Maintenance Technician: 3rd shift

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Pay

$25.32 - $37.98 per hour. Final compensation within this range may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location.

Schedule

• Hours: 11:00 PM – 7:30 AM
• Days: Sunday night – Friday morning
• Openness to work overtime as needed

About the role

As a Maintenance Technician with Avient, you are responsible for completing maintenance assignments to build, repair, and/or maintain all equipment in good operating condition as quickly and accurately as possible, while keeping associated costs to a minimum to help meet Plant goals. To be successful in this role, you should be multi-skilled and able to contribute to plant maintenance activities in a variety of craft disciplines.

At Avient, we're a global team creating materials that make a real difference in people's lives. From the world's strongest fiber used in personal protective equipment to recycling innovations and eco-friendly transportation solutions, our work spans a vast array of applications that help build a better future, all while giving back to the communities where we live and work.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoots mechanical devices in operation.
• Dismantles and examines devices to gain access to and remove defective parts.
• Adjusts, repairs, or replaces defective parts.
• Sets up and operates shop machinery such as lathe, drill press, grinders, band saws, cutting torch, welder, etc.
• Uses hand tools and pneumatic tools to modify or repair parts and equipment.
• Installs new or repairs/modifies hydraulic and pneumatic equipment as needed.
• Completes projects with minimal guidance, showing a proactive attitude to minimizing equipment downtime and lost production capability.
• Improves reliability and uptime of all equipment.
• Takes a proactive approach to equipment issues with a preventive maintenance mentality.
• Operates forklift and hydraulic working platform as needed.
• Researches supplies, parts, and tools needed to complete work orders.
• Assists in identifying and maintaining an accurate inventory of parts.
• Contributes to upkeep and updating of required paperwork such as records, maintenance logs, documents, manuals, drawings, PM logs, etc.

Requirements

• High School diploma or General Education Diploma (GED).
• Technical School degree or equivalent experience.
• Work experience in an industrial operations environment preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, or procedure manuals.
• Mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, including the ability to use conversions and work with different units such as weight, volume, density, and distance.

Physical Demands

• Requires standing and sitting for extended periods of time, talking, and listening.
• Must be able to walk and use hands.
• Occasionally requires bending, stooping, climbing ladders, and stairs.
• May occasionally be required to lift, push, or pull up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to frequently communicate and understand work instructions and information in a fast-paced manufacturing environment where the noise level is loud.
• Must be able to detect and discern safety alarms and respond accordingly.
• Generally requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, hard hat, and respiratory protection.
• Exposure to outside weather conditions is routine.
• May be exposed to working in extreme heat and humidity.
• May also be exposed on occasion to dust or fumes.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including a bi-annual bonus plan.
• Medical benefits that begin on day 1 – no waiting period.
• Paid time off: two weeks of vacation pro-rated based on start date, in addition to sick time, paid holidays, floating holidays, and community service/volunteer days.
• 401K with company match – 100% vested.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and short-term disability insurance.
• Paid parental leave.

About Us

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world. Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient. Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities.