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Receiving Operator

Enviva
Chesapeake, Virginia
Full Time
Posted December 11, 2025
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Job Description

The position involves receiving, testing, and maintaining quality of wood pellets at a port facility, along with operating equipment, ensuring safety, and performing housekeeping duties in an industrial environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Receive and record pellets at the port, ensuring accurate billing and safety compliance
  • Conduct quality testing on finished goods and maintain QA/QC records
  • Operate mobile equipment and maintain cleanliness of work area
  • Perform safety certifications, follow safety procedures, and escalate issues as needed
  • Enter maintenance requests and communicate operational information

Requirements

  • Receive pellets into the port, record data to ensure accurate billing, and ensure safety of the scale area and that loads meet safety criteria.
  • Keep scale and ramps clean and free of debris.
  • Communicate in a professional and courteous manner with suppliers.
  • Operate shuttle wagon as directed at the Port of Wilmington.
  • Collect samples and test finished goods delivered by truck and/or rail, maintain QA/QC records, and follow Quality Standard Operating Procedures.
  • Analyze equipment performance and make quality results.
  • Keep area generally neat and orderly.
  • Operate mobile equipment such as Bobcat and Lull to move dust collection bags.
  • Keep area clean of accumulated dust.
  • Follow all workplace and job safety procedures.
  • Complete safety certification as required for the position.
  • Communicate operational information as required.
  • Enter maintenance work requests as applicable.
  • Escalate issues promptly for proper resolution.
  • Perform other duties as required and serve as a back-up resource as needed.
  • Ability to work multiple shift schedules and rotating shifts as required, understanding maritime requirements.
  • High school diploma or able to complete GED requirements within six months of hire.
  • Demonstrate 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 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 perform physical tasks such as lifting, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and pulling for up to 12 hours per day.
  • Willing and able to work around moving equipment and machinery.
  • Willing and able to lift and pull up to 50 lbs.
  • Ability to perform essential job functions safely and successfully in compliance with ADA and other standards, including meeting productivity standards.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range not specified
Work schedule includes multiple shift schedules and rotating shifts
Work environment includes outdoor conditions, hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environments
Willingness to work around moving equipment and machinery
Willing and able to perform physically demanding tasks such as lifting up to 50 lbs, walking, climbing, stooping, standing, pushing, and pulling for up to 12 hours a day
Safety training and certification provided
Proficiency in Windows, Excel, Word, and Outlook preferred

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