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Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
1. Dyneema, the world's strongest fiber, enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for end-use applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure, and outdoor sports.
2. Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy.
3. Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass, and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint.
4. Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation, and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility.
Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC Responsible Care, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, and certified Great Place to Work. For more information, visit
WHY AVIENT:
Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well as positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.
At Avient, we believe diversity of 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.
Job Summary
The Maintenance Technician is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the manufacturing plant and assumes responsibility for maintaining the physical assets of the property. This position will be responsible for a wide variety of general building maintenance, maintaining site services, and manufacturing equipment repairs and services.
Essential Functions
1. Take an active role in workplace safety by engaging in safe workplace practices, communicating any equipment-based safety issues to both the maintenance manager/supervisor and production supervisor, and proactively fixing any issues that could potentially become safety hazards in the future.
2. Take an active role in protecting the community's environment by following all rules and guidelines and communicating any environmental hazards to the correct parties.
3. Support the vision, mission, and guiding principles of both the company and the facility.
4. Install new or troubleshoot mechanical devices in operation. Dismantle and examine devices to gain access to and remove defective parts. Adjust, repair, and/or replace defective parts as necessary.
5. Troubleshoot electrical controls including PLCs, motors, and variable speed drives systems. Ability to work on power systems 480VAC and below.
6. Install new or repair/modify hydraulic and pneumatic equipment as needed.
7. Operate forklift and hydraulic working platform as needed.
8. Set up and operate shop machinery such as lathe, drill press, grinders, band saws, cutting torch, welder, etc. Use hand tools and pneumatic tools to modify or repair parts and equipment.
9. Fabricate basic metal equipment using welding and other methods that the facility needs to support operations.
10. Complete all assigned maintenance work to the established standards in a timely and effective manner with minimum guidance or intervention.
11. Complete all individually assigned maintenance responsibilities to the established standard in a timely and effective manner with minimum guidance or intervention.
12. Take an active role in reliability by enforcing the established work order submittal process and verifying that equipment records are submitted accurately.
13. Fully understand what is expected in regards to the Computerized Maintenance Management System, Limble, and correctly use the Limble system to the full capacity as clearly defined by the Limble standards and procedures.
14. Correctly complete all required documentation in a timely manner including, but not limited to: labor hours, part allocation, root cause analysis, repair information, and preventative maintenance data collection and documentation.
15. Take a proactive approach to maintenance by completing all assigned preventative maintenance tasks in accordance with the established procedures in a thorough and timely manner with the intent of limiting equipment downtime.
16. Drive the progression of a detailed equipment history by accurately documenting all tasks that require maintenance involvement that have not already been accounted for by an existing work order.
17. Contribute to an accurate maintenance inventory by correctly signing in and out parts in the Limble system and actively participate in completing inventory cycle counts on a regular basis.
18. Research the equipment, tools, and parts needed to complete a task and notify the maintenance supervisor or lead when the department does not have them.
19. Actively attempt to learn new maintenance functions as they become necessary to complete needed maintenance tasks.
20. Promote good housekeeping practices by keeping all maintenance areas clean and organized.
21. Take an active role in effective communication by communicating thoroughly with production operators, production supervisors, maintenance manager/supervisor, maintenance lead/scheduler, fellow maintenance technicians, and other maintenance shifts.
22. Complete other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Experience
1. High School Diploma, GED required.
2. Associate's degree (A.A.) or Licensed Journeyman in lieu of degree or commensurate experience preferred.
3. Proven expertise in troubleshooting controls systems, electric components, pneumatic, instrumentation, and mechanical devices. Proven expertise in industrial electrical, including design, sizing, installation, and component level troubleshooting.
4. Experience in other fields of maintenance such as plumbing, refrigeration, carpentry, welding, forklift repair, etc. Competent PC (MS Office and Windows) computer skills desired.
Additional Qualifications
1. Self-motivated with the ability to prioritize and adjust to rapid changes.
CORE COMPETENCIES
* Achieving Results with Urgency
* Communication Skills
* Customer Centric
* Interpersonal Skills
* Adaptable
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The characteristics listed below are representative of the physical demands required by an individual to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand up to 12 hours per shift.
2. Use hands to finger 8 to 12 hours per shift.
3. Handle and/or feel and reach with hands and arms up to 12 hours per shift.
4. Required to walk up to 12 hours per shift.
5. Required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear 8 to 12 hours per shift.
6. Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 55 lbs.
7. Specific vision abilities required include the 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.
1. Employee may be exposed to a magnetic field from a rare earth magnet. This location does have rare earth magnets in certain departments.
2. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
3. Noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud noise.
Employees are required to wear mandatory PPE (up to 12 hours per shift) which include:
1. Hearing protection when on production floor.
2. Steel toe shoes/boots when on production floor.
3. Specific gloves when performing specific tasks.
4. Respirators required up to 12 hours per shift.
Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) Requirements
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.
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