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Position has direct responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of all production lines assigned. Position also has responsibility for prioritizing the work assignments for the maintenance associates and manufacturing process engineers assigned to their lines to effectively support manufacturing operations. The shift supervisor reports to this position. Position is responsible for fostering a team-focused work environment to achieve plant and company goals and objectives and is also responsible for participating in activities to enhance the growth and development of all manufacturing operations personnel. This includes safety, environmental, productivity, quality, maintenance, lean six sigma events, and financial performance.

Essential Functions

• Safety and Environmental performance: Communicates expectations; conducts audits, investigates and documents all incidents; conducts safety meetings; authorizes work and signs permits; participates on the plant safety committee.
• Production: Determines requirements and assigns personnel to each line to assure efficient operation; monitors operations including run rates, changeovers and line cleans; coordinates with maintenance, lab and warehouse personnel to meet line production expectations; troubleshoots process issues and determines the appropriate course of action to resolve; participates in the development/revision of operating procedures; identifies and participates in documentation of Management of Changes.
• Quality: Reviews finished goods laboratory test results; reviews in process test results; determines process running condition changes to be made; solicits input from tech support as needed; participates in on-site customer audits; participates in ISO audits; participates in customer trials/trial reviews; participates in complaint investigations.
• Staffing: Participates in plant staffing activities including interviewing and selection. Conducts performance reviews for direct reports and ensures performance reviews are conducted for all operations personnel; recommends wage increases and promotions; identifies and prioritizes personnel developmental needs; conducts disciplinary discussions; reviews staff assignments; develops and communicates work schedules for production lines and assigns staff as needed.
• Maintenance: Supports the Avient Reliability Program by coordinating shift maintenance activities and audits equipment checklists to verify proper monitoring by operations. Ensures work orders are written and entered into e-mail for scheduling; schedules line downtime as required for proactive maintenance.
• Learns and uses all appropriate systems which may include SAP, IQS, LRM, CCS, CAID Charts, E-time, Ariba on Demand, Microsoft Office applications.
• Financial: Must understand and manage financial performance from a cost to manufacture standpoint for lines assigned to them.
• LSS: Must drive Lean Six Sigma events to improve overall performance for assigned lines.
• Other projects/duties as assigned or needed.

Physical Demands

• Requires standing and sitting for extended periods of time, talking and listening.
• Must be able to walk and use hands.
• Occasionally requires bending, stooping, climbing ladders and stairs.
• May occasionally be required to lift, push or pull up to 50 pounds.
• Typically work is in a manufacturing environment where noise level is loud.
• Generally requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, hard hat, respiratory protection.
• Exposure to outside weather conditions is routine.
• May be exposed to working in extreme heat and humidity.
• May also be exposed on occasion to dust or fumes.

Scope

• Manufacturing Plant
• Leader of Others - Drives Engagement
• Leader of Others - Courage
• Leader of Others - Values Differences
• Leader of Others - Ensures Accountability
• Leader of Others - Develops Talent
• Leader of Others - Organizational Savvy

Education and Experience

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
• Cross Functional - Budget Management
• Cross Functional - Managing Direct Reports
• Cross Functional - Manufacturing Industry
• Manufacturing - Safety Procedures
• Cross Functional - Cost Management
• Manufacturing - Manufacturing Operations
• Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques

Qualifications

• Personal Skills - Stress Management
• Personal Skills - Self Motivated
• Personal Skills - Training/Mentoring Others
• Personal Skills - Analytical Skills
• Personal Skills - Time/Priority Management
• Software Skills - Microsoft Word
• Software Skills - Microsoft Excel
• Personal Skills - Work on a Team
• Personal Skills - Organizational Skills
• Personal Skills - Conflict Resolution Skills

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 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