Dyneema Fiber Production Technician — 12h Rotating Shifts

Avient Corporation; Greenville (NC); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation in Greenville, NC seeks a Production Technician (Fiber) to safely operate and maintain the Dyneema fiber production facility and produce high-quality fiber cost-effectively. The role requires teamwork with technicians, control room staff, and supervision within the fiber production group.

The ideal candidate has a high school diploma and 1+ year in manufacturing, with strong math, safety, and procedure-reading abilities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma and at least 1 year of experience in a manufacturing setting, preferably in a fibers production environment and/or equivalent military technical experience or training.
• Work experience in an industrial operations environment preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, or procedure manuals.
• Must have mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Must have the ability to use conversions, work with different units such as weight, volume, density, distance, etc.
• Knowledge of appropriate safety procedures.
• Knowledge of scheduling procedures.
• Knowledge of changeovers/cleaning/set-up, work instructions

Responsibilities

• Set up, operate, monitor, adjust and clean all process equipment required for producing Dyneema fiber, secondary stage, in accordance with applicable work instructions, Job Safety Analysis procedures, recipes, and standard operating procedures.
• Operate and troubleshoot processes and equipment specific to the secondary stage of yarn production.
• Perform safety watch duties, as necessary, in the primary stage of yarn production as well as provide support to the same area such as aiding in moving spin blocks to and from the mezzanine, labeling and moving drums, etc.
• Take samples and determine properties of the produced intermediate and finished products.
• Maintain records of operating parameters and raw materials used to produce products.
• Move, measure, maintain inventory and store raw, intermediate and finished products.
• Assist in the training and guidance of other team members.
• Comply with all job-related regulatory and training requirements in a timely manner.

Skills

Reading documents

Math skills

Safety procedures

Scheduling

Changeovers

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Avient Corporation in Greenville, NC seeks a Production Technician (Fiber) to safely operate and maintain the Dyneema fiber production facility and produce high-quality fiber cost-effectively. The role requires teamwork with technicians, control room staff, and supervision within the fiber production group.

The ideal candidate has a high school diploma and 1+ year in manufacturing, with strong math, safety, and procedure-reading abilities.