Quality Technician - 2nd Shift

Job Summary

The Quality Operator tests product batches and will make adjustments, as necessary, to ensure compliance with customer specifications and quality standards.

Tests incoming raw materials and maintains Certificates of Analysis (COA) from suppliers.

Essential Functions

• Performs standard tests on assigned product line production batches and on some incoming raw materials as needed, ensuring the meeting of Avient and the customer’s specifications.
• Acts as a technical resource to production addressing issues related to production batches.
• Recommends to production and may develop adjustments to batches to meet specifications.
• Records test results in SAP.Maintains reference files.
• Completes and maintain all required paperwork, records, documents, etc.
• Ensures all gauges and test equipment are verified.
• May Participate in investigations of complaints and corrective actions as needed.
• Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and regulations. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Completes and sends documentations to customers (i.e. COA)
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• US High School diploma, GED equivalency or equivalent experience.
• 1 year of related manufacturing lab / quality experience or 1 year of Avient production experience.

Additional Qualifications

• Must be able to read / comprehend written and oral instructions in English; read and comprehend safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, technical lab procedure manuals and product recipes / material identifications.
• Must be able to write legibly to keep records and to correspond.
• Must have strong mathemical skill to add, subtract, multiply and divide and the ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Must be able to effectively communicate one-on-one and in small group situations.
• Requires matching proficiency, including the ability to color match.
• Must have ability to reason and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must have manual dexterity sufficient to use a wide variety of standard lab equipment including a scale, ovens, viscometers and the ability to operate standard office equipment such as a computer, a calculator, telephone, fax, and photocopier.

Competencies

Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Additionally, management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and / or a Leader of the Business.

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 regularly (8 to 12hrs per shift) required to :

• stand, walk, or sit
• stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear
• use hands to finger
• handle or feel objects, tools, or controls
• occasionally required to lift and / or move up to 50 lbs
• specific vision abilities required include :
• close vision
• distance vision
• color vision
• peripheral vision
• depth perception
• ability to adjust focus

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

The employee is occasionally exposed to :

• moving mechanical parts
• fumes or airborne particles
• vibration
• noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud noise

Employees are required to wear mandatory PPE (8 to 12hrs per shift) which include :

• long sleeve uniform shirts
• hearing protection
• steel toe shoes / boots
• safety glasses
• specific gloves when performing specific tasks
• face shield, if required by work area

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.