Production Senior

About the role

As a Senior Production Operator at Avient, you'll set up and operate equipment to blend, mix, or transport chemicals that make up our customer products, ensuring high quality and cost efficiency. You'll also be responsible for machine maintenance, quality control, data recording, and supporting the company's vision and principles while adhering to safety and regulatory rules.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates and meets qualifications on all Blending or Extrusion operational areas.
• Demonstrates leadership and team work in all phases of the operation.
• Sets up and starts all machines, checking all controls for adherence to mixing/blending or extruding procedures.
• Weighs ingredient to meet recipe specification and inserts into machinery; or ensures the correct ingredients are delivered to the work area and inserts pre-blended materials into machinery.
• Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.
• Follows applicable ISO, EH&S rules and guidelines while performing any procedure.

Requirements

• Dependable & reliable
• Openness to work overtime as needed
• Team player who is eager to share their knowledge with others and learn from other team members

Qualifications

• Expertise in the use of SAP
• Documents work completed accurately
• Completes and updates required paperwork such as production logs, data reports, procedures, etc.
• Participates in training new employees and re-training present departmental employees in processes and methods as required.
• Completes all necessary documentation at the end of shift.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Ability to follow instructions

Benefits

• Competitive compensation including a bi-annual bonus plan
• Medical benefits that begin day 1 - no waiting period
• Paid time off: Two weeks of vacation prorated based on start date, in addition to sick time, paid holidays, floating holidays, community service/volunteer days
• 401K with company match – 100% vested
• High regard for safety. Avient is 3x safer than the industry average!

Pay

$23 - 25 per hour

Schedule

8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday thru Friday