Plant Manager

Job Duties

The Plant Manager is responsible for effectively planning, directing and coordinating all activities for the operations at assigned plant. These activities include safety, environmental, quality, production and cost.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Provides direction, ensures resources and manages programs to ensure the plant's safety and environmental performance meets established goals.

Develops and implements plans to reduce waste, meet applicable regulatory standards and handles emergency situations that may arise at the Site.

Develop a plant operating plan that is consistent with and supports the overall business plan.

Determines what resources are required to successfully implement the operating plan and then secure them.

Ensures standards for product quality, equipment and operator performance are maintained and that cost-effective technology is used to maximize production.

Develops capital plan to improve plant operations.

Ensures plant performs at or below annual budgeted cost levels.

Develops employees through training, involvement programs and other programs to create a strong team environment.

Identifies develop opportunities and provides subordinates opportunities to meet career development plans.

Represents Avient to the external community in a professional and positive manner.

Other projects and duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

Bachelors - Chemical Engineering or equivalent experience

Technical background with specific experience in formulation in plastics industry preferred

Experience with managing direct reports

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.

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, View email address on click.appcast.io.

PolyOne is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, or other legally protected classification in the state in which a person is seeking employment. PolyOne will use E-Verify to ensure employment eligibility of newly hired employees where required.

Minimum Education Required

Bachelor Degree

Minimum Experience Required

None

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Public Transportation Accessible

Yes

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

No

Physical Required

Yes

Drug Test Required

Yes

Compensation

$11.41 / Hourly

Postal Code

55428

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

40001154

Job Benefits

Not specified