Senior Quality Assurance Technician

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, Alabama, United States Avient Full time


Company Overview:

Avient Corporation specializes in innovative and sustainable material solutions that turn customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Our offerings include:

• Dyneema, recognized as the world's strongest fiberTM, which provides unparalleled performance and protection for various applications, including ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure, and outdoor sports.

• Advanced technologies that enhance product recyclability and facilitate the incorporation of recycled content, promoting a more circular economy.

• Lightweight solutions that replace traditional materials such as metal, glass, and wood, contributing to improved fuel efficiency across all transportation modes and reducing carbon footprints.

• Sustainable infrastructure solutions that boost energy efficiency, renewable energy usage, natural resource conservation, and enhance fiber optic/5G network accessibility.

Avient employs around 10,000 associates and is certified under ACC Responsible Care, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, and recognized as a Great Place to Work. For more information, visit our website.

Why Choose Avient:

Avient Corporation is a leading sustainable organization focused on innovation, collaboration, and employee development. We are dedicated to fostering a supportive and dynamic work environment where our diverse workforce can thrive and contribute positively to our planet and communities. Our culture, values, and benefits make Avient an employer of choice for top talent.

At Avient, we believe that diversity in ideas and backgrounds fuels our creativity and success in a rapidly evolving world. We emphasize equal opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Hiring, promotion, development, compensation, and advancement decisions are based solely on qualifications, abilities, experience, and performance.

Job Summary:

The Senior Quality Assurance Technician is accountable for executing all responsibilities of the Quality Operator and Quality Senior Operator roles while also directing and coordinating the activities of others in the area. The Quality Lead plays a crucial role in the team, conducting tests on product batches and making necessary adjustments to ensure adherence to customer specifications and quality standards. This position also involves testing incoming raw materials and maintaining Certificates of Analysis (COA) from suppliers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct standard tests on assigned production batches and incoming raw materials as required, ensuring compliance with Avient and customer specifications.

• Serve as a technical resource for production, addressing issues related to production batches.

• Recommend and potentially develop adjustments to batches to meet specifications.

• Document test results in SAP and maintain reference files.

• Complete and manage all necessary paperwork, records, and documentation.

• Verify all gauges and testing equipment.

• Participate in investigations of complaints and corrective actions as needed.

• Adhere to all safety and work regulations, maintaining departmental housekeeping standards.

• Prepare and send documentation to customers (e.g., COA).

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:
  • High School diploma or GED equivalency.
  • Technical school degree preferred.
  • Minimum of five years of progressive experience in Quality Assurance/Control.
Additional Qualifications:
  • Self-motivated with strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask.
  • Effective time management skills.
  • Strong quantitative and statistical skills.
  • Proficient in SAP and Microsoft Office Products.
  • Ability to read and comprehend written and oral instructions in English, including safety rules, operating procedures, and product specifications.
  • Mathematical skills to perform basic operations using units of weight, volume, and distance.
  • Effective communication skills in one-on-one and small group settings.
  • Manual dexterity to operate various small hand tools and machinery.
  • Ability to quickly learn the operation and setup of industrial machinery according to procedures.
Core Competencies:

• Each position at Avient emphasizes eight Core Competencies as a Leader of Self. Management roles also focus on Leadership Competencies as a Leader of Others and/or a Leader of the Business, designed to enhance individual performance and career development.

Physical Demands:

The following characteristics represent the physical demands required to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities:
  • Regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls, and communicate effectively.
  • Occasionally required to sit.
  • Must frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Environmental, Health, Safety, & Security (EHS&S) Requirements:
  • Avient integrates EHS&S into all operational aspects. Each position is responsible for complying with all applicable EHS&S requirements and reporting incidents promptly to prioritize EHS&S within the organization.
Avient Corporation is a drug-free workplace and an equal opportunity employer, maintaining 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 classifications in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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