Project Engineer

Project Engineer

The Project Engineer provides technical and project management services to produce high quality Dyneema® fiber including Dyneema® Purity, Dyneema UD® and Dyneema® Tape products in a safe, cost effective manner while maintaining excellent safety, human relations, and environmental standards.

The Project Engineer will operate within the organizational structure to provide project non-capital and small/large capital support to Avient Protective Materials and APM Biomedical business groups. The person in this role will interact with all staff and external contractors. They will maintain expertise on corporate project guidelines. They will initiate, implement, and follow-up on Avient Protective Materials projects and will interact with APM global and APM Corporate colleagues to keep Avient Protective Materials within guidelines and to provide excellent results.

Responsibilities

• Ensures all work is conducted in a safe and effective manner and all applicable procedures and policies are followed. Take action to correct unsafe acts, systems, and procedures.
• Abides by Avient Protective Materials procedures/policies regarding security, inclusive of: employee security agreements; use of non-disclosure agreements with outside parties; control of Avient Protective Materials intellectual property limited to a "need to know" only basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or APM property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of APM property and keys.
• Maintains adequate manufacturing and support facilities to produce the highest quality product in a cost-effective manner. Prepares and submits requests for equipment (major and minor) replacements and additions. Assesses manufacturing capacity and the need to upgrade facilities to meet regulatory requirements and process improvements.
• Manage all aspects of selected equipment upgrade, equipment addition, facilities, and utility projects from generation of basic engineering through final commissioning. Manage projects to stay within budget, schedule, quality / scope of work, and safety requirements. Coordinate project activities with Maintenance turnarounds.
• Monitors and analyzes repetitive manufacturing problems. Determines the root cause for manufacturing failures and initiate equipment or procedural changes to correct the problem.
• Prepares, reviews, and approves production records including maintenance procedures, operating procedures, JSA's, and change requests as required.
• Interacts with Technicians as necessary to ensure effective communication of production and compliance related changes in procedures based upon aspects initiated by project efforts. Conducts formalized training for operative/technical personnel as necessary.
• Assists in developing operating goals in support of divisional, unit, and corporate objectives. Develops plans to reduce COGS by continuously improving efficiencies, processing times, reducing labor and material costs, reducing maintenance costs and controlling expense budgets.
• Maintains compliance with environmental programs. Promotes waste reduction and recovery projects, and incorporate associated operations in applicable manufacturing processes. Identifies opportunities to minimize waste and to actively recycle. Pursues project approaches that will minimize utility consumption and environmental emissions.
• It is the responsibility of each employee to work in a safe and responsible manner in order to create an injury-free and incident-free workplace and comply with all job-related safety and other training programs.
• Analyze improve plant proposals and develop cost effective solutions. Prepare and submit request for implementation of selected solutions.
• Maintain annual training requirements on hazardous waste by reviewing DYNPRO SHE DYN 653 and general awareness presentation. Specific job holders will complete more detailed training as well.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Authorities

• Supervise contractors.
• Recommend equipment/components.
• Negotiate vendor pricing.
• Authorized to approve work permits per details included in DYNPRO SHE DYN 026. If so authorized, employee must maintain necessary refresher training to participate in these activities.
• Initiate capital spending.
• Change facilities within project scope.

Projects or Special Assignments

• Operational Excellence Roles
• SAP Roles (as required)
• Manufacturing E&S: Project Manager

Avient Protective Materials Large Capital Project Team member, when required

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• MS in related technical field (Engineering or other physical science) with 3 years industry-related experience; OR BS/BA in related technical field with 5 years industry-related experience.
• Advanced problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Diversified knowledge of multiple engineering specialties - including mechanical, chemical, electrical, and civil
• Experience managing projects of $50k
• Must be willing to respond to all types of emergencies and spend overtime hours in monitoring scheduled work when required
• Experience in textiles manufacturing is highly preferred
• Knowledge of AutoCAD and Microsoft Windows® applications to include Microsoft Excel®; Microsoft Outlook®; Microsoft Project®, and Microsoft Access®.

Physical Demands

• Requires standing and sitting for extended periods of time, talking and listening.
• Must be able to walk and use hands.
• Occasionally requires bending, stooping, climbing ladders and stairs.
• May occasionally be required to lift, push or pull up to 25 pounds.
• Typically work is in a manufacturing environment where noise level is loud.
• Generally requires the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, safety shoes, hearing protection, hard hat, respiratory protection.
• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• May be exposed to working in extreme heat and humidity.

About Us

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.

Job Info

• Job Identification 40001414
• Job Category Operational Excellence
• Posting Date 09/24/2026, 12:42 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 5750 Martin Luther King Jr Hwy, Greenville, NC, 27834, US
• Relocation Eligible Yes