Avient Corporation is seeking applicants for Production Associates in Birmingham, Alabama.  Avient Corporation (formerly PolyOne Corporation), with 2019 revenues of $2.9 billion, provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. 

• Follows and complies with all safety, work rules and regulations. 
• Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Sets up and starts all secondary operations within the manufacturing area.
• Checks all controls for adherence to operating/safety procedures.
• Refers issues/problems to Lead/Supervisor for disposition.
• Accurately supplies/supports Production Operators with appropriate materials/functions to efficiently keep all equipment operational.
• Performs all required machine cleaning.
• Examines materials visually or physically to ensure conformance with established standards.
• Completes and maintains required paperwork and/or documents.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High School diploma or GED equivalency. 
• Six (6) months to one (1) year of industrial/manufacturing experience, with experience in a pultrusion manufacturing facility preferred.
• Comprehend safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and product recipes/material identifications.
• Must have mathematical skill to add, subtract, multiply, and divide as well as the ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Must be able to effectively communicate one-on-one and in small group situations.
• Must have manual dexterity sufficient to operate a wide variety of small hand tools, scales, hand trucks, fork lift, utility knife, and mixer/secondary machinery and computer equipment.
• Demonstrate ability to rapidly learn the operation and set up of industrial machinery per operating procedures while following training and plant procedures.
• Computer literacy.

Avient offers a competitive salary, incentive, and benefit plan to eligible associates. Benefits include health, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, spending accounts, and 401(k).

www.avient.com/careers