Manufacturing Engineer

Avient Corporation; Bethel (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to support plant manufacturing and operations with a focus on continual process improvement and optimization. You will design, automate, modify, and develop facilities, testing, machines, equipment, or processes used to manufacture products.

You will work under the Plant Manager to keep the plant at peak performance, develop and communicate manufacturing processes, and drive cost savings and quality improvements through process optimization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work on-site Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm with possible weekend coverage as needed by the business.
• Strong understanding of Safety best practices in a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years driving process improvement.
• 3+ years in manufacturing leadership.
• The ability to stand for extended periods of time.

Responsibilities

• Work under the guidance of the Plant Manager to ensure the plant operates at peak performance.
• Develop, design, and communicate manufacturing processes.
• Monitor and revise processes to generate cost savings and improve product/process quality and efficiency.
• Participate in design reviews to improve product manufacturability.
• Own all activities related to developing new processes, including researching current and emerging technologies, evaluating process cost and quality, and performing process characterization and optimization studies using designed experiments, problem-solving, and decision-making tools.
• Identifies and solves issues or problems with equipment/process.
• Troubleshoots possible causes and coordinates the activities of maintenance, production, and other available resources to implement cost-effective solutions.
• Coordinates new process installations and process changes.
• Other projects/duties as assigned

Skills

Process improvement

Manufacturing leadership

Safety practices

On-site work

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a manufacturing environment

Job description

Job Description

At Avient, our people power our performance. As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will support the plant manufacturing and technical operations while maintaining a strong focus on continual process improvement and optimization. A successful Manufacturing Engineer applies fundamental knowledge of engineering principles, theories, and industry standards and practices to design, automate, modify, or develop facilities, testing, machines, equipment, or processes used to process or manufacture products.

What You'll Do

• Work under the guidance of the Plant Manager to ensure the plant operates at peak performance
• Develop, design, and communicate manufacturing processes
• Monitor and revise processes to generate cost savings and improve product/process quality and efficiency
• Participate in design reviews to improve product manufacturability
• Own all activities related to developing new processes, including researching current and emerging technologies, evaluating process cost and quality, and performing process characterization and optimization studies using designed experiments, problem-solving, and decision-making tools
• Identifies and solves issues or problems with equipment/process
• Troubleshoots possible causes and coordinates the activities of maintenance, production, and other available resources to implement cost-effective solutions
• Coordinates new process installations and process changes
• Other projects/duties as assigned

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.

Why Avient

• Visible impact across multiple sites and businesses
• Strong partnership with business and enterprise leadership
• Opportunity to lead change
• Growth-focused culture that values innovation, collaboration, and accountability

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Qualifications

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experince in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to work on-site Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm with possible weekend coverage as needed by the business
• Strong understanding of Safety best practices in a manufacturing environment
• 3+ years driving process improvement
• 3+ years in manufacturing leadership
• The ability to stand for extended periods of time

About Us

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 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, [e-mail] .