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DESCRIPTION:
Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
* Dyneema, the world's strongest fiber, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure and outdoor sports
* Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
* Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
* Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work. For more information, visit www.avient.com.
Job Summary
This position is responsible for supporting the manufacturing teams, customers, suppliers, and functional groups by providing process engineering support, data analysis, and optimization for all the teams in the organization. The Technical Services Engineer will make recommendations for process improvements across business boundaries and must be able to communicate at all levels of the organization.
Essential Functions
* Be well-versed in troubleshooting methodologies
* With minimal guidance, identify recurring technical issues from customer or manufacturing origins
* Gather and accurately analyze relevant data across functional boundaries
* Accurately scope projects and determine business impact, both in terms of work burden and outcomes
* Conduct high level or in depth root cause analysis as required
* Identify and coordinate implementation of identified solutions
* Measure solution effectiveness and provide follow-up to relevant stakeholders
* Occasionally travel to off-site locations in order to provide first hand assessment of identified issues or solution follow-up
* Work independently or collaboratively with a team among changing demands
* Ability to provide and communicate direction through relationships, not authority
* Serve as a subject matter expert across functional boundaries
* Learn and work with emerging technologies relative to manufacturing processes and finished goods utilization
* Interact and routinely communicate with customers, suppliers, plant leadership, business leadership, and executives as required
* Be able to serve in a teaching or training capacity as required
* All other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree required in Manufacturing or Chemical Engineering or related discipline.
- At least 3 years' of direct, relevant experience.
Additional Qualifications
- Complex problem solving skills in translating customer needs into solutions.
- Technical aptitude.
- Self-motivated, team player.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and bring projects to completion in a timely manner.
- Must have competent PC computer skills, e.g. Excel, MS Word, and PowerPoint.
- Must be able to effectively communicate and present information in meetings.
Competencies
Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles, while supporting individual and career development.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regulary required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or fee; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities may require close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ablity to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechnical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noises to loud.
WHY AVIENT:
Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well positively impacting our plant and our communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.
At Avient, we believe diversity of ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law.
PolyOne is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. PolyOne will use E-Verify to ensure employment eligibility of newly hired employees where required.