Associate Engineer - 2025 Leadership Development Program

Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering Industrial Engineering Materials Science or related field.
• 1 years of experience preferred (can include prior coop or internship experience).
• Must graduate by the program start date but no more than one year prior.

Qualifications

• Willing to relocate and travel

Competencies

• Each position at Avient focuses on eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self.
• Additionally management positions focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and/or a Leader of the Business.
• These competencies are designed to drive behavior that will ultimately help our associates excel at their current roles while supporting individual and career development.

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 worlds strongest fiber enables unmatched levels of performance and protection for enduse 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
• Lightweighting 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 10000 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.

Why Avient

Avient Corporation is a worldclass 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 persons qualifications abilities experience and performance.

Avient Corporation is a drug free workplace. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of nondiscrimination 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 veterans status or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal state and local law.

Job Summary

The Engineering Leadership Development Program accelerates professional development by placing participants in multiple engineering related roles during a twoyear rotational program working with different Avient manufacturing sites. Individuals get handson experience by going through two or more rotations (depending on function and/or geographic) gaining key technical change management and leadership competencies. Each of these assignments will support a wide range of projects and activities focused on adding real value for the business and driving improvement in the critical manufacturing processes of Avient. The program will place the individual in different facets of manufacturing operations including process project reliability and/or quality engineering. Individuals will participate in Lean Six Sigma Training and achieve certification. During each phase of assignment Engineering Associates will establish relationships with site associates peers and leaders. They will also learn fundamentals and be provided mentoring from both program and business level leadership. Upon completion of the program individuals are placed in a full time role within Avient that best suits their personal and professional goals and matches the business needs.

Essential Functions

• Develop design and communicate manufacturing processes.
• Monitor and revise processes to and improve the safety quality and efficiency of the product and / or process and generate cost savings.
• Responsible for activities related to the development of new processes including researching current and emerging technologies evaluating process safety quality and cost.
• Identify and solve issues with processes and equipment. Troubleshoot possible causes and coordinate the activities of maintenance production and other available resources to implement cost effective solutions.
• Manage capital project activity for the specification and installation of new equipment.
• Own change management projects to drive process improvement.
• Interact with Senior Management build relationships with other employees across the globe and make a difference in Avients future success.
• Other duties as assigned