Production Senior - ALL Shifts

Avient•Norwalk, OH

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Avient is seeking a Production Senior to join their team. This role is responsible for the setup and operation of machinery to combine dry and/or liquid chemicals into customer products, ensuring high quality, cost-effectiveness, and adherence to customer specifications and delivery requirements. The position involves demonstrating leadership, teamwork, and expertise in various operational areas, including blending and extrusion. Responsibilities include machine setup, monitoring, troubleshooting, operating machinery according to procedures, quality control sampling, and maintaining accurate documentation and housekeeping standards.

Requirements

Must be able to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
Must be able to use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.
Must be able to talk and/or hear.
Must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and occasionally handle up to 250 pounds.
Requires specific vision abilities including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Requires the use of safety equipment such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc.
Must be able to work in environments with moderate to high noise levels.
Must be able to work in environments with wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents and outside weather conditions.
Must be able to work in environments with moving mechanical parts.
Must be able to work in environments with risk of electric shock.
Must be able to work in environments with toxic or caustic chemicals.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrates leadership and team work in all phases of the operation.
Demonstrates expertise in the use of SAP.

Responsibilities

Demonstrates and meets qualifications on all Blending or Extrusion operational areas.
Demonstrates leadership and team work in all phases of the operation.
Sets up and starts all machines, checking all controls for adherence to mixing/blending or extruding procedures.
Weighs ingredient 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 or extrude the ingredients according to operating procedures.
Examines materials visually or with hands in order to ensure conformance to established standards.
May take samples to quality control for testing.
Follows lab instruction as to adding raw materials to the batch to bring it into specifications.
Labels finished product.
Refers issues/problems to lead/supervisor for disposition.
Performs all required machine cleaning.
Completes and maintains all required SAP transactions.
Demonstrates expertise in the use of SAP.
Documents work completed.
Accurately completes and updates required paperwork such as production logs, data reports, procedures, etc.
Participates in training new employees and re-training present departmental employees in processes and methods as required.
Completes all necessary documentation at the end of shift.
Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.
Follows applicable ISO, EH&S rules and guidelines while performing any procedure.
Other duties as assigned.