Associate Engineer - 2026 Leadership Development Program

Avient • Avon Lake, OH

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About The Position

The Engineering Leadership Development Program accelerates professional development by placing participants in multiple engineering-related roles during a two-year rotational program working with different Avient manufacturing sites. Individuals gain hands-on experience through two or more rotations, acquiring key technical, change management, and leadership competencies. These assignments support a wide range of projects and activities focused on adding real value for the business and driving improvement in Avient's critical manufacturing processes. The program will place the individual in different facets of manufacturing operations, including process, project, reliability, and/or quality engineering. Participants will engage in Lean Six Sigma training and achieve certification. During each phase of assignment, Engineering Associates will build relationships with site associates, peers, and leaders. They will also learn fundamentals and receive mentoring from both program and business-level leadership. Upon completion of the program, individuals will be placed in a full-time role within Avient that best suits their personal and professional goals and matches business needs. Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Innovation is powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Avient believes that all global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving strategy and culture are the same for all employees. By playing to win, acting customer-centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating, inspiring, and developing others and oneself, employees will accelerate their ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, meet customer needs, and accomplish career goals. Avient believes a wide variety of thoughts, ideas, and backgrounds foster creativity for success in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, Avient stresses 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.

Requirements

• Must be eligible for a two-year rotational program.
• Must be willing to work in different Avient manufacturing sites.
• Must be willing to gain experience in process, project, reliability, and/or quality engineering.
• Must participate in Lean Six Sigma Training and achieve certification.
• Must establish relationships with site associates, peers, and leaders.
• Must learn fundamentals and receive mentoring.
• Must be placed in a full-time role upon program completion.

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience through two or more rotations in different engineering-related roles.
• Support a wide range of projects and activities focused on adding business value and driving improvement in manufacturing processes.
• Participate in different facets of manufacturing operations including process, project, reliability, and/or quality engineering.
• Participate in Lean Six Sigma Training and achieve certification.
• Establish relationships with site associates, peers, and leaders during each assignment phase.
• Learn fundamentals and receive mentoring from program and business-level leadership.
• Upon completion, be placed in a full-time role within Avient that aligns with personal/professional goals and business needs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed