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Vessel Operator

Enviva
Chesapeake, Virginia
Full Time
Posted November 12, 2025
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Job Description

The Vessel Operator role involves supporting port operations through vessel handling, loading and unloading, safety procedures, equipment operation, and quality control, primarily in a renewable energy company focused on sustainable wood bioenergy solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure safe docking, undocking, and mooring of vessels
  • Handle lines during vessel docking and undocking
  • Operate control room systems to manage vessel loading processes
  • Operate heavy equipment such as vessel loaders, cranes, and ship loaders
  • Complete man overboard training and vessel shifting requirements
  • Load barges and set up systems for limestone transfer
  • Receive pellets at port, record data for billing, and ensure safety compliance
  • Maintain cleanliness and safety of port areas, including scales and ramps
  • 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 quality and throughput
  • Operate mobile equipment like Bobcat and Lull for dust collection and area maintenance
  • 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; strict adherence to safety rules and regulations; wearing safety equipment
Additional benefits: Safety certification, training in man overboard procedures, opportunities to operate heavy equipment, and a collaborative team environment

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