Daily Process Engineer

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Job Summary

The Process Engineer provides technical services to produce high quality Dyneema fiber and Dyneema LP products in a cost-effective manner while maintaining excellent safety, human relations, and environmental standards.The Process Engineer will operate within the organizational structure to provide process support and improvements for Avient Protective Materials. The person in this role will interact with all staff and local, site, and global colleagues. They will be knowledgeable of the Dyneema processes and product quality requirements for at least one of the major product types. They will analyze process data and provide troubleshooting, reporting, and take action, with supervisor approval, to improve processes. Process changes made by the Process Engineer will directly impact Manufacturing performance and cost. They can directly impact operability of the plant - which can affect cost, output, and employee morale. Reporting generated by this person will be shared locally within Avient Protective Materials, and globally within APM.

Essential Functions

• All employees have the responsibility to:
• Show behavior in line with the SHE and Security risks and agreed controls, including being compliant to Avient Protective Materials requirements, rules and procedures
• Address any person behaving in a SHE and Security irresponsible way
• Report any SHE and Security incidents (including observed risks) to management
• Avient Protective Materials Values - Must strive to behave in line with Avient Protective Materials Values, supporting and encouraging colleagues in their alignment with our Values. Aspires to demonstrate exemplary behavior with respect to the Avient Protective Materials values inside and outside APM.
• Manufacturing Excellence – Avient Protective Materials wants to be 'best in class' in every respect, including manufacturing. To excel in manufacturing, we need to optimize how we do things. Everyone within the organization has at least one role within Manufacturing Excellence. Roles and responsibilities are defined and assigned to those involved in the different Manufacturing Excellence Work Processes. Reference Manufacturing Excellence Roles Matrix.
• Ensures all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed. Takes action to correct unsafe acts, systems and procedures. It is the responsibility of each employee to work in a safe and responsible manner in order to create an injury-free and incident-free workplace. Complies with all job-related safety and other training requirements.
• Abides by Avient Protective Materials procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of: employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of Avient Protective Materials intellectual property limited to a “need to know” only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or APM property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of APM property and keys.
• Participates on project or other teams for Avient Protective Materials expansions or improvements.
• Participates in facilities, procedural and process improvements to maintain and improve production quality, safety, cost and efficiency.
• Monitors and analyzes daily production for at least one Avient Protective Materials production area. Analyzes data generated by the LP laboratory and identifies trends. Recognizes production problems, investigates and recommends solutions to correct them. Reports variances as required.
• Participates in quality investigations as directed.
• Prepares, reviews, and approves production records including operating procedures, recipes, JSA’s, and change requests as required.
• Interacts with Technicians on a regular basis to ensure effective communication of production and compliance related changes in procedures. Conducts formalized training for operative personnel as necessary.
• Investigates and prepares reports related to production problems, customer complaints/inquiries, material reconciliation, process deviations, and efficiency and schedule variances.
• Assists with plans to reduce COGS by continuously improving efficiencies, processing times, reducing labor and material costs, reducing maintenance costs and controlling expense budgets.
• Conducts trials as required to insure continuous improvement of the manufacturing process and to develop or validate new products at the Greenville site.
• Comply with all job-related safety and other training requirements.
• Performs other duties as assigned
  

Authorities

• Update process recipes.
• Plan trials for product transfers or process improvements.
• Make process changes to existing products within the approved process window with supervisor approval.
• Authorized to approve work permits per details included in DYNPRO SHE DYN 026. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities

Projects or Special Assignments

• Operational Excellence Roles
• SAP Roles (as required)

Education And Experience

• Minimum requirements for this position are a BS/BA in a related technical field OR Associate’s degree in related technical field plus 2 years technical experience in a plant or research capacity; or 4 years experience in a technical capacity.
• Advanced problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Must be willing to respond to all types of emergencies and spend overtime hours in monitoring scheduled work when required.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications to include Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Outlook.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is frequently required to walk.
• The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear.
• 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 ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, and fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud.

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, [email protected].