Advanced R&D Chemist

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; its powered by the passion creativity and diverse expertise of 9000 professionals worldwide. Whether youre a finance wizard a tech enthusiast an operational powerhouse an HR changemaker or a trailblazer in materials development youll 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!

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Advanced R&D Chemist/Engineer to join of Avients research and development team. The Advanced R&D Chemist/Engineer will be responsible for the research and development of sustainable polymer-enhancing solutions that create value for our customers.

Essential Functions:

Conduct work in a safe ethical and collaborative manner
Lead the development of products and technologies within existing and new markets
Drive innovation that enriches Avients intellectual property portfolio
Use statistical methods to drive experimentation and data interpretation
Apply technical project management skills to support platform development
Communicate and engage with internal and external stakeholders
Work with other functions such as marketing sourcing regulatory and commercial colleagues to drive forward projects
Other duties as and when required.

Education and Experience:

Essential:
MSc./PhD. in either Chemistry Polymer Science/Engineering Material Science
At least three years of industrial or academic research experience in the fields of either chemistry petrochemicals plastics coatings adhesives rubber polymer formulation composites or polymer processing
Experience of working in a laboratory/material processing environment
Knowledge & experience of polymer characterization/analysis
Strong team working and communication skills
Strong competencies in use of Microsoft Office
Strong skills in the scientific method and use of design of experiments for data-driven research
Experience of designing and conducting experiments

Desirable:
At least five years of industrial experience in the fields of chemistry petrochemicals plastics coatings adhesives rubber polymer formulation composites or polymer processing
Project management experience gained in either academic or industry
Knowledge & experience of analytical characterization techniques for rheological mechanical and thermal properties of polymers
Prior experience in a technical role within a corporate innovation/R&D environment
Knowledge of the chemistry underpinning polymer structure modification and reactivity
Working knowledge of polymer processes including compounding with twin-screw extruders injection molding and extrusion-blow-molding
Experience in executing DOEs and knowledge of relevant statistical software (StatEase Minitab SigmaPro or similar).

Essential Competencies:

The candidate will be required to present data and concepts to internal and external stakeholders regularly. Therefore they must possess excellent presentation and communication skills and be comfortable with public speaking.
The candidate must demonstrate excellent project management and organizational skills required to develop detailed project timelines with key milestones and deliverables
The candidate must be collaborative and work effectively across cross-functional teams to drive projects from lab-to-commercial scale.
The ideal candidate is an independent thinker and self-motivated to address technical challenges.

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 Avients 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 persons 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 veterans 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