Logistics Technician

Avient•Greenville, NC

5h•$21•Onsite

About The Position

The Logistics Technician I provides effective, efficient, and economical services for the receipt, storage, and movement of materials and components to support Dyneema LP® and Dyneema® fiber production, as well as production support activities for fiber production components. The Logistics Technician operates within Avient Protective Materials to support Fiber Solutions and Life Protection manufacturing facilities at Greenville site supplying raw materials and shipment of finished goods efficiently and effectively to avoid bottlenecks in the manufacturing processes impacting production plan; and to adhere to EPA regulatory requirements for hazardous waste shipments. This is a 12-hour rotating shift (days only) 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, [email protected].

Responsibilities

Work safely and follow all applicable procedures and policies.
Abides by Avient Protective Materials procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of: employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of APM intellectual property limited to a “need to know” only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or APM property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of APM property and keys.
Load and unload internal and carrier freight, and process documentation as required.
Move, measure, maintain inventory and store raw, intermediate and finished products.
Prepare product boxes and inserts for fiber packaging and prepare full boxes for shipment.
Perform inventory related entries in SAP system as required with accuracy.
Assist in the training and guidance of other team members.
Clean, store, maintain components used in production and production support areas as required.
Safely handle liquid and solid hazardous wastes. Load/unload bulk liquid and solids, perform transfers from liquid waste tank, and handle drummed waste.
Prepare chemical additives used in the fiber production process.
Perform routine inspections of hazardous waste storage facilities, logging required data.
Safely perform disassembly of fiber production spinning blocks, and ready these and other components for off-site cleaning.
Comply with all job-related regulatory and training requirements in a timely manner.
Actively promotes team involvement in area. Uses group diversity and individual strengths to positively contribute to the profitability of the company and maintain harmonious working relationships.
Responsible for compliance with relevant laws, regulatory requirements, recipes, SOP’s, and other related documentation and activities. Ensures Company guidelines and policies relating to quality, safety, housekeeping and cost effectiveness are met.
It is the responsibility of each employee to work in a safe and responsible manner in order to create an injury-free and incident-free workplace.
Comply with all job-related safety and other training requirements.
Maintain annual training requirements on hazardous waste by reviewing DYNPRO SHE DYN 653 and general awareness presentation. Specific job holders will complete more detailed training as well.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Authorized to approve work permits per details included in DYNPRO SHE DYN 026. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities.
This position involves work with (supervision of) and/or handling hazardous materials and waste at the Avient Protective Materials (Greenville, NC) work site. Worker has the appropriate qualifications to read, understand, apply and communicate written and verbal information regarding handling and managing hazardous wastes. Training is required within six months of worker assuming duty, and once a year thereafter. Worker is responsible for proper handling, documentation, inspection and transporting around the facility of hazardous wastes. Worker may also be responsible for responding to emergencies involving hazardous waste.