Production Associate - 2nd Shift

Avient Corporation; Montrose (CO); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation is seeking an entry-level team member for the manufacturing area, focusing on weigh-up or packaging duties within the production department. You will help ensure high-quality products at minimal cost while meeting customer specifications and delivery requirements in line with Avient policies.

Responsibilities include handling batch documentation, prepping ingredients, operating weigh-up/packaging equipment, and maintaining safety and housekeeping standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating instructions, or procedure manuals.
• Mathematical ability: add, subtract, multiply, and divide; work with units of weight, volume, density, distance.

Responsibilities

• Obtain batch documentation and ensure correct ingredients are delivered.
• Set up and start weigh-up or packaging machinery, following safety procedures.
• Notify appropriate personnel of issues in a timely manner.
• Process, batch, and package material to correct size/container per customer specs.
• Supply Production Operators with materials to keep equipment operating.
• Perform routine machine cleaning and complete required paperwork.
• Follow safety rules and keep workplace clean and organized.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Reading and interpretation

Mathematical skills

Cross functional problem solving

Industrial operations experience

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Position is an entry-level position within the manufacturing area, primarily responsible for performing weigh-up or packaging duties within the production department. Ensures the highest quality product at the lowest possible cost and meets customer specifications and delivery requirements in accordance with Avient policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Obtains the correct documentation for the batch. Ensures the correct ingredients are delivered to the work area. May be required to obtain the correct ingredients for mixing and weigh out the ingredients to meet the recipe specifications.
• Sets up and starts any weigh-up or packaging machinery, checking all controls for adherence to operating/safety procedures.
• Notifies appropriate personnel of any issues, problems or concerns in a timely manner.
• Safely and neatly processes, batch off, screen, cut up, package and/or skid material to correct size/container according to customer specifications.
• Accurately supplies/supports Production Operators with appropriate materials/functions to efficiently keep all equipment operational.
• Performs all required machine cleaning.
• Completes and maintains required paperwork and/or documents.
• Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and regulations. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and/or hear. Occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and occasionally handle up to 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job 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, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the exception of high noise areas. Proper personal safety equipment needs to be used while performing this job and that equipment is dictated by the plant safety guidelines. 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 causticchemicals and risk of electrical shock.

Scope

Manufacturing Plant

Other

Reports to: Plant Manager, Manufacturing Manager, Production Supervisor, Shift Supervisor/Lead, or Production Lead.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Fork Lift Operators License
• Work experience in an industrial operations environment preferred.
• Manufacturing/Maintenance - Fork Lift Operators License
• Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques

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] .

Job Info

• Job Identification 40001590
• Job Category Production
• Posting Date 10/28/2026, 01:30 PM
• Degree Level High School Graduate
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 2350 Air Park Way, Montrose, CO, 81401, US (Internt)