and meter calculations.
  • Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Experience in wood products, furnace dryer operations, or similar manufacturing environment.
  • Must be able to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees.
  • Willing and able to work in a hot, humid, cold and noisy industrial environment.
  • Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.
  • Occasionally walk on slippery or uneven surfaces.
  • Ability to work shift assignments up to 12 hours that include weekends, nights or rotating shifts.
  • Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or pulling for up to twelve hours a day.
  • Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery.
  • Willing and able to pull and lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Be comfortable climbing ladders, conveyors, working at heights and on steel grating.
  • Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting productivity standards.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range not specified
Work shift assignments up to 12 hours, including weekends, nights, or rotating shifts
Work environment includes outdoor conditions, hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environments
Willingness and ability to work around moving equipment and machinery
Ability to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and pulling for up to 12 hours a day
Willing and able to lift up to 50 lbs
Willing and able to climb ladders, conveyors, work at heights, and on steel grating
Strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment

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