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Vessel Operator

Enviva
Wilmington, North Carolina
Full Time
Posted December 5, 2025
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Job Description

The Vessel Operator supports port operations by managing vessel docking, loading, and safety procedures, while also overseeing port receiving, quality testing, equipment operation, and maintaining safety and cleanliness in a fast-paced industrial environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Safely perform docking, undocking, and mooring processes for vessels
  • Handle lines during docking and undocking operations
  • Operate control room systems to ensure correct vessel loading and manage load rates
  • Operate heavy equipment such as vessel loaders, cranes, and ship loaders
  • Complete man overboard training and assist with vessel shifting requirements
  • Load barges and set up systems for limestone transfer
  • Receive and record pellet deliveries at the port for accurate billing
  • Ensure safety and cleanliness of the scale area and loads
  • Communicate professionally with suppliers
  • Operate shuttle wagons as directed
  • Collect samples, test finished goods, and maintain QA/QC records
  • Analyze equipment performance and make adjustments to ensure throughput and quality
  • Maintain a neat and orderly work area and operate mobile dust collection equipment
  • Complete safety certifications and follow safety procedures
  • Enter maintenance work requests and escalate issues as needed

Requirements

  • High school diploma or able to complete GED requirements with six months of hire
  • Must demonstrate mechanical aptitude
  • Ability to understand and follow written and verbal job instructions
  • Proficient in mathematics and measurement
  • Team player demonstrated with past work experience or activities
  • Ability to work multiple shift schedules to support 24x7 operations
  • Must be 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 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.
  • Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range: Not specified
Work schedule: Support for multiple shift schedules to support 24x7 operations
Work environment perks: Ability to work in outdoor environments, including hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial settings
Additional benefits: Safety certification, training in man overboard procedures, use of safety equipment, opportunity to work with heavy equipment and in a team environment, adherence to safety rules and regulations

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