Technician, Quality

Overview

Responsibilities

• also include maintaining accurate QC records, retaining control samples, performing internal calibration of laboratory and QC equipment, and ensuring compliance with 6S practices within the laboratory to maintain an organized, safe, and efficient work environment.
• Perform routine and non-routine testing of finished goods in accordance with approved methods, specifications, and quality standards.
• Evaluate test results and recommend or implement necessary batch-level adjustments to ensure product conformity.
• Identify, investigate, and document finished product nonconformities or failures, including participation in root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely quality control records, test results, and related documentation in accordance with company procedures.
• Retain, manage, and properly store finished goods control samples as per defined retention requirements.
• Conduct internal calibration, verification, and routine checks of QC and laboratory equipment to ensure accuracy and reliability of test results.
• Ensure compliance with laboratory 6S requirements, maintaining a clean, organized, and safe working environment.
• Follow established SOPs, safety guidelines, and quality system requirements at all times.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives related to product quality, testing efficiency, and laboratory practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or a related scientific field.
• 0–1 year of relevant experience is preferred, particularly within the polymer, plastics, or masterbatch industry.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret test data and identify trends or deviations.
• Sound decision‑making skills to support timely and effective quality‑related actions.
• High attention to detail to ensure accuracy in testing, documentation, and reporting.
• Good command of the English language for effective communication and documentation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook) for data recording, reporting, and communication.
• Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.
• Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide.
• Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.
• Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities.
• Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
• 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.
• 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.