PRODUCTION OPERATOR- DAYS
Company: PolyOne
Location: Norwalk
Posted on: October 11, 2024
Job Description:
Job Summary
Position is responsible for the set up and operation of equipment
which blends/mixes/packages/transports liquid or dry chemicals that
comprise our customer products. Position ensures the highest
quality product at the lowest possible costs while meeting customer
specifications and delivery requirements in accordance with Avient
Corporation policies and procedures.
Work Hours: 7am-7:30pm
Essential Functions
- Sets up, starts and runs all machinery, checking all controls
for adherence to operating/safety procedures and ISO
standards.
- 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 according to operating procedures.
- Examines materials visually or physically to ensure conformance
with established standards.
- May take samples of materials to lab for evaluation and
instructions on any batch adjustments if needed.
- Refers issues/problems to Production Lead or Production/Shift
Supervisor for disposition.
- Performs all required machine cleaning.
- Completes and maintains all required system
inputs/transactions. Responsible for data integrity.
- Documents work completed as required including logs, data
reports, procedures, etc.
- Participates in training, retraining and continual improvement
processes and methods.
- Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and
regulations. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
- Other duties as assigned. Competencies
- Personal Skills - Manual Dexterity
- Personal Skills - Quantitative Skills
- Personal Skills - Reading/Comprehension
- Software Skills - Microsoft Office
- Software Skills - Microsoft Word
- Software Skills - Internet
- Software Skills - Microsoft Excel
- Personal Skills - Conflict Resolution Skills
- Cross Functional - Plastics Industry
- Manufacturing - Colorant
- Manufacturing - Mixing
- Manufacturing - Extrusion
- Manufacturing - Blending
- Manufacturing - Industrial Operations
- Manufacturing - Mechanical
- Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques Education and
Experience
- High School Diploma or GED
- Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques
- Manufacturing - Industrial Operations 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.
Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) Requirements
- Avient integrates EHS&S into all aspects of our operations.
Each position at Avient is responsible for complying with all
applicable EHS&S requirements. Additionally, employees and
management are responsible for reporting all EHS&S incidents
immediately to ensure we keep EHS&S a priority within the
organization.
- Security includes physical security and cyber security. Who We
Are
Avient Corporation provides specialized and sustainable material
solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities,
bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
- Dyneema -, the world's strongest fiber---, enables unmatched
levels of performance and protection for end-use applications,
including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable
infrastructure and outdoor sports
- Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products
and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a
more circular economy
- Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional
materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel
efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon
footprint
- Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy
efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and
fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient employs approximately 10,000 associates and is certified ACC
Responsible Care -, a founding member of the Alliance to End
Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work -. For more
information, visit www.avient.com.
Why Avient
Avient Corporation is a world-class sustainable organization built
on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are
committed to providing a supportive and dynamic work environment
where our diverse associates can grow and succeed, as well
positively impacting our planet and the communities we serve. Our
Great Place to Work culture, values, and benefits make Avient an
employer of choice for top talent.
At Avient, we believe diversity of 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 Corporation is a drug free workplace. 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.
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