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Pellet Mill Operator

Enviva
Epes, Alabama
Full Time
Posted October 13, 2025
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Job Description

The Pellet Mill Operator operates and maintains pellet manufacturing equipment to produce high-quality sustainable wood pellets, ensuring safety, efficiency, and adherence to quality standards in a manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Operate and maintain pellet 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
  • Perform inspections and routine maintenance on equipment
  • Conduct quality control testing, including ash tests
  • Ensure a clean work environment and maintain safety standards
  • Record and report operational data and maintenance requests
  • Coordinate maintenance activities and escalate issues as needed

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.
  • Ability to control operations of equipment or systems.
  • Ability to monitor gauges, dials, or other indicators to ensure machinery is working properly.
  • Ability to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
  • Ability to troubleshoot by determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about them.
  • Ability to perform routine maintenance on equipment and determine 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 hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environments.
  • 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 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.
  • Ability to climb vertical ladders up to 20 feet in length.
  • Ability to climb multiple flights of steps and angled ramps as needed.
  • Ability to work on a 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, with opportunities to work at heights and on uneven surfaces
Additional benefits include safety training and adherence to safety standards, opportunities for routine equipment maintenance, and a team or solo work environment

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