Production Operator-2nd Shift

Polyone España SL; Chicago (IL); On-site; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation is seeking a Production Operator for their Chicago facility. In this role, you will operate machinery to blend chemicals for various products, ensuring quality and efficiency while adhering to safety standards. This position offers competitive pay and benefits starting from your first day.

Benefits

Medical benefits that begin day 1

401K with company match

Paid time off including two weeks vacation

Bi-annual bonus plan

Safety measures in place for a safer work environment

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret safety and operation documents.
• Experience in an industrial operations environment is preferred.
• Mathematical skills required for measurements and conversions.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate machinery for blending and mixing.
• Ensure quality control and perform machine maintenance.
• Document work and data accurately.

Skills

Dependability

Teamwork

Attention to Detail

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

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Pay: $20.00/hr

Hours: 3:00pm - 11:30pm

Days: Monday - Friday

Position Summary

As a Production Operator at Avient, you'll set up and operate equipment to blend, mix, or transport chemicals that make up our customer products, ensuring high quality and cost efficiency. You'll also be responsible for machine maintenance, quality control, data recording, and supporting the company's vision and principles while adhering to safety and regulatory rules.

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 including a bi-annual bonus plan
• Medical benefits that begin day 1 - no waiting period
• Paid time off: Two weeks of vacation, prorated based on date ofhire, 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 industryaverage!

What we can expect from you:

• Dependable and reliable
• Openness to work overtime as needed
• Team player who is eager to share their knowledge with others and learn from other team members

Essential Functions:

• Sets up, starts and runs all machinery
• Weighs ingredients to meet recipe specification and inserts into machinery, or ensures the correct ingredients are delivered to the work area and
• inserts pre-blended materials into machinery
• Monitors production and equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation. Troubleshoots equipment and processing issues
• Operates machinery to mix, extrude/discharge or handle materials
• May take samples of materials to lab for evaluation and instructions on any batch adjustments if needed
• Performs all required machine cleaning
• Documents work completed as required including logs, data reports, procedures, etc

Qualifications

• High School diploma, General Education Diploma (GED) or equivalent training & experience
• 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.

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 50 pounds
• Typically work is in a manufacturing environment where noise level is loud
• Generally requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, hard hat, respiratory protection
• Exposure to outside weather conditions is routine
• May be exposed to working in extreme heat and humidity
• May also be exposed on occasion to dust or fumes

About Us

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materialssolutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling asustainable 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 thesix most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture arethe same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader ofothers, 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 andbackgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidlychanging world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunityfor all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws.Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation oradvancement 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, [e-mail].

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