Job Description
The Hammer Mill Operator at Enviva is responsible for operating and maintaining hammer mills to produce high-quality sustainable wood pellets, ensuring equipment performance, safety compliance, and efficient production 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 troubleshoot malfunctions.
- Conduct quality control testing, including ash tests, and document results.
- Perform inspections and routine maintenance on equipment.
- Ensure production meets safety and quality standards.
- Maintain a clean work environment and coordinate housekeeping activities.
- Communicate operational issues and escalate problems as needed.
- Follow safety procedures and wear appropriate safety equipment.
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.
- Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
- Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it (troubleshooting).
- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
- Willing and 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.
- Willing and able to work at elevated heights and on slippery or uneven surfaces.
- Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day.
- Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery.
- Willing and able to pull and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA.
- Ability to climb a crane in excess of 100 feet high.
- Ability to work from heights at least 20 feet off the ground.
- Able to climb vertical ladders, fixable or portable, at unbroken lengths of up to 20 feet.
- Able to climb multiple flights of steps and angled ramps as needed.
- Able to work on computer screen format for up to twelve (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 strict adherence to safety procedures, safety equipment provision, and equal employment opportunity policies
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