Site Engineer; Senior

The Site Engineer (Senior) provides technical services to produce high quality Dyneema fiber and Dyneema LP products in a cost effective manner while maintaining excellent safety, human relations, and environmental standards. They will operate within the organizational structure to provide process support and improvements for Avient Protective Materials. The person in this role will interact with all staff and local, site, and global colleagues.

They will be extremely knowledgeable for the Dyneema processes in both theory and practice. They will be expert in product quality requirements. They will analyze process data and provide troubleshooting, reporting, and take action to improve processes.

• All employees have the responsibility to:
  • Show behavior in line with the SHE and security risks and agreed controls, including being compliant to Avient Protective Materials requirements, rules and procedures.
  • Address any person behaving in a SHE or security irresponsible way.
  • Report any SHE or security incidents (including observed risks) to management.
• Avient Protective Materials values – Must strive to behave in line with Avient Protective Materials values, supporting and encouraging colleagues in their alignment with our values.
• Manufacturing excellence – Avient Protective Materials wants to be ‘best in class’ in every respect, including manufacturing. To excel in manufacturing, we need to optimize how we do things. Everyone in the organization has at least one role within Manufacturing Excellence. Roles and responsibilities are defined and assigned to those involved in the different Manufacturing Excellence work processes.
• Ensure 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.
• Abide 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” basis; no unauthorized use of cell phones, cameras, computers or Avient Protective Materials property; reporting security threats and incidents; proper control of Avient Protective Materials property and keys.
• Lead projects or other teams for Avient Protective Materials expansions or improvements.
• Accountable for process oversight for multiple Avient Protective Materials production lines or areas.
• Suggest and lead facilities, procedural, and process improvements to maintain and improve production quality, safety, cost, and efficiency.
• Monitor and analyze daily production independently for at least one Avient Protective Materials production area – two preferred for cross‑training and backup capabilities. Analyze data generated by the ballistics and fiber laboratories and identify trends. Recognize potential production problems, investigate, and recommend solutions to correct them. Report variances as required.
• Manage quality investigations as directed by Manager. Form a team with representatives from Engineering, Quality, and Production. Lead root‑cause analyses and track progress of investigation and ensure appropriate actions are taken to correct deficiencies.
• Mentor junior Process Engineers and serve as technology expert.
• Develop and approve production records including operating procedures, recipes, JSA’s, and change requests as required.
• Interact with technicians on a regular basis to ensure effective communication of production and compliance related changes in procedures. Conduct formalized training for operative personnel as necessary.
• Investigate and prepare reports related to production problems, customer complaints/inquiries, material reconciliation, process deviations, efficiency, and schedule variances.
• Develop operating goals in support of divisional, unit, and corporate objectives. Develop plans to reduce COGS by continuously improving efficiencies, processing times, reducing labor and material costs, reducing maintenance costs, and controlling expense budgets.
• Conduct experiments/trials as required to test hypotheses to ensure…