Control Room Operator

Enviva • Epes, AL

3h

About The Position

The Control Room Operator monitors the status of all plant systems continuously, responds to alarms with appropriate corrective actions and procedures, and helps ensure the plant meets generating requirements while operating safely and efficiently. The operator monitors plant activities and equipment to support smooth system functioning. The role requires understanding control room operations, maintaining accurate records, and applying technical and interpersonal skills.

The operator runs plant functions from the control room, including chip and fuel feed systems, the furnace, dryer system, primary and secondary sizing, and pellet presses. The operator serves as an overall contact for plant operations, monitors indicators, signal lights, production rates, system status, spark detection equipment, and material levels and feed rates, and adjusts operational values and production processes using computer systems and monitors.

The position includes maintaining work schedules, equipment temperatures, and safety standards; assessing potential malfunctions and equipment failures and resolving issues according to their criticality; and communicating with team members, responding to calls for assistance, and handling equipment alarms and radio communications. Work may take place in hot, humid, cold, noisy, and outdoor industrial environments. Shifts may be up to 12 hours and may include weekends, nights, or rotating schedules. The position is not eligible for visa support.

Requirements

• Ability to understand and follow written and verbal job instructions.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and written procedures.
• Ability to use basic hand tools.
• Basic computer and math skills.
• Ability to learn to operate HMI touch screens.
• Strong aptitude in math, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division for flow, pressure, performance, and meter calculations.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Knowledge of generating unit operation, engineering, or maintenance practices.
• Ability to work in outdoor environments and occasionally in temperatures above 100 degrees and below 32 degrees.
• Willingness and ability to work in hot, humid, cold, and noisy industrial environments and adhere strictly to safety rules, including wearing safety equipment.
• Ability to occasionally walk on slippery or uneven surfaces.
• Ability to work shifts up to 12 hours, including weekends, nights, or rotating shifts.
• Willingness and ability to lift, walk, climb, stoop, stand, push, and/or pull for up to 12 hours a day.
• Willingness and ability to work around moving equipment and machinery.
• Willingness and ability to pull and lift up to 50 pounds.
• Comfort climbing ladders and conveyors and working at heights and on steel grating.
• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA and applicable federal, state, and local standards, including productivity standards.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED.
• Experience in wood products, furnace or dryer operations, or a similar manufacturing environment.
• High attention to detail.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Prior experience working in a control room.

Responsibilities

• Operate plant functions from the control room.
• Manage the chip feed system, fuel feed system, furnace, dryer system, primary and secondary sizing, and pellet presses.
• Act as the overall contact for plant operations.
• Monitor indicator screens, signal lights, production rates, system statuses, spark detection equipment, levels, and feed rates to support continuous plant operation.
• Translate system signals into production actions, adjust production-line processes, and use computers and monitors to correct operational values.
• Maintain working schedules, equipment temperatures, and safety standards.
• Assess potential malfunctions and equipment failures according to their criticality and use technical skills to resolve problems.
• Communicate with team members, respond to calls for assistance, and multitask with equipment alarms and radio commands or communications.
• Perform flow, pressure, performance, and meter calculations using basic arithmetic.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed