Quality Technician

Become a Quality Technician with Enviva in Franklin, Virginia. Conduct sampling and testing to ensure product quality meets standards. Enjoy a purpose-driven work environment focused on renewable energy solutions. Join Enviva as a Quality Technician in Franklin, Virginia, and play a vital role in ensuring product quality for sustainable wood bioenergy solutions. This role involves sampling and testing raw materials and finished goods, maintaining accurate records, and using electronic systems for data analysis. Enjoy a collaborative work environment dedicated to a renewable energy future, with opportunities for professional growth and development.

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Enviva

Company Overview

Name

Enviva Inc.

Headquarters

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Founded

2004

Size

Employs approximately 1,200 associates and reported revenue topping $1 billion in 2022 (source: wikipedia.org).

What They Do

Enviva Inc. is a leading producer of industrial wood pellets, which are used as a renewable energy source to replace coal in power generation and industrial applications. The company processes sustainable wood fiber, primarily sourced from the U.S. Southeast, into dense, transportable pellets. These pellets serve as a drop-in replacement for coal, offering a cleaner alternative for power plants and industrial processes such as steel, cement, and lime production (source: envivabiomass.com). Enviva's production facilities have a combined capacity of 6.2 million metric tons per year, with products exported globally via deep-water terminals (source: envivabiomass.com). The company primarily serves utility-scale power plants and industrial clients in the UK, EU, and Japan through long-term contracts (source: envivabiomass.com).

Projects & Track Record

Enviva has operationalized ten pellet plants, achieving an annual capacity of 6.2 million metric tons by 2022. These facilities are strategically located across the Southeastern United States, including North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi (source: envivabiomass.com). The company is currently constructing additional plants in Epes, Alabama, and near Bond, Mississippi, supported by a $570 million line of credit (source: envivabiomass.com). Enviva's pellets are used globally to displace coal in power plants, with key clients in the UK, EU, Japan, and South Korea (source: envivabiomass.com).

Recent Developments

In March 2023, Enviva secured a $246 million PIPE financing led by Riverstone Holdings LLC and Inclusive Capital Partners to support its operations (source: envivabiomass.com). John Keppler rejoined as Executive Chairman in April 2023, with Ralph Alexander becoming Lead Independent Director in September 2023 (source: envivabiomass.com). Despite these efforts, Enviva filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on March 13, 2024, due to financial pressures from feedstock costs and machinery issues (source: wikipedia.org).

Working There

Enviva offers a variety of roles across its manufacturing plants and corporate offices. Positions include maintenance managers, mechanical engineers, plant operators, and roles in executive leadership, finance, and sustainability (source: wikipedia.org). The company emphasizes a culture of safety, integrity, and respect, with a strong focus on operational excellence and environmental stewardship (source: envivabiomass.com). Enviva's corporate offices are located in Bethesda, Maryland, with additional sites in Raleigh, North Carolina, and international offices in Berlin, Tokyo, and York (source: envivabiomass.com).

Contact

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The Enviva team is driven by our shared vision for a renewable energy future. We are a fast-growing, purpose-driven, global energy company specializing in delivering sustainable wood bioenergy solutions. We are the world's largest producer of sustainable wood pellets, which provide a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels.

The Quality Technician is responsible for sampling and conducting testing by following written procedures to ensure that our product complies with set quality standards. The ideal candidate will be adept at using various electronic systems and databases to record quality testing results and communicating quality issues and initiating the quarantine protocol in the event of issues.

Responsibilities

Conducts sampling and testing of raw materials, in-process materials, finished goods, and environmental samples, measuring quality to client specifications daily.
Follows proper workflow procedures and maintains accurate records.
Uses a working knowledge of various electronic systems and databases for data storage and analysis.
Investigates solutions to quality issues and proposes/tests ideas for quality improvements.
Performs occasional special-projects tests to either investigate the source of quality issues or to study potential quality solutions.
Understands and follow all safety procedures.
Maintains good housekeeping.
Maintains lab equipment and ensures timely calibration as necessary.

Qualifications

Proficiency is Excel Spreadsheets, Outlook Emailing, and experience with other databases required.
A minimum of two (2) years of experience working in a manufacturing or similar environment required.

Preferred Qualifications - What Sets You Apart

Associates Degree
Certified Quality Technician (CQT) Certification
Prior experience working in a Wood Products or other process-based manufacturing company
Proficiency with database, project management, and replanting processes
Knowledge of basic statistical analysis methodologies (i.e. hypothesis testing, regression, etc.)
Prior experience in Quality Lab & testing processes

Working Conditions

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, to include wearing safety equipment.

Physical Requirements

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 federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.

This position is not eligible for visa support.

EEO Statement

Enviva is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity (EEO) in any term, condition or privilege of employment. Enviva does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, uniform service member, genetic information or any other status protected by law. Enviva complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we operate.