Avient Corporation

Overview

As a Maintenance Technician with Avient, you will be responsible for completing maintenance assignments to build, repair, and maintain equipment in good operating condition. The company focuses on creating materials that make a real difference in people's lives and values safety and community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Complete projects with minimal guidance to minimize equipment downtime and production loss.
• Inspect, troubleshoot, and overhaul electrical and mechanical assemblies, including pumps, conveyors, motors, and compressors.
• Lay out, wire, and connect control panels, transformers, breakers, switches, and conduit systems according to technical blueprints.
• Use multimeters, clamp meters, and diagnostic software to test circuits and isolate mechanical-electrical faults.
• Assist with basic programmable logic controller (PLC) troubleshooting and integrated electromechanical components.
• Install new or repair/modify hydraulic and pneumatic equipment as needed.
• Improve reliability and minimize downtime of all equipment with a preventive maintenance mentality.
• Operate PIVs including forklifts and hydraulic working platforms as needed.
• Utilize a CMMS to update job status and allocate labor and supplies.
• Contribute to upkeep and updating of required paperwork such as records and maintenance logs.
• Maintain departmental housekeeping.
• Work with 3 phase 460 electrical, including motor controls.
• Ensure compliance with NFPA70E.
• Support the vision, mission, and guiding principles of the Company.
• Follow applicable safety, health, and environmental rules while performing job duties.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) required.
• A 4-year to 5-year traditional apprenticeship or a 2-year associate degree in electrical technology, electromechanical systems, or a related field highly preferred.
• 3+ years of work experience in a manufacturing environment highly preferred.
• 3+ years of work experience with 460V electrical experience required.
• Demonstrated ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, or procedure manuals.
• Demonstrated mathematical skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, with the ability to use conversions and work with different units.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• PTO
• 401k

Additional Information

• Typical work week is Monday through Friday with occasional overtime.
• Hours are from 5am to 1:30pm.