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Lead Receiving Operator

Enviva
Chesapeake, Virginia
Full Time
Posted November 20, 2025
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Job Description

The Receiving Operator at Enviva is responsible for maintaining port operations, including receiving and recording wood pellets, ensuring safety and quality standards, operating equipment, and supervising team activities to support sustainable bioenergy production.

Key Responsibilities

  • Coordinate work assignments, schedule breaks, and monitor team performance
  • Verify completion and accuracy of paperwork and conduct housekeeping audits
  • Communicate with supervisors and team members regarding safety, quality, and production
  • Assist in training employees on quality, rail truck receiving, and related tasks
  • Operate scale programs and assist with vessel loading as needed
  • Receive pellets, record data for billing, and ensure safety and cleanliness of scale area
  • Collect samples, test finished goods, and maintain QA/QC records
  • Operate mobile equipment to maintain cleanliness and dust control
  • Perform safety certifications, enter maintenance requests, and escalate issues
  • Serve as a backup resource and perform other duties as required

Requirements

  • High school diploma or able to complete GED requirements with six months of hire
  • Ability to work multiple shift schedules and rotating shifts as required
  • Demonstrated mechanical aptitude
  • Ability to understand and follow written and verbal job instructions
  • Proficient in mathematics and measurement
  • Ability 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 PPE
  • Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing and/or 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.
  • Complete safety certification as required for the position
  • Physical ability to perform essential job functions consistent with the ADA and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and quantitative productivity standards

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule includes multiple and rotating shifts
Work environment includes outdoor, hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial conditions
Willingness and ability to perform physically demanding tasks such as lifting up to 50 lbs, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and pulling for up to 12 hours
Safety training and certification provided
Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination policies

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