Quality Assurance Specialist

4 weeks ago

Birmingham AL USA, United States Avient Full time
Job Summary

This position is for a Quality Technician responsible for testing product batches and ensuring compliance with customer specifications and quality standards. The role involves testing incoming raw materials, maintaining Certificates of Analysis (COA) from suppliers, and performing standard tests on assigned product line production batches.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform standard tests on assigned product line production batches and on some incoming raw materials as needed, ensuring the meeting of Avient and the customer's specifications.
  • Act as a technical resource to production addressing issues related to production batches.
  • Recommend adjustments to batches to meet specifications and complete and maintain all required paperwork, records, documents, etc.
  • Ensure all gauges and test equipment are verified and participate in investigations of complaints and corrective actions as needed.
  • Follow and comply with all safety and work rules and regulation, maintaining departmental housekeeping standards.
  • Complete and send documentation to customers (i.e. COA).
Requirements
  • High School diploma or GED equivalency.
  • One (1) year of Quality experience.
  • One (1) year of Lab, Production, and Color Matching Experience.
  • One (1) year of Problem Solving Techniques.
  • Fork Lift Operators License.
  • Quantitative and Conflict Resolution Skills.
  • Manual Dexterity.
  • Reading/Comprehension.
  • IT Security Education.
  • Microsoft Office.
Competencies
  • Self-motivated with strong organization skills and ability to multi-task.
  • Time management skills.
  • Quantitative and statistical skills.
  • Knowledge of SAP and Microsoft Office products.
  • Must be able to read/comprehend written and oral instructions in English; read and comprehend safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and product recipes/material identifications.
  • Must have mathematical skill to add, subtract, multiply and divide and 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.
Physical Demands
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
  • The employee is frequently required to walk.
  • The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear.
  • The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.
  • Specific vision abilities may require close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, and fumes or airborne particles.
  • The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud.
Security

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.

About Avient

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 fiberTM, 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

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