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Mechanical Technician 1st

Enviva
Hamlet, North Carolina
Full Time
Posted January 15, 2026
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Job Description

The position involves performing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairing critical machinery in a pellet manufacturing plant to ensure smooth operations and equipment reliability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs on critical and auxiliary machinery in pellet manufacturing.
  • Assemble, install, repair, and maintain equipment including piping, motors, gearboxes, conveyors, pumps, and rotating machinery.
  • Conduct inspections, analyze equipment performance, and implement corrective actions to improve reliability and throughput.

Requirements

  • Must be able to work safely obeying OSHA and Enviva standards for practices
  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and climb ladders
  • Experience in preventative, predictive and proactive maintenance procedures, troubleshooting, servicing mobile heavy equipment
  • Demonstrated knowledge and skills in hydraulics, lubrication, and mechanical equipment basic understanding of types of lubricants and application of each
  • Ability to analyze process flow to identify issues
  • Ability to cut, thread, and lay pipes, and repair, install, maintain various types of equipment
  • Ability to repair, maintain, troubleshoot pumps, conveyors, valves, cylinders, bearings, motors and other types of rotating equipment
  • Meticulous, attention to detail
  • Must demonstrate strong verbal and written skills
  • Experience with computerized maintenance management system
  • Skilled in use of Windows, Excel, Word, Outlook
  • Must be willing to complete training as required by Supervisor and specified by Enviva
  • High School Diploma or equivalent technical degree (preferred)
  • A minimum of three (3) years experience working in manufacturing environment (preferred)
  • Knowledge and experience with industrial electricity, mechanics, hydraulics, pneumatics, bearings and welding (preferred)
  • Ability to develop and maintain accurate records (preferred)
  • Proficient in mathematics and measurements (preferred)
  • Experience with hydraulics, pneumatics, welding, fabrication, vibration analysis and precision alignment (preferred)
  • Able to perform tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, bending, squatting, crawling, and pulling for up to twelve (12) hours a day
  • Must use required provided PPE including safety glasses, hard hat, gloves, safety toe boots, hearing protection
  • Able to work around moving equipment and machinery
  • 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
  • Ability to work evenings, weekends, and overnight to address unexpected site issues with or without notice
  • Must be available to work any shift any day, including required overtime
  • Ability to work well in high places in excess of 100 feet, climb ladders, climb a crane, and use man lifts
  • Ability to work in confined spaces
  • This position is not eligible for visa support

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range: Not specified
Work schedule: Ability to work evenings, weekends, overnight, any shift, any day, with frequent overtime
Work environment perks: Ability to work in outdoor environments, in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees, in hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environments, and in confined spaces
Additional benefits: Must use required PPE including safety glasses, hard hat, gloves, safety toe boots, hearing protection; adherence to health and safety standards; training as required by supervisor; opportunity to work around moving equipment and machinery

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