Production Inspector (UD) - Nights at Avient in Greenville, NC

The UD Inspector will set up, operate, adjust and clean the inspection equipment required to inspect and pack finish product into boxes in accordance to work instructions and standard operating procedures. Maintain records of the finished product in the appropriate system. Inspect/re-inspect and pack finished product. Assist in the training, guidance and leadership of other team members.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensures all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed. Maintain or enhance safety awareness programs and related documentation. Support and lead the Avient Protective MaterialsSafety Committee. Take action to correct unsafe acts, systems and procedures.
• Abides by Avient Protective Materials procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of: employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of Avient Protective Materials intellectual property limited to a “need to know” only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or Avient Protective Materials property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of Avient Protective Materials property and keys.
• To set up, operate, adjust and clean the inspection equipment required to inspect and pack finish product into boxes in accordance to work instructions and standard operating procedures. Operates equipment in a safe and efficient manner while maintaining quality product. Take samples and determines properties of the produced finished products. Prepares samples for offline quality checks. Supply and maintain inventory of components/supplies as needed.
• Inspect and pack finished product. Demonstrates a commitment to quality by ensuring all product documentation is accurate and complete.
• Responsible for compliance with relevant laws, regulatory requirements, recipes, SOP’s, and other related documentation and activities. Ensures Company guidelines related to company policies relating to quality, safety, housekeeping and cost effectiveness are met.
• Enters data about components and finished products into the MES system. Maintain accurate production related records.
• Move, measure, maintain inventory and store raw and finished products. Receives stores, handles and delivers raw materials and finished products as required or directed. Utilize standard material handling equipment. Operate rider and/or walk for truck and overhead crane.
• Utilize good judgment in making critical decisions on product quality, equipment functionality, safety and other related activities.
• Identifies problems related to equipment, work orders, log books, set-ups and other related activities and recommends ways to solve. Makes suggestions regarding product quality, safety precautions, and work improvements. Informs Lead of any problems that may impair the quality of the UD product, packaging components, work efficiency and/or safety.
• 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.
• Uses time wisely to complete other tasks when no product is available at work station for inspection to include assisting on another inspection station, making core supports, housekeeping and completing training in training compass.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Two year technical degree or high school diploma and at least 1 year of experience in a manufacturing or military technical experience.
• Knowledge of appropriate safety procedures
• Knowledge of changeovers/cleaning/set-up, work instructions
• Ability to perform mathematical computation; problem solving.
• Problem solving/troubleshooting skills.
• Organize, schedule and follow-up on activities.
• Creativity and initiative.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to operate forklift and overhead cranes.
• Mechanical skills & knowledge including equipment assembly.
• Ability to identify problems and utilize good decision making skills to resolve.
• Ability to maintain accurate records.
• Ability to constantly produce at established production rates.
• Attention to detail, alertness, skill in detecting defects and identify machine or process problems.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Ability to read gauges, dials, meters and set controllers; ability to coordinate hand-arm manipulation.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and/or hear. Occasionally required to sit.
• Must be able to walk and use hands.
• Occasionally requires bending, stooping, climbing ladders and stairs.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally handle 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Typically work is in a manufacturing environment where noise level is loud.
• Requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, hard hat, respiratory protection.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, and risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents and outside weather conditions.
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.
• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• May be exposed to working in extreme heat and humidity.

About the Company

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, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.