Advanced ADTS (Engin/Scien/Tchnlgst)

Summary

Avient Corporation is an innovator of materials solutions that help customers succeed while enabling a sustainable world. The Advanced ADTS Engineer develops, optimizes, and supports polymer extrusion processes for wire and cable or fiber products, improving productivity, quality, material performance, and process reliability. The role also provides cross-functional and customer support for product qualifications, troubleshooting, plant trials, and technical reviews.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain extrusion processes for wire and cable insulation and jacketing applications
• Establish process parameters, operating windows, and standard work instructions for extrusion equipment
• Monitor and improve throughput, scrap reduction, yield, uptime, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Troubleshoot extrusion-related issues, including concentricity variation, surface imperfections, dimensional non-conformance, spark and dielectric failures, cure defects, material degradation, and color variation
• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, R&D, Product Development, Sales, and Supply Chain teams
• Interface directly with customers to support product qualifications, troubleshooting, and technical reviews
• Participate in plant trials and customer visits as required
• Travel to suppliers, customers, and manufacturing facilities as needed
• Deliver results against key measures including extrusion line efficiency, product quality, customer complaint reduction, on-time completion of trials and projects, cost savings from process improvements, and safety performance
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Plastics Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• At least 3 years of manufacturing process engineering experience
• Experience with polymer extrusion processes
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of statistical analysis and process improvement methods
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of polymer processing and rheology, extrusion screw and tooling design, crosshead and die optimization, temperature and pressure control systems, root cause analysis methodologies, process validation and scale-up, and industry standards and product compliance testing
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to walk production floors and climb platforms as required
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds
• At least 5 years of wire and cable manufacturing experience
• Experience with wire insulation extrusion and cable jacketing extrusion
• Experience with silane and peroxide crosslinking technologies
• Knowledge of thermoplastic and thermoset wire and cable compounds

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Plastics Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• At least 3 years of manufacturing process engineering experience
• Experience with polymer extrusion processes
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Knowledge of statistical analysis and process improvement methods
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of polymer processing and rheology, extrusion screw and tooling design, crosshead and die optimization, temperature and pressure control systems, root cause analysis methodologies, process validation and scale-up, and industry standards and product compliance testing
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to walk production floors and climb platforms as required
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 25 pounds

Nice to Haves

• At least 5 years of wire and cable manufacturing experience
• Experience with wire insulation extrusion and cable jacketing extrusion
• Experience with silane and peroxide crosslinking technologies
• Knowledge of thermoplastic and thermoset wire and cable compounds

Benefits

• Remote workplace arrangement