Field Engineer - Utility Poles (Birmingham)

Avient Corporation Field Engineer - Utility Poles

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. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

Job Summary

The Field Engineer - Utility Poles is responsible for providing technical service to electric utility customers of Avient GridCore FRP Composite utility poles and its appurtenances. The successful candidate will support product launch through helping to develop and refine technical communications and procedures sent to customers. Support customer installations by traveling to the job-site, and actively participate in the resolution of customer complaints. Requires two-plus years of direct, relevant work experience with the ability to operate with minimal direction.

Essential Functions

• Review customer specifications and communicate with inside technical and quality groups to ensure correct understanding of the specification and our capabilities. Lead or participate in technical discussions with customers.
• Assist customers in sizing the appropriate GridCore pole based on height and class requirements.
• Work with Estimator to prepare quotes.
• Prepare product specifications incorporating Avient products and services into customer applications.
• Support initial customer installations on the job-site, working directly with the line crews.
• Participates in resolution of customer complaints / issues onsite, with support by the inside technical group. Issue final report as appropriate.
• Develop customer handling and installation guidelines and conduct customer training. Ensure all activities are in line with Safety & Health principles. Proactively support safe working environment and assess all potential hazards.
• Collaborate within our global technology team and cross functional teams including marketing, sourcing, manufacturing, commercial, and regulatory to ensure alignment of the technical service activities.
• Provide feedback, advice for technology, engineering, and / or product improvements based on customer feedback.
• Create and manage technical data sheets.
• Lead and coordinate with the plant technical trials and transfers : process, testing plans, data analysis, and communication of results.
• Product development and testing : with guidance, develop products meeting customer specifications, quality and operation standards based on input from the technology team.
• Support raw material evaluation and selection.
• Travel of 20%-40% of the time may be required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business. By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, 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 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. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.