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Quality Control Technician I

The Quality Control Technician I provides quality control services to produce high quality Avient Protective Material products in a cost effective manner while maintaining excellent safety, human relations, and environmental standards.

The Quality Control Technician I will operate within Avient Protective Material to provide quality testing expertise for raw and finished product materials. The person in this role will interact with all local staff. They will be knowledgeable of the Quality requirements for Avient Protective Material. They will ensure that laboratory procedures and equipment are kept in superior working order. Handling and disposing of hazard waste and chemicals are part of normal activities.

At Avient, we're a global team creating materials that make a real difference in people's lives. From the world's strongest fiber used in personal protective equipment to recycling innovations and eco-friendly transportation solutions, our work spans a vast array of applications that help build a better future, all while giving back to the communities where we live and work.

What you can expect from us:

• Competitive compensation
• Medical benefits that begin day 1 - no waiting period
• Paid time off: Two weeks of vacation 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!

What we expect from you:

• Dependable - On time/good attendance
• Working overtime as needed
• Team player who is eager to share their knowledge with others and learn from other team members

Essential Functions:

• All employees must show behavior in line with the SHE and Security risks and agreed controls, including being compliant to Avient Protective Material 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 Material Values - Must strive to behave in line with Avient Protective Material Values, supporting and encouraging colleagues in their alignment with our Values
• Manufacturing Excellence Avient Protective Material wants to be 'best in class' in every respect, including manufacturing
• Ensures all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed
• Abiding by Avient Protective Material procedures/policies regarding security
• Suggests facilities, procedural and process improvements to maintain and improve production quality, safety, cost and efficiency
• Monitors and analyzes daily production
• Participates in quality investigations as needed
• Prepares, reviews, and approves production records including operating procedures, and JSA's as required
• Interacts with production technicians on a regular basis to ensure effective communication of production and compliance related changes in procedures
• Follows current waste disposal procedures and prevention procedures
• Follows current SOP's for testing routine and non-routine samples of raw material, intermediate, and finished products for the Avient Protective Material Organization
• Perform final packaging of finished product when required
• Follow established policies regarding sample and documentation retention
• Maintain annual training requirements on hazardous waste
• Perform other duties as assigned

This position involves work with (supervision of) and/or handling hazardous materials and waste at the Avient Protective Material (Greenville, NC) work site. Worker has the appropriate qualifications to read, understand, apply and communicate written and verbal information regarding handling and managing hazardous wastes. Training is required within six months of worker assuming duty, and once a year thereafter. Worker is responsible for proper handling, documentation, inspection and transporting around the facility of hazardous wastes. Worker may also be responsible for responding to emergencies involving hazardous waste.

Education and Experience:

• BS/BA in related technical field with 1 year quality and/or production experience; OR AA/AS degree in related technical field with 2 years quality and/or production experience; OR 3 years of relevant quality and/or production experience
• Ability to communicate effectively and to deliver training
• Knowledge of environmental regulations related to fiber and UD production activities
• Advanced problem solving / troubleshooting skills
• Ability to drive improvements in production lead times and to minimize rejected material

Physical Demands:

• Requires standing and sitting for extended periods of time, talking and listening
• Must be able to walk and use hands. Occasionally requires bending, stooping, climbing ladders and stairs
• May occasionally be required to lift, push or pull up to 55 pounds
• Typically work is in a manufacturing environment where noise level is loud
• Specific vision abilities required by this job may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, and risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents and outside weather conditions
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration
• The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock

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!

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 nondiscrimination 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 ...@Avient.com.