Avient Corporation hiring Shift Coordinator in Greenville, North Carolina, United States | LinkedIn (2024)

Job SummaryThe Fiber Shift Coordinator is responsible for producing high quality Dyneema Fiber in the most cost effective manner and according to the production plan, while maintaining excellent safety, human relations, and environmental standards. Executes the plans and directives from supervision and management.

This position requires frequent interaction with technicians and supervision within the Fiber production organization as well the process engineers and maintenance personnel. This person manages the day-to-day production documentation, resource planning, maintenance activities, and other routine daily items to help reach our daily and weekly goals.

Essential Functions

• Show behavior in line with the SHE and Security risks and agreed controls, including being compliant to Avient Protective Materials requirements, rules and procedures
• Address any person behaving in a SHE and Security irresponsible way
• Report any SHE and Security incidents (including observed risks) to management
• Avient Protective Materials’ Values - Must strive to behave in line with Avient Protective Materials’ Values, supporting and encouraging colleagues in their alignment with our Values. Aspires to demonstrate exemplary behavior with respect to the Avient Protective Materials values inside and outside APM.
• Manufacturing Excellence – Avient Protective Materials wants to be 'best in class' in every respect, including manufacturing. To excel in manufacturing, we need to optimize how we do things. Everyone within the organization has at least one role within Manufacturing Excellence. Roles and responsibilities are defined and assigned to those involved in the different Manufacturing Excellence Work Processes.
• Ensure 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
• Materials safety efforts. Take action to correct unsafe acts, systems and procedures. Comply with all job-related safety and other training requirements.
• 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 APM property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of APM property and keys.
• Monitor and ensure that all environmental systems are in good working order and take immediate actions when not.
• 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. Helps maintain consistency across shifts.
• Provide leadership. Participates in performance management with supervision. Provides low level counseling for employees on shift.
• Facilitate teamwork within the shift and in conjunction within the entire Fiber production group. Aid in gaining resources for the team to fulfill objectives. Encourage team members to understand corporate and departmental goals/objectives and needs. Provide communication and/or direction to the production employees. Disseminate needed divisional, unit and corporate information to employees on a timely basis such as Safety and Key Performance
• Indicator information. Establish and maintain an open line of communication with all employees.
• Directs the efforts of Fiber Technician I’s, Technician II’s, and Console Operators. Directs support help during the off-shifts.
• Plan the use of raw and intermediate materials for optimum quality and output. Refines schedules for 20 production lines, including verification of recipes. Plan resources for production demands and machine assignment.
• Verifies production system information accuracy and completeness. Ensure daily audit paperwork is complete and filed and any outages communicated and resolved. Reviews quality information daily and makes consults with supervision to adjust.
• Administers PPE to employees.
• Administrative fill-in for Supervisor when they are out of the office.
• Evaluates training needs and ensures all training is conducted appropriately. Authors and approves SOP’s.
• Issue work notifications. Coordinates repairs and PMs with maintenance.
• Maintain compliance with environmental programs. Promote waste reduction and recovery projects and incorporate associated operations in applicable manufacturing processes. Ensure staff is trained on current waste disposal procedures and prevention procedures. Identify opportunities to minimize waste and to recycle.
• Ensure proper storage and disposal of liquid and solid hazardous wastes in Fiber production area.
• It is the responsibility of each employee to work in a safe and responsible manner in order to create an injury-free and incident-free workplace.
• Perform routine inspections of hazardous waste storage facilities, logging required data. Safely handle liquid and solid hazardous waste.
• 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.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Authorized to approve work permits per details included in DYNPRO SHE DYN 026. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities.
• Projects or Special Assignments
• Operational Excellence Roles
• SAP Roles (as required)
• This position involves work with (supervision of) and/or handling hazardous materials and waste at the Avient Protective Materials (Greenville, NC) work site. Worker has the appropriate qualifications to read, understand, apply and communicate written and verbal information regarding handling and managing hazardous wastes. Training is required within six months of worker assuming duty, and once a year thereafter. Worker is responsible for proper handling, documentation, inspection and transporting around the facility of hazardous wastes. Worker may also be responsible for responding to emergencies involving hazardous waste.

Education And Experience

• Three (3) years experience in a production environment, including two (2) years of demonstrated leadership in a team environment, resulting in sound functional understanding of production processes. Two (2) years technical school in a relevant technology, plus two (2) years relevant experience in industry to include two (2) years of demonstrated leadership in a teamwork environment, resulting in sound functional understanding of production processes. BS/BA in related technical field with 1 year of manufacturing experience.
• The Shift Coordinator will operate within the Greenville Fiber Production organization. Lead the daily production aspects of fiber operations relating to compliance documentation, routine production tracking, resource planning for technicians, and maintenance activities requiring an outage. They also work with Process Engineers for optimum production and special requests.
• Ability to effectively lead team performance and to identify developmental opportunities for team members.
• Firm understanding of production planning and scheduling activities.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations related fiber and fiber production activities. Ability to drive improvements in production lead times and to minimize rejected material.

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 AreAvient 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 AvientAvient 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.