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Job Description
The Hammer Mill Operator at Enviva operates and maintains hammer mills to produce high-quality sustainable wood pellets, ensuring equipment performance, safety, and adherence to production standards in a challenging industrial environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain hammer mills to ensure optimal feed rates and pellet quality
- Adjust machine components such as rolls and dies to regulate speed, pressure, and temperature
- Monitor equipment performance and detect malfunctions using gauges and indicator lights
- Perform inspections and routine maintenance on equipment
- Conduct quality control testing, including ash tests, to meet standards
- Troubleshoot equipment malfunctions and perform repairs as needed
- Ensure a clean work environment and maintain safety procedures
- Document inspections, maintenance, and operational data accurately
- Communicate operational issues and escalate problems promptly
Requirements
- Must demonstrate mechanical aptitude.
- Proficient in mathematics and measurements.
- Ability to read data and trends to make appropriate process adjustments.
- Proven record in upholding safety standards.
- High School Diploma or GED.
- At least two 2 years of previous manufacturing experience.
- Control operations of equipment or systems.
- Monitor gauges, dials, or other indicators to ensure proper machine functioning.
- Use logic and reasoning to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Determine causes of operating errors and decide on corrective actions (troubleshooting).
- Perform routine maintenance on equipment and determine when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees.
- Willing and able to work in hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environments.
- Willing and able to maintain strict adherence to safety rules and regulations, including wearing safety equipment.
- Work at elevated heights and on slippery or uneven surfaces.
- Perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and pulling for up to 12 hours a day.
- Work around moving equipment and machinery.
- Pull and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Climb a crane in excess of 100 feet high.
- Work from heights at least 20 feet off the ground.
- Climb vertical ladders up to 20 feet in length.
- Climb multiple flights of steps and angled ramps as needed.
- Work on a computer screen format for up to 12 hours a day.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule includes up to 12-hour shifts, with physical tasks such as lifting up to 50 lbs and working in outdoor environments with temperature extremes
Work environment perks include working in hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial settings, at heights up to 100 feet, and on uneven surfaces
Additional benefits include safety training and adherence to safety standards, opportunities for troubleshooting and equipment maintenance, and a team or solo work environment
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