Automation Engineer

Competencies

• Personal Skills - Stress Management
• Personal Skills - Reading/Comprehension
• Personal Skills - Self Motivated
• Personal Skills - Time/Priority Management
• Software Skills - Microsoft Outlook
• Software Skills - Microsoft Word
• Software Skills - Microsoft Excel
• Software Skills - SAP
• Personal Skills - Work on a Team
• Personal Skills - Organizational Skills
• Leader of Self - Instills Trust
• Leader of Self - Action Oriented
• Leader of Self - Collaborates
• Leader of Self - Customer Focus
• Leader of Self - Situational Adaptability
• Leader of Self - Being Resilient
• Leader of Self - Demonstrates Self-Awareness
• Leader of Self - Communicates Effectively

Education and Experience

• Bachelors-Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Equivalent Experience
• Manufacturing - Manufacturing Operations
• Manufacturing - Safety Procedures
• Industrial Automation Projects
• PLC, Motion Controllers, Vision Systems
• Lean/Six Sigma Methodology
• Cross Functional - Process Improvement

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.

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

Why Avient

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain 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 classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com.